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♤ The Indian Crocodile Conservation Project has pulled back the once threatened crocodilians from the brink of extinction and place them on a good path of recovery. The Project has not just produced a large number of crocodiles, but has contributed towards conservation in a number of related fields as well.
Objectives:
♤ To protect the remaining population of crocodilians in their natural habitat by creating sanctuaries.
♤ To rebuild natural population quickly through 'grow and release’ or 'rear and release’ technique - more than seven thousand crocodiles have been restocked - about 4000 gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), 1800 mugger (Croc-odylus palustris) and 1500 salt- water crocodiles (Croc-odylus porosus)
♤ To promote captive breeding,
♤ To take-up research to improve management.
♤ To build up a level of trained personnel for better continuity of the project through training imparted at project-sites and through the (erstwhile) Central Crocodile Breeding and Management Training Institute, Hyderabad.
♤ To involve the local people in the project intimately