{"id":95,"date":"2017-07-11T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2017-08-05T09:51:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T09:51:23","slug":"city-forest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/city-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"City Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>City Forest Project<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">As the sixth largest urban agglomeration in the world, Mumbai is blessed to have a national park within its limits. Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) is 103 sq. km. in size and has a rich variety of flora and fauna, with leopards as its apex predator. Two lakes namely Tulsi and Vihar which supply 5-8% of Mumbai\u2019s drinking water supply are situated within the Park. As the Park is right in the heart of the city, it is encroached by a vast sea of human settlements leading to degradation of the Park as well as human-wildlife conflict.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The City Forest Project, initiated by the Bombay Natural History Society aims to protect the natural habitats of Mumbai and Thane, especially SGNP and Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWLS).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The Forest and Wildlife Conservation Society (FWCS) is dedicated to continue working on the City Forest Project, in line with the following objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Ecological research including: systematic documentation of biodiversity within SGNP; behavioural and biological studies of flagship species; and environmental monitoring of the wildlife habitats and abiotic features of the Park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Reducing human-wildlife conflict through awareness and education programs for residents living adjacent to SGNP.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Increasing public awareness of conservation through anti-littering, fire safety and responsible tourism programs, especially during major events and festivals such as Mahashivratri.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Creating documentaries to increase global awareness about the plight of the leopards and other species within SGNP.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Forest Project As the sixth largest urban agglomeration in the world, Mumbai is blessed to have a national park within its limits. Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253,"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwcsindia.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}