Aravali Safari Park Project:
Haryana’s proposed Aravali Safari Park, featuring wildlife enclosures, hotels, and restaurants, faces debate over its impact on ecology, groundwater, and wildlife conservation.
- Aravali Safari Park Project is envisioned as the world’s largest safari park (approx 10,000 acres) and aims to support eco-tourism and compensatory afforestation.
- Inspired by UAE’s Sharjah Park, it is planned for compensatory afforestation to mitigate the loss of 26,000 acres of tropical forests in Great Nicobar.
- It will only be developed in areas where forest density is less than 40%.
- Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 was amended in 2023 to bring it under the ‘forest’ activity, and allowing zoos to be built in forest areas.
