jayakwadi: Jayakwadi again excluded from Ramsar tag proposal, Thane Creek on list | Aurangabad News
Aurangabad: While the State Forest Department has decided to come up with a proposal to seek a Ramsar tag for Thane Stream, Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary has again been ignored.
Since the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary has a more diverse bird population (among other flora and fauna) than many other wetlands, conservationists believe the desired international label would raise the conservation stakes.
In the recent past, Lonar Crater in Buldhana district and Nandur-Madhyameshwar Bird Sanctuary in Nashik district were the two places the state listed as Ramsar sites, but the sanctuary of birds of Jayakwadi found no consideration despite high demand.
Aurangabad District Honorary Wildlife Warden Kishor Pathak said the presence of flamingos in large numbers at Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary underscores its importance as an ideal wetland.
“Achieving the Ramsar label would pave the way for scientific methods to protect the rich biodiversity of the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary. While the official apathy of the local Forest Department authorities is already weighing down the sanctuary’s flora and fauna, state authorities are also snubbing the Jayakwadi Sanctuary by ignoring it for the Ramsar tag,” it said. -he declares.
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated as being of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty on the environment established in 1971 by UNESCO. Notably, Forest Department authorities had a record of flamingos remaining at the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary even after the end of the migratory season, which experts say is a sign of an ideal wetland.
Spread over 341.05 square kilometers, the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary has 234 species of resident and migratory birds as well as 67 species of fish, 215 taxa, 17 species of angiosperms and two pteridophytes.
When contacted, Maharashtra’s Principal Chief Forest (Wildlife) Conservator, Sunil Limaye, said the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary was under consideration to apply for the Ramsar label. “We are planning on our side. The details for writing the necessary proposal would be put together,” he said.
The State Forest Department has submitted a proposal to seek Ramsar certification for Thane Creek, including the area currently protected as the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary and the surrounding co-sensitive area.
Since the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary has a more diverse bird population (among other flora and fauna) than many other wetlands, conservationists believe the desired international label would raise the conservation stakes.
In the recent past, Lonar Crater in Buldhana district and Nandur-Madhyameshwar Bird Sanctuary in Nashik district were the two places the state listed as Ramsar sites, but the sanctuary of birds of Jayakwadi found no consideration despite high demand.
Aurangabad District Honorary Wildlife Warden Kishor Pathak said the presence of flamingos in large numbers at Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary underscores its importance as an ideal wetland.
“Achieving the Ramsar label would pave the way for scientific methods to protect the rich biodiversity of the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary. While the official apathy of the local Forest Department authorities is already weighing down the sanctuary’s flora and fauna, state authorities are also snubbing the Jayakwadi Sanctuary by ignoring it for the Ramsar tag,” it said. -he declares.
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated as being of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty on the environment established in 1971 by UNESCO. Notably, Forest Department authorities had a record of flamingos remaining at the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary even after the end of the migratory season, which experts say is a sign of an ideal wetland.
Spread over 341.05 square kilometers, the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary has 234 species of resident and migratory birds as well as 67 species of fish, 215 taxa, 17 species of angiosperms and two pteridophytes.
When contacted, Maharashtra’s Principal Chief Forest (Wildlife) Conservator, Sunil Limaye, said the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary was under consideration to apply for the Ramsar label. “We are planning on our side. The details for writing the necessary proposal would be put together,” he said.
The State Forest Department has submitted a proposal to seek Ramsar certification for Thane Creek, including the area currently protected as the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary and the surrounding co-sensitive area.