Stories

Gujarat’s Plan for Eco-Tourism in the Rann of Kutch

Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch is a remarkable landscape of salt flats, grasslands, seasonal wetlands and desert-edge communities. Each year, the great white expanse…

How fig trees sustain bird life in Gujarat’s forests

Fig trees are quiet infrastructure for Gujarat’s wildlife. Their spreading crowns provide shade, nesting sites and shelter, while their fruit can feed birds…

How Gujarat’s Forest Department Manages Fire in Dry Deciduous Forests

Gujarat’s dry deciduous forests experience a distinct fire season as winter moisture fades and summer heat intensifies. Leaf litter, dry grass, fallen branches…

Freshwater Wetland Ecology In Gujarat’s Protected Areas

Gujarat’s freshwater wetlands are living systems shaped by monsoon rain, river flows, groundwater, evaporation and human water use. They range from shallow…

Gujarat’s Efforts to Protect the Great Indian Bustard in Desert Areas

The Great Indian Bustard is one of India’s most threatened grassland birds, and Gujarat provides some of its most important remaining habitat. In the state’s…

The Indian Wolf In Gujarat’s Grassland Habitats

The Indian wolf, or Canis lupus pallipes, remains one of Gujarat’s most elusive grassland predators. It is smaller and more lightly built than many northern…

How Local Communities Help Protect Gir’s Lions

Gir is widely recognised as the last natural stronghold of the Asiatic lion, but the species’ survival is connected to far more than protected forest.…

How Gujarat’s forest department protects soil in the Aravalli Hills

The Aravalli Hills form one of Gujarat’s most important ecological landscapes. Their low, ancient ridges extend through the state’s eastern districts, where…

Gujarat’s Approach to Reducing Vehicle Collisions with Wildlife on Highways

Gujarat’s roads cross a remarkable range of habitats, from the dry thorn forests of Saurashtra to the wetlands, grasslands and coastal landscapes of Kachchh.…

The Orchid Diversity of the Saputara Hill Range

Rising in Gujarat’s Dang district, the Saputara Hill Range forms one of the state’s most distinctive forest landscapes. Its cooler slopes, seasonal streams,…