The forest department has for the very first time introduced an extensive and clinical study of birds in Chhattisgarh’s Kanger Valley National forest, which is house to the state bird ‘hill mynah’, an authorities stated on Saturday.The three-day workout, including 56 professionals from 11 states of the nation, was started from Friday in Kanger Valley, situated around 300 km far from capital Raipur in the Maoist-hit Bastar district.
The jungle of Kanger Valley, flanked by hills and covered with sal trees, is likewise popular for resounding Tirathgarh waterfall and Kutumsar limestone caves.The study will determine the practices and population of birds in the national forest, and therefore help in their management and include brand-new measurements to bird enjoying under eco-tourism, the national forest’s director Dhammshil Ganvir stated.
This is a very first such study of birds performed in the state in the cooperation with Bird Count India and Wildlife of Chhattisgarh. The path study method with e-bird application (an online database of bird observations) is being utilized while doing so, he stated.
Professionals from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have actually been trapped for the workout, the main said.Kanger Valley, which is popular for its natural charm, biodiversity and caverns, likewise homes birds discovered in the Western Ghats and Eastern Mountain ranges, he stated.
Among the prime goals of the workout is to inspect the count of the state bird hill mynah, which was earlier dealing with the hazard of termination, now its population is apparently increasing, the main said.Apart from this, the study will help develop essential hotspots for additional research studies with a clinical technique, he included.
( With PTI inputs)
