{"id":18928,"date":"2026-05-04T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=18928"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:59:55","slug":"lg-directs-safeguarding-jks-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/lg-directs-safeguarding-jks-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"LG directs safeguarding J&#038;K&#8217;s biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chairs 7th J&amp;K UT Wildlife Board Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, May 04: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday chaired the 7th meeting of the Wildlife Board for the Union Territory of J&amp;K, at Lok Bhavan, Srinagar.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by Javed Ahmed Rana, Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology &amp; Environment, and Tribal Affairs Departments; Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal and Mian Mehar Ali, Members of the Legislative Assembly; Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Dr. Mandeep K. Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor; Sheetal Nanda, Commissioner Secretary, Forest, Ecology &amp; Environment Department; Sarvesh Rai, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests &amp; Head of Forest Force; Chaturbhuja Behera, PCCF &amp; Chief Wildlife Warden, J&amp;K, along with eminent conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists, representatives of the Army, NGOs working in the wildlife sector, and other members of the Board.<\/p>\n<p>The Board deliberated on key conservation and development matters and accorded approval for the construction of the Asha\u2013Cheema\u2013Gurdaligali\u2013Aphrawat\u2013Sarson\u2013Anita Road at Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary, Baramulla. Now, the proposal will be recommended to the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SCNBWL) for grant of wildlife clearance.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the Lieutenant Governor underscored the importance of balancing developmental needs with ecological sustainability. He emphasized the need to safeguard and strengthen the unique biodiversity of Jammu &amp; Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>The Board was also apprised of various initiatives undertaken by the Department for the conservation and protection of wildlife resources across the Union Territory\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairs 7th J&amp;K UT Wildlife Board Meeting Srinagar, May 04: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday chaired the 7th meeting of the Wildlife Board for the Union Territory of J&amp;K, at Lok Bhavan, Srinagar. The meeting was attended by Javed Ahmed Rana, Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology &amp; Environment, and Tribal Affairs Departments; Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18930,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18928\/revisions\/18930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}