AHMEDABAD: At a time when the population of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) had long past vastly down from 20 in 2017 to 15 in 2018, Gujarat wooded area officers are scuffling with some other emergency --the solitary male GIB within the state has long past missing.
The absence of the male species may just affect any effort at natural replica and conservation of the chicken. Deputy conservator of wooded area of Kutch (West) BJ Asari admitted that the only male GIB has been missing from the GIB National Park at Naliya in Kutch.
“Teams of the wooded area division have been rummaging throughout the nationwide park unfold over 258 sq.km daily looking for the male GIB for the previous 4 months now. We fear it may have migrated to a couple different position due to drought within the space,” mentioned Asari.
Asari admitted that the missing chicken may just affect GIB conservation efforts. He was hoping that the chicken may go back throughout monsoon.
GIB population decreases from 20 to 15
A recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List on Great Indian Bustard record had mentioned that the population of the massive chicken had decreased from 20 to15.
Member of the IUCN, India bankruptcy, and GIB conservationist Devesh Gadhvi mentioned, “If there is not any male GIB in Gujarat, the potential for long-term conservation becomes bleak.” The Redlist of IUCN 2018 continues to record the GIB as significantly endangered. The record states that smaller populations, fewer than 15-20 birds, are present in Gujarat. The species’ general population used to be estimated at 300 in 2008 which has now dwindled to 50-249 mature individuals, mentioned the 2018 record. The IUCN record mentioned the present ranges of hunting may end result within the extinction of even the largest western Indian population in Gujarat and Rajasthan within the next 15-20 years. “Due to ill-defined land distribution policies, encroachment is a serious problem in lots of bustard spaces, especially in and across the bustard sanctuaries of Kutch, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan,” the record mentioned.
The absence of the male species may just affect any effort at natural replica and conservation of the chicken. Deputy conservator of wooded area of Kutch (West) BJ Asari admitted that the only male GIB has been missing from the GIB National Park at Naliya in Kutch.
“Teams of the wooded area division have been rummaging throughout the nationwide park unfold over 258 sq.km daily looking for the male GIB for the previous 4 months now. We fear it may have migrated to a couple different position due to drought within the space,” mentioned Asari.
Asari admitted that the missing chicken may just affect GIB conservation efforts. He was hoping that the chicken may go back throughout monsoon.
GIB population decreases from 20 to 15
A recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List on Great Indian Bustard record had mentioned that the population of the massive chicken had decreased from 20 to15.
Member of the IUCN, India bankruptcy, and GIB conservationist Devesh Gadhvi mentioned, “If there is not any male GIB in Gujarat, the potential for long-term conservation becomes bleak.” The Redlist of IUCN 2018 continues to record the GIB as significantly endangered. The record states that smaller populations, fewer than 15-20 birds, are present in Gujarat. The species’ general population used to be estimated at 300 in 2008 which has now dwindled to 50-249 mature individuals, mentioned the 2018 record. The IUCN record mentioned the present ranges of hunting may end result within the extinction of even the largest western Indian population in Gujarat and Rajasthan within the next 15-20 years. “Due to ill-defined land distribution policies, encroachment is a serious problem in lots of bustard spaces, especially in and across the bustard sanctuaries of Kutch, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan,” the record mentioned.
Guj: Lone male great Indian bustard goes missing
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