Great Indian bustard conservation

BNHS And Bishnois Join Hands To Save The Great Indian Bustards In Khetolai, Rajasthan

By Dr Oishimaya Sen Nag and Akshita JainPosted on April 8, 2025April 9, 2025Posted in BNHS Research, Wildlife ConservationTagged Great Indian bustard conservation

She spread out her arms in glee as she stood on the land she owned. She was happy because this land was now nurturing new generations of a fast-disappearing species of bird – the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB). Eighty-five-year-old Mangli Devi Bishnoi and other Bishnois of the Khetolai village of Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer District […]

Battling The Many Threats To Save The Great Indian Bustards In Their Last Stronghold In The Thar Grasslands

By Dr. Oishimaya Sen NagPosted on February 23, 2025February 24, 2025Posted in BNHS Research, Wildlife ConservationTagged Great Indian bustard conservation, that grassland conservation

The Great Indian Bustard, a bird that once dwelled across large parts of the Indian subcontinent, has now lost over 90% of its range. It is racing towards extinction, with the grasslands of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan being its last remaining home and hope. Even this landscape is now riddled with threats. Outside the […]