Greater Gir Nature Trust

About Us

Mission Statement

“Balancing life through education in community and support Nature.”

Our Objectives

1. Creating Natural Corridor by planting native trees.
2. Create Awareness about Asiatic Lion and Greater Gir
3. Coordinate, Participate, Motivate and Assist in causes of Asiatic Lion and Gir & Greater Gir Conservation Programmes by creating a natural corridor.
4. Core field work

Plan to achieve our objectives

Create Awareness about Asiatic Lion and Gir & Greater Gir Region
To involve local community is the best conservation policy. Hence our ‘Awarness Campaigns’ are always ON amongst local villages to expert international individuals and institutes.
To form an Apex Body and there by network local NGOs of Gir.
To set up a network of volunteer informers in each and every corner of Gir & Greater Gir periphery to keep the poachers at bay. And thereby assist the enforcement agencies, in the work of field investigations, raids and seizures.
To create public awareness and to sensitize local people about need for conservation of Greater Gir Region and Asiatic Lion. This not only helps to reduce man-animal conflict but harness them positively for the cause of conservation.
To distribute information and awareness leaflets at check-post to visitors using jungle roads.
To approach schools in Saurashtra & Kutch region to conduct more nature camps for their students.
To take all measures to promote harmony between human beings and nature.
To collect and compile maximum information about Asiatic Lion and spread it throughout the globe by Websites, Blogs, Wikipedia, Yahoo groups, Facebook etc.
To create library of books, thesis, theory papers, news articles etc. related to Asiatic Lion and to make the same available for reference to public. Also make them available by email on demand.
We strongly believe that only by working together in willing and honest partnerships with Forest department, media, local people, local NGOs and of course environment supportive Corporate, we can succeed in achieving our mission of successful conservation of Gir and Greater Gir biodiversity and Asiatic Lion.
To assist and participate in Government Programmes.
To declare Awards and there by motivate front line forest staff, student/ teachers in Gir schools, researchers in Gir etc. Awards are an attempt to appreciate the hard work and efforts by individuals and organisations who have done remarkable work on Asiatic Lion and Greater Gir & Gir conservation.
NGOs willing to work for Greater Gir and Gir
To inform authorities about injured wild animals.
To participate in national and international debates, conferences and events to represent today’s Greater Gir & Gir Conservation.
To arrange conferences, symposium for training, awareness and enhance knowledge of forest staff and local wildlife activists.
To invite national and international speakers and experts to such events.
To arrange technical and financial assistance from Government, other institutes, conservation unions for Programmes related to benefit of Asiatic Lion, Greater Gir & Gir region.