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Great Indian Bustard Rewilding Set to Begin in Jaisalmer
The Great Indian Bustard is a bird that needs help to survive.
People have been working for years to protect it.
Some birds have been raised in a breeding programme.
The next planned step is to return birds to the wild near Jaisalmer.
Before that step, Minister Bhupender Yadav visited the breeding facility at Ramdevra.
He praised the researchers and others who helped with the work.
Children in Jaisalmer also made art to celebrate the bird.
Their activities helped share the message that the bird should thrive in its home landscape.
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav visited the Great Indian Bustard breeding facility at Ramdevra ahead of planned rewilding.
The rewilding initiative is set to begin at Sam in Desert National Park, Jaisalmer.
The conservation programme combines captive breeding with efforts to return birds to their natural habitat.
Yadav praised researchers, scientists, ministry and forest officials, the Wildlife Institute of India, and local communities for their work.
Children in Jaisalmer took part in creative competitions, including making a rangoli depicting the bird.
- Who
- Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, conservation researchers and officials, local communities, and schoolchildren in Jaisalmer.
- What
- A Great Indian Bustard rewilding initiative is set to begin after years of conservation and captive-breeding work.
- Where
- The breeding facility at Ramdevra and the planned rewilding site at Sam in Desert National Park, Jaisalmer.
- When
- The rewilding was scheduled to begin the day after Yadav's visit; the article also says he had posted earlier on Saturday.
- Why
- To strengthen the Great Indian Bustard population in its natural habitat and improve the species' prospects.
Key facts
- Species
- Great Indian Bustard (GIB)
- Conservation status described
- Critically endangered
- Minister
- Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Breeding facility
- Ramdevra
- Planned rewilding site
- Sam, Desert National Park, Jaisalmer
- Programme approach
- Captive breeding and conservation, with the aim of returning captive-bred birds to the wild
- Community activity
- Jaisalmer schoolchildren participated in creative competitions, including a rangoli depicting the bird
Quotes
Bhupender Yadav
India’s Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
“I was immensely impressed by the perseverance of our young researchers and scientists, who have pursued this project with passion for years, demonstrating exceptional dedication to the conservation of this iconic species.”
thehansindia.com
“Their message was simple and heartfelt: may the GIB thrive once again in the landscape it calls home.”
thehansindia.com
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