Gujarat High Court seeks info on Gir sanctuary structures

     Gujarat high court directed the state government to provide more information about the existence of commercial structures in different buffer zones, as per the new eco-tourism policy for Gir sanctuary, the last abode of Asiatic lions.

The division bench had earlier sought to know the number of commercial structures that existed in the 10-km buffer zone around the sanctuary. The government had submitted the data by filing four different affidavits, but the court insisted that the figures should be provided in terms of how many structures exist in which zone.

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Manipur plans to translocate critically-endangered Sangai

 
   The critically-endangered species of brow-antlered deer ‘Sangai’, which is found only on a floating biomass on Manipur’s Loktak lake, will soon be provided a second home to save it from extinction.

The Manipur Forest Department plans to translocate a section of the rare species of the endemic deer to Pumlen Pat, which is close to its existing habitat in Loktak.read  more  http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/manipur-plans-to-translocate-critically-endangered-sangai/