Golaghat: A pageant on the conservation of winged species was held at Kaziranga National Park in Assam prior to now two days. The fifth census of migratory birds has additionally begun on the park, in the meantime. The programmes are undertaken with the participation of a whole lot of enumerators, college students, and volunteers, a senior official mentioned on Wednesday. The pageant, which began on Tuesday, celebrated the avian variety, conservation efforts, and the collective pleasure of chicken fanatics, enumerators, and volunteers from numerous backgrounds, Kaziranga National Park Field Director Sonali Ghosh informed PTI
“The chicken depend will take place at greater than 100 recognized wetlands within the Eastern Assam, Nagaon, and Biswanath wildlife divisions of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR),” she added. Assam Environment and Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary inaugurated the Bird Conservation Festival on the UNESCO World Heritage Site on Tuesday.
Talking concerning the methodology of the fifth Migratory Bird Census, the official mentioned it’s a mixture of science and conservation outreach because it goals at sensitising faculty college students and forest frontline staffers to chicken identification. “Support of ornithologists, scientists, researchers, and forest officers is being taken for the general enumeration. As a sampling technique, all wetlands above 10 hectares and inside 1 km of the buffer of KNPTR boundary have been chosen for the enumeration,” Ghosh added.
Certain wetlands of significance however smaller in space have additionally been chosen. The enumeration within the core space is being completely carried out by forest frontline staffers, she mentioned, including that scholar volunteers are inspired to take part within the buffer and tourism zone. For every wetland, one enumerator and three volunteers have been assigned the accountability for the depend. Kit luggage, comprising binoculars, recognizing scope and datasheets, have been supplied by the park authorities, Ghosh mentioned.
In the Eastern Assam Wildlife Division, 53 enumerators are engaged for 71 wetlands. At the Nagaon Wildlife Division, 23 are surveying 22 wetlands, whereas 31 have been conducting the train for 25 wetlands of the Biswanath Wildlife Division, she added. During the 4th enumeration in 2021-22, 66,776 wetbirds had been noticed in KNPTR, the sphere director said.
The two-day pageant aimed toward highlighting the wealthy avifauna of the area with the participation of enumerators hailing from numerous corners of the state, she added. “These passionate people, armed with binoculars and an unwavering dedication to ornithology, will interact in a complete chicken census, contributing considerably to our understanding and conservation of those magnificent winged creatures,” Ghosh mentioned.
