where is the gir foundation institute?
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Explanation:
Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation is an autonomous organization with the Forests & Environment Department of Government of Gujarat set up in the year 1982. The Foundation is a registered society under the Indian Societies Registration Act of 1860 and is a Public Trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. In the year 1999, the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has registered the Foundation as a Scientific Institute.
A multi-disciplinary team of professionals (including Foresters, Ecologists, Environment Engineers, Socio-economists, GIS & RS Experts and Computer specialists) support the Commission, along with other ministerial staff.
A multi-disciplinary team of professionals (including Foresters, Ecologists, Environment Engineers, Socio-economists, GIS & RS Experts and Computer specialists) support the Commission, along with other ministerial staff.
GEC is a platform for providing information and other inputs, which are needed to develop policies and approaches for ecological conservation and sustainable development. At the same time, it undertakes, on its own and in collaboration with other agencies, initiatives for the protection of ecosystems under threat and restoration of ecologically degraded zones.
This is done through trial and demonstrative projects, which establish benchmarks for future replication. The major strength of the commission is its ability to draw on the existing institutional and professional resources of the State and elsewhere, based on felt need.
The Commission has also partnered with several Non-Governmental Organizations and Community-Based Organizations in the State in a variety of projects related to ecological restoration, participatory management and awareness generation. GEC has carried out more than 6000 ha of Community based Mangrove Plantation with the help of various organizations and industrial partnerships in the area of Gulf of Khambhat and Kachchh. The Commission is also involved in various environmental conservation activities on the coastal zone of the state. The Commission also takes up comprehensive environmental research studies.