Project Great Indian Bustard Captive Breeding Programme enters 4th year with Two New Chicks

• Project GIB is India's flagship ex-situ conservation effort for the Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps), a Critically Endangered grassland bird endemic to the Indian subcontinent.
• Run by MoEFCC with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and Rajasthan Forest Department at breeding centres in Sam and Ramdevra, Jaisalmer.
• High UPSC value: intersects species conservation, Wildlife (Protection) Act, renewable-energy vs biodiversity trade-off, SC's M.K. Ranjitsinh case on power lines, and CMS Appendix I listing.