A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar's Gandak river
A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar's Gandak river

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Amlan Dutta

Gharials are a unique crocodilian species presently found only in the 14 widely-spaced riverine ecosystems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Over the years, threats like river fishing, entanglement in nets, and riverbank erosion causing loss of nests during the breeding season have led to a decline in their population. The Bihar government and the Wildlife Trust of India joined hands to save them

A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar's Gandak river
A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar's Gandak river

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Amlan Dutta

Gharials are a unique crocodilian species presently found only in the 14 widely-spaced riverine ecosystems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Over the years, threats like river fishing, entanglement in nets, and riverbank erosion causing loss of nests during the breeding season have led to a decline in their population. The Bihar government and the Wildlife Trust of India joined hands to save them

A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar's Gandak river
A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar's Gandak river

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Amlan Dutta

Gharials are a unique crocodilian species presently found only in the 14 widely-spaced riverine ecosystems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Over the years, threats like river fishing, entanglement in nets, and riverbank erosion causing loss of nests during the breeding season have led to a decline in their population. The Bihar government and the Wildlife Trust of India joined hands to save them

A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar's Gandak river
A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar's Gandak river

Sun, 12 May 2024

By Amlan Dutta

Gharials are a unique crocodilian species presently found only in the 14 widely-spaced riverine ecosystems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Over the years, threats like river fishing, entanglement in nets, and riverbank erosion causing loss of nests during the breeding season have led to a decline in their population. The Bihar government and the Wildlife Trust of India joined hands to save them

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