Department of Wildlife Sindh On the occasion of World Wildlife Day, released the bird census report for this year according to which only 29 of Sindh this year. The lakes But more than six lakh 49 thousand Passenger birds Came.
This report released by the department is called ‘Annual Poultry or Waterfowl Census’.
The wildlife department’s survey was conducted in January and February and 649 thousand 122 guest birds were seen in this survey conducted on only 29 lakes out of more than 200 lakes of the province.
The wildlife department has estimated that the number of birds visiting the entire province is more than 12 lakh.
The survey was released on the occasion of the United Nations World Wildlife Day.
The United Nations celebrates ‘World Wildlife Day’ on March 3 every year to raise global awareness of the plight of wildlife, especially migratory birds.
This year, the theme of the World Day is ‘Connecting People and Planet: Finding the Way to Protect Wildlife with Digital Innovation’.
Provincial Conservator of Sindh Wildlife Department, Javed Ahmed Mehr, while talking to Independent Urdu, said that “modern Digital innovations And with social networking websites, animals and birds are being protected in a much better way.’
According to Javed Ahmad Mehr, ‘Before digital inventions, if a hunter used to hunt or catch animals or birds in a place, no one knew. But now everyone has a mobile phone and if an animal is hunted, the department receives the video on WhatsApp within a few hours.’
He further said that the department takes timely action and arrests the accused and they are imprisoned along with these heavy fines. People are made aware that poaching can lead to fines and imprisonment.’
In November 2021, in Memongoth of Malir Town, Karachi, local youth Nazim Jokhio stopped Talwar hunters in Malir during a Facebook Live. He later expressed fear in a live post that poachers could be killed for stopping them in this way.
A few days later, his tortured body was found. Sindh Assembly member Jam Awais Ghorram and National Assembly member Jam Abdul Karim were nominated in this case and Jam Awais Ghorram was also arrested. All this happened as a result of the use of digital media and the campaign that ran on it.
After the legal proceedings, the accused had to reconcile with Nazim Jokhio’s widow.
According to Javed Ahmed Maher: ‘Usually digital innovations and use of platforms are prohibited in government departments.
In this January 3, 2024 photo, birds fly in Islamabad during fog (AFP)
But the Sindh wildlife department not only allows the use of digital media and social media in the new law, but also urges their staff to take digital training.
About 15 years ago, the Wildlife Department installed two modern digital satellite transmitters named ‘Chandni One’ and ‘Chandni Two’ to record the movements of the two green turtles that visited Turtle Beach in Karachi about 15 years ago. were planted.
These two green turtles were later spotted off the coast of Iran by these advanced digital satellite transmitters.
During the recent bird census survey of the Sindh Wildlife Department, Kenjhar Lake, Haliji Lake and Manchhar Lake of Thatta District, Hamal Lake of Larkana District, Run of Kuch of Tharparkar District, Lingh Lake of Qamber District and Naridi Lagoon of Badin District were recorded. Visiting birds at lakes and water bodies were counted.
This survey of the Wildlife Department was conducted in January and February (Photo: Sindh Wildlife Department).
Sindh province in terms of biodiversity Pakistan It is considered very rich compared to other regions.
In terms of geography, Sindh has more than 200 small and big lakes along with desert, white sand desert or white desert, Kherthar mountain range, sea, river.
Due to these lakes and reservoirs, Sindh is a unique region in terms of wildlife biodiversity.
According to the ‘Convention on Wetlands’ i.e. the international agreement for the protection of wetlands which was concluded on February 2, 1971 in Ramsar city of Iran and entered into force in 1975, 19 wetlands of international importance in Pakistan have been designated as ‘Ramsar sites’. has been declared, of which nine are only in Sindh province.
This section contains related reference points (Related Nodes field).
These include Kenjhar Lake, Haliji Lake, Indus Delta, Indus Dolphin Reserve, Deh Akdro, Drug Lake, Jabu Lagoon, Nardi Lagoon and run-off Kuch while half of the Ramsar Site Hub Dam is in Sindh and half in Balochistan.
In this year’s survey, the wildlife team found that the visiting birds this year compared to the previous year are making their temporary nests in many new areas apart from the traditional habitats.
The highest number of birds were found in Badin’s Naridi Lake. Where the wildlife team counted one lakh 68 thousand 964.
1 lakh 17 thousand 790 at run-off Kuch near Badin Hai 36 thousand 196 guest birds were found at Ranpur Dam Nangar Parkar.
According to the data obtained for the current year, some new visitor birds have been observed whose arrival evidence is not available before.
This report issued by the department was named ‘Annual Bird or Waterfowl Census’ (Photo: Sindh Wildlife Department).
Among them is the Bar-Headed Goose, which was recorded for the first time in history according to the Wildlife Department.
The striped head hawk is a yellowish-grey medium-sized hawk found in Asia and Europe. It migrates to Pakistan.
This bird is one of the highest flying birds in the world, flying over Mount Everest from Central Asia to India and Pakistan.
During a recent survey by the wildlife department, apart from cotton tail, black stork, Indian spotted blood duck, Raj goose or lesser flamingo, 11 different species of birds were seen in the waters of the province.
According to the survey data, nine species of these birds were seen after a long period of time.
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2024-07-29 17:42:02