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DWINDLING NUMBER OF GREAT INDIAN BUSTARDS RAISES CONCERN

PNS
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Monday, October 12, 2015

New Delhi - It is now a race against time to save the
Great Indian Bustards in the country with their overall
numbers now pegged at just 30.

In Rajasthan, their number has fallen alarmingly- from 44
as recorded by WII last year to merely 13 now. Rajasthan
was believed to be having the highest number of this
critically endangered bird. The two other states that
presently have the population of this bird are Gujarat
and Maharashtra that are left with 11 and 6 birds,
respectively.

While Environment Ministry is funding a project of above
Rs38 crore out of Compensatory Afforestation Fund
Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) to save the
species, Japan Bank For International Cooperation has
committed a support of Rs 3 crore to the GIB conservation
project and Rajasthan forest department has allotted more
than Rs12 crore. However, conservationists are skeptical
of these last bid efforts, based on captive breeding of
the bird.

According to sources, Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
has recently submitted a proposal for captive breeding of
GIB. This was aimed at garnering financial assistance
under CAMPA with WII, and the states of Rajasthan,
Gujarat and Maharashtra as the implementation agencies.
The proposed budget has been pegged at Rs 33.85 crore.

Continues at:

http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/dwindling-number-of-great-indian-bustards-raises-concern.html

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

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