GIR FOREST NATIONAL PARK

MADE BY ADITYA BANSAL.

INTRODUCTION

• THE GIR FOREST NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (ALSO KNOWN AS SASAN-GIR) IS A FOREST AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN GUJARAT, INDIA.

• ESTABLISHED IN 1965, WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 1412 KM² (ABOUT 258 KM² FOR THE FULLY PROTECTED AREA (THE NATIONAL PARK) AND 1153 KM² FOR THE SANCTUARY), THE PARK IS LOCATED 65 KM TO THE SOUTH-EAST OF JUNAGADH AND 60 KM TO SOUTH WEST OF AMRELI.

MAJOR WILDLIFE• IT IS THE SOLE HOME OF THE ASIATIC

LIONS (PANTHERA LEO PERSICA) AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROTECTED AREAS IN ASIA DUE TO ITS SUPPORTED SPECIES. THE ECOSYSTEM OF GIR, WITH ITS DIVERSE FLORA AND FAUNA, IS PROTECTED AS A RESULT OF THE EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT FOREST DEPARTMENT, WILDLIFE ACTIVISTS AND NGOS.

Year Count Male:Female:Cub

1968 177 -

1974 180 -

1979 205 76:100:85

1984 239 88:100:64

1990 284 82:100:67

1995 304 94:100:71

2000 327 -

2005 359 -

2010 411 97:162:152

2011 526 -

WATER RESERVES • THE SEVEN MAJOR PERENNIAL RIVERS OF

THE GIR REGION ARE HIRAN, SHETRUNJI, DATARDI, SHINGODA, MACHHUNDRI, GODAVARI AND RAVAL. THE FOUR RESERVOIRS OF THE AREA ARE AT FOUR DAMS, ONE EACH ON HIRAN, MACHHUNDRI, RAVAL AND SHINGODA RIVERS, INCLUDING THE BIGGEST RESERVOIR IN THE AREA, THE KAMLESHWAR DAM, DUBBED 'THE LIFELINE OF GIR'.

ASIATIC LION IN GIR

WILDLIFE

• THE CARNIVORES GROUP MAINLY COMPRISES ASIATIC LIONS, INDIAN LEOPARDS, SLOTH BEARS, INDIAN COBRAS, JUNGLE CATS, STRIPED HYENAS, GOLDEN JACKALS, INDIAN MONGOOSE, INDIAN PALM CIVETS, AND RATELS. DESERT CATS AND RUSTY-SPOTTED CATS EXIST BUT ARE RARELY SEEN.

• THE MAIN HERBIVORES OF GIR ARE CHITAL, NILGAI (OR BLUEBULL), SAMBAR, FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE, CHINKARA AND WILD BOAR. BLACKBUCKS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA ARE SOMETIMES SEEN IN THE SANCTUARY.

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CONCLUSION

• AT LAST I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THAT GIR HAS UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED ASIATIC LIONS .IT TOOK THERE POPULATION FROM 177 TO 526 (3 TIMES MORE). SO ITS ALWAYS BETTER TO SAVE NATURE FOR FUTURE.

END AND THANK YOU