Gujarat Ecological Education and Research ( GEER ) Foundation
 

 

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MANAGING INDRODA NATURE PARK :

                       - A multi-faceted nature education and awareness centre

     GEER Foundation is managing a unique and multifaceted nature awareness centre in the form of Indroda Nature Park (INP) which is spread over an area of about 400 ha in Gandhinagar- the capital city of Gujarat. The Park is divided into two parts on the banks of river Sabarmati. The western part is known as Indroda Nature Park and the eastern part of the river Sabarmati is known as Wilderness Park. The Park has many interesting facets.
 

ZOO AT INDRODA NATURE PARK (INP ZOO)

    The zoo at INP has animals like leopard, spotted deer, sambar, bluebull, blackbuck, chinkara, jackal, four-horned antelope, crocodile, porcupine, about 180 birds (42 species of birds in the aviary). The Park has about 65 birds which build their nests every year in the wilderness of the park. In the snake park, there are number of venomous and non-venomous snakes.

Skeletons of sea mammals

     The skeletons of two blue whales (an adult and a juvenile), one dolphin and a dugong have been displayed with detailed interpretation. The fossils of a large number of sea animals have also been displayed.

BOTANICAL GARDEN

     The botanical garden at INP has an arboretum with 300 tree species of different agro-climatic zones of Gujarat, a green house with a number of plants under controlled humid conditions, a cactii house having 200 species of cactii and a medicinal plant garden with 250 medicinal plant species.

       Development of botanical garden is going on at present and the herb, shrub and climber species that are found in Gujarat are collected and planted in the extended portion of the botanical garden.

 

DINOSAUR AND FOSSIL PARK AT INP

KALRAV ENCLAVE
  VOLUNTARY INTERPRETERS AT INDRODA NATURE PARK
  List of Wildlife at Indroda Nature Park, Gandhinagar
 
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