• Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (dry deciduous forests)  is the only abode of the Asiatic lion.
  • Protection Status
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered
    • CITES: Appendix I
    • Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972: Schedule I
  • Associated Tribe: Gir is often linked with “Maldharis” (pastoral communities in the region), who have survived through the ages by having a symbiotic relationship with the lions.
Project Lion

  • Aim: It envisages landscape ecology-based conservation of the Asiatic Lion in Gujarat by integrating conservation and eco-development.

 

Source: The Hindu