Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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Madhya Pradesh: Kuno notified as national park, path clear for Gir lions

• | Monday | 24th December, 2018
  

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The state declared 748.7618 sq km area within more than 1200 sq km Kuno wildlife division (inside 3300 sq km Kuno forested Landscape) as a protected area to resolve the issue. Gujarat government had moved a curative petition in Supreme Court as its last legal resort to retain its Asiatic lions. While MP won the eight-year-long legal battle with Gujarat in 2013, the latter had been dilly-dallying compliance. Nath met officials later and promised to take up the matter towards a logical conclusion. MP government circles had gone to the extent of suggesting that they were not averse to retaining the tag of ‘Gir' or ‘Gujarat' to identify the relocated lions at their new home in Kuno-Palpur.

https://www.nyoooz.com/news/bhopal/12876...gir-lions/

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BHOPAL: The notification was published on December 14, minutes after Congress announced Kamal Nath as the new chief minister of the state . If everything goes right then there will be a final structure designed to bring lions by the next new year's January month and by February a smooth pavement to transfer will be implemented and second phase of the Project-Shifting of healthy lions will be started. Shivraj never spoke on this issue publicly considering Modi’s possessiveness over Gir Lions.
State government has declared Kuno National Park with inclusion of an area spread along 404.0758 sq.km area in addition to the earlier notified area of 344.686 sq km making a total of 748.7618 sq km area and the state government got orders to implement translocation.

The case here is still stuck
Despite the proposal to de-notify the 202 sq km area of Karera Wildlife Sanctuary under district Shivpuri and 80 sq km of area of Ghatigaon Sonchidiya/Sonchiraiya Sanctuary under Gwalior, it is still yet to be implemeted.
After de notification of both the areas, Government "would add them into Kuno Palpur" in Ghatigaon area and the Forest Department had sent proposal to the government to de-notify/decrypt the 25 villages in the Ghatigaon region, these proposals have already been approved by the government, but the permission from State Wildlife Board and Central Wildlife Board is yet to be received. After this permission, the diagnosis will be implemented.

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Also lion in this pic is damn good.

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(when I asked Narendra Mojidra, he said there are 900-1000 lions [lol I know that its funny but he said so by working and researching in Gujarat for 2 yrs, don't know how far this rumor is right, we should wait until next census] in Gujarat and also said that the documentary will be soon released)
Since when the process is going on?

• In 1996, work on planning to shift lions began.
• Project was prepared in 2003.
• Gujarat had expressed its inability to give the lions to the lions.
• During the inspection, the committee talked of giving the status of National Park along with increasing the area of the sanctuary.
• The Forest Department initiated action for denotification of 202 sq. Km of land of Son Chiraiah and Kerera Sanctuary.
• In January 2017, the Empowers Committee inspected the Kuno Sanctuary.
  

what will happen now?

• After getting the national status, the Empower Committee will come again to visit Kuno.
• After getting the green flag of the committee, the arrival of lions will start.
  

A decision has been made to make Kuno/Koono a national park, on Saturday the government issued its notification. The Gujarat government is not ready to give lions right now. Our process is continuing. Proposal for denotification of entire area of Karera Sanctuary has to be sent to the Supreme Court soon.
Shahbaz Ahmed, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) Bhopal

The expert committee had visited Kuno in December 2017. After visiting the sanctuary, the panel members had found the atmosphere in Kuno-Palpur suitable for shifting of lions. Gujarat, too, could not question much on MP’s preparedness to host the lions, sources said. Madhya Pradesh forest department, it seems, was wait .. Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67227362.cms?utm_source=nyoooz&utm_medium=post&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
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