Stories
In Gujarat’s dry regions, forest regeneration often begins with a small event that is easy to miss: a bee carrying pollen from one flowering plant to another.…
Gujarat’s forests stretch across dry deciduous woodland, thorn scrub, mangroves, grasslands and coastal ecosystems. Each region responds differently to…
Gujarat is often associated with dry woodland, salt marshes, grasslands and the thorny landscapes of Saurashtra. Yet its eastern hills hold a quieter botanical…
The Asiatic lion is one of India’s most closely watched wild animals. Its remaining free-ranging population lives in and around Gujarat’s Gir landscape, where…
The importance of riparian buffer zones for stream health in Gujarat’s forests becomes clearest where a seasonal watercourse meets intense heat, grazing…
Gujarat’s protected areas shelter Asiatic lions, leopards, blackbuck, wild ass, crocodiles, migratory birds and countless smaller species. These reserves are…
Along Gujarat’s north-western coast, the Gulf of Kutch opens into a remarkable marine landscape shaped by tides, arid weather and a wide continental shelf. Its…
The vast, salt-bleached flats of the Rann of Kutch have long carried a silence that feels older than memory. Stretching across nearly 30,000 square kilometres,…
Gujarat’s forests are managed across a varied landscape that includes the dry teak and mixed forests of eastern districts, the thorn forests around Gir,…
High above the dry deciduous forests of Gujarat, broad wings catch the morning thermals and a group of vultures tilts into a lazy spiral. For visitors who…