{"id":24427,"date":"2026-05-19T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24427"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:47:28","slug":"about-barda-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-barda-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Barda Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Barda Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barda Wildlife Sanctuary is being developed as a crucial second habitat for Asiatic lions to reduce the extinction risk posed by keeping the world\u2019s entire wild lion population confined to Gir Forest alone. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Barda Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Barda Hills of <\/span><b>Gujarat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, near the coastal city of <\/span><b>Porbandar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Known locally as Jam Barda, it was once a private hunting ground for the royal families of Jamnagar and Porbandar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>surrounded by agricultural fields, wastelands, and forest,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the terrain of Barda is almost <\/span><b>hilly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: There are two waterways, the <\/span><b>Bileshvary River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the<\/span><b> Joghri River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and two <\/span><b>dams, Khambala and Fodara.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tribes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Ethnic races such as <\/span><b>Maldharis, Bharvads, Rabaris, and Gadhvis <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">live in this region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is a significant biodiversity hotspot and a key area for the <\/span><b>conservation of Asiatic Lions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To develop Barda as the second home for the Asiatic lion, the <\/span><b>state government <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">implemented the <\/span><b>\u2018Gir-Barda Project\u2019 in 1979.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>first fully protected satellite lion habitat in Gujarat.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About <\/span><b>650 plant and tree species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> constitute the flora of the park, and that includes trees and plants like <\/span><b>Babul, Bamboo, Amli, Jamun, Dhundhlo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ber, Gorad, Rayan, Dhav, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Medicinal plants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of great use grow profusely within the forested belt of the sanctuary.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shelters species like<\/span><b> leopards, wolves, sambar deer, chinkara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hyenas, and blue bulls (nilgai).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is also a paradise for bird watchers, with numerous resident and migratory birds such as <\/span><b>eagles, owls, crested serpent eagles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and partridges found here. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/gir-asiatic-lion-big-cat-wild-cat-barda-wildlife-sanctuary-asiatic-lion-extinction-gir-forest-capacity-2912827-2026-05-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IT<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barda Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Barda Hills of Gujarat, near the coastal city of Porbandar. 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