• Aim to protect and conserve the world’s last ranging free population of Asiatic Lion and its associated ecosystem.
• Launched by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
• It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme- Development of Wildlife Habitat (CSS-DWH) with the contributing ratio being 60:40 of Central and State share.
• Asiatic Lion Conservation Project would use modern information and communication technology for conservation and protection efforts of the Great Gir Region, including GPS-based animal and vehicle tracking, automated sensor grid with movement sensors, night vision capability and real-time monitoring and report generation.
  The project will also have a dedicated veterinary institute, “lion ambulances”, and back-up stocks of vaccines that may be required.

Gujarat has envisaged a ‘Greater Gir’ that includes, other than the existing Gir National Park, sanctuaries in Girnar, Pania and Mitiyala. The conservation project also includes “habitat improvement” measures, making more sources of water available, creating a wildlife crime cell, and a task force for the Greater Gir region.