Union Environment Minister presides over Workshop on Mangrove Conservation in Bhuj; Releases Key Mangrove Publications and Reviews MISHTI Progress

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change presided over a Workshop on Mangrove Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Management in Bhuj, Kachchh, Gujarat. The Minister reviewed progress under the MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes) programme, noting that Gujarat has covered 27,652 hectares against its 2023–27 target of 29,250 hectares. During the event, the Minister launched the Mangrove GIS (MGIS) Portal, released the Coffee Table Book on Kachchh Mangroves and the Mangroves Atlas of Gujarat, and felicitated the Guneri Inland Mangrove Village Biodiversity Management Committee for its community-led conservation of Gujarat's first Biodiversity Heritage Site.