India’s first ‘Grass Conservatory’ inaugurated in Uttarakhand’s Ranikhet

India’s first ‘grass conservatory’ spread over an area of two acres was inaugurated on November 14, 2021 at Ranikhet in Almora district. Funded under the Central Government’s CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) scheme, the conservatory was developed in three years by the research wing of Uttarakhand Forest Department, Chief Conservator of Forest (research) Sanjiv Chaturvedi said.

The “Germplasm Conservation Centre” has been built by the research wing of the Uttarakhand Forest Department over an area of 2 acres in three years.

Around 90 different grass species have been demonstrated to display their important scientific, ecological, medicinal and cultural information.