Overview

• Chief Minister Mohan Yadav directed a global outreach drive using short films and documentaries with partners such as Discovery and the Films Division to showcase Madhya Pradesh’s wildlife.
• The board discussed sending tigers to Odisha, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh with a call for reciprocal species exchanges, including efforts to secure a one‑horned rhinoceros from Assam.
• Preparations were ordered to release aquatic species into state rivers, including turtles, gharials and dolphins.
• Approvals included 17.148 hectares in the Satpura–Melghat corridor for NHAI works, 0.85 hectares in Singhori Sanctuary for a village road, and 1.575 hectares in the Rata Pani buffer for PWD use.
• Officials detailed conflict‑mitigation and enforcement measures, citing an AI ‘Gajarakshak’ elephant‑tracking app with SMS alerts, radio/GPS collars and “Elephant Friend” groups, plus reported gains such as 160+ gharial hatchlings in Chambal, notification of Jahanagarh as the 26th sanctuary, seven anti‑poaching arrests in Sheopur, and expanded rescue squads, dog units and transport capacity.