Prime Minister Modi, who chaired the 7th meeting of the National Wildlife Federation held at the Gir National Park in Gujarat, announced several important wildlife conservation projects. Here is a news report on it.
India is one of the most biodiverse countries. India’s land area is 2.4 percent of the world’s land area. India is home to 7 to 8 percent of all known species in the world.
India is home to 7.6 percent of all animal species. India is home to 12.6 percent of all bird species. India is home to 6.2 percent of reptiles and 6.0 percent of flowering plants.
India is home to 500 species of migratory birds. This makes India one of the 17 mega-diverse countries in the world. Four of the 35 internationally recognized biodiversity hotspots are in India. These are major repositories of the Earth’s biodiversity.
India is implementing projects to protect this vast natural diversity. There are over 106 national parks in the country. There are 515 wildlife sanctuaries, 75 wetland sites and 18 bio-sanctuaries.
World Wildlife Day is an important day to create global awareness about the urgent need to protect wildlife and conserve biodiversity.
This year, on the occasion of World Wildlife Day, Prime Minister Modi chaired the seventh meeting of the National Wildlife Board at Sasan Gir, the headquarters of Gir National Park in Gujarat, and announced several important plans for wildlife conservation. An assessment report on the riverine dolphin was also released at the meeting
A total of 6,327 dolphins are found in 28 rivers in eight states in India, according to the assessment report. Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of dolphins. Next are Bihar, West Bengal and Assam.
In 2006, the number of tigers in India was 1,411. In 2022, the number of tigers in India increased to 3,167. More than 75 percent of the world’s wild tiger population is in India.
Currently, there are 29,964 wild Asian elephants in India. This is 60 percent of the world’s total elephant population.
In 1913, there were only 20 lions in India. Currently, 674 lions live in an area of 30 thousand square kilometers in Gujarat.
Prime Minister Modi launched a scheme to protect Asiatic lions on Independence Day, August 15, 2020.
The Union Environment Ministry has approved an allocation of Rs 2,927 crore for the protection of these Asiatic lions. Prime Minister Modi has announced that the 16th Asiatic Lion Census will be held this year.
Prime Minister Modi also announced that a Centre of Excellence for Human-Wildlife Conflict Prevention will be set up at the SACON campus of the Wildlife Institute of India in Coimbatore.
He also announced a partnership between the Wildlife Institute of India and the Bhaskaracharya National Institute of Space Applications and Geospatial Information (BISAG-N).
Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone for the National Referral Centre for Wildlife on a 20.24 hectare land at New Bipalya in Junagadh district and also explained about wildlife health and disease management.
Prime Minister Modi also directed the Environment Ministry to collect traditional knowledge and manuscripts on forest and wildlife conservation for research and development.
Prime Minister Modi has recommended documenting traditional knowledge with the help of AI for widespread implementation across India’s national parks and sanctuaries.
A high-tech monitoring centre for wildlife monitoring and a state-of-the-art hospital will also be set up in Sasan to strengthen conservation efforts.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi, who went on a lion safari at the Gir National Wildlife Refuge, which is the only habitat of Asiatic lions in the world, has also posted those photos on his X page.
Wildlife conservation is becoming a global issue. In this context, in the last decade, India has established itself as a world leader in wildlife and biodiversity conservation.
India is home to 500 species of migratory birds… PM Modi announces several important wildlife conservation schemes… My Bharat Guru
