Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation is an autonomous body, set up in 1982 by the Forests & Environment Department, Government of Gujarat. The Foundation has been registered as a Society under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860, and as a Public Trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act of 1950.The Foundation is governed by a Board of Governors chaired by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Ecological education being one of the primary objectives of the Foundation, nature education programmers for specific target groups such as school children were initiated by the Foundation way back in 1982. Till date, the Foundation has organised 3,068 camps which have benefited more than 1.70 lakh school children and 10,000 teachers. Special camping sites at Indroda Nature Park (INP) and Hingolgadh Nature Education Sanctuary (HNES) have been developed for this purpose. The Foundation organises about 150 nature education camps every year covering about 7,500 students and 300 teachers. During each camp, participants stay in the wild for two nights and three days. Recently, GEER Foundation has developed a wilderness park in the eastern part of the Indroda Nature Park with good camping facilities viz. good dense forest, tents, cottages, amphitheatre, wildlife interpretation centre etc.
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