{"id":302948,"date":"2024-07-01T19:27:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=302948"},"modified":"2024-07-01T19:27:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:57:34","slug":"bustard-conservation-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bustard-conservation-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bustard conservation Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>-This post on Bustard conservation Plan<\/strong> has been created based on the article “Rewilding, artificial insemination, population study; Rs 56 crore approved for next phase of Bustard conservation<\/a>” published in “The Indian Express<\/strong>” on 1 July 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the news?<\/h2>\n

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently approved Rs 56 crore for the next phase of the conservation of Great Indian Bustard (GIB)<\/span> and Lesser Florican.<\/span>
\nThe conservation programme has been running since 2016 for long-term recovery of critically endangered GIB and Lesser Florican. As of now, around 140 GIBs and fewer than 1,000 Lesser Floricans are surviving in the wild.<\/p>\n

Component of Plan-<\/h2>\n
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Source-The Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A)The first component includes targets like completing the conservation breeding centre<\/span> in Ramdevra, Jaisalmer, developing the Sorsan Lesser Florican<\/a> facility, preparing for releasing captive-bred birds, releasing Great Indian Bustards (GIBs)<\/a> in Rajasthan and other areas, monitoring them after release, and conducting artificial insemination<\/span>.<\/p>\n

B) The second component comprises in-situ conservation of GIBs in other range states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.<\/span> This component will be implemented by WII along with state governments<\/span>.<\/p>\n

C)From 2024 to 2026, Wildlife Institute of India<\/span> will survey the population of Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in Jaisalmer and other states where they live, and also estimate the population of the lesser florican across its entire range.<\/span><\/p>\n

D) During the 2024-2029 phase,<\/span> there will be a focus on developing and implementing artificial insemination techniques<\/span> as a backup to captive-breeding conservation efforts. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has partnered with the Abu Dhabi-based International Fund for Houbara Conservation for this initiative.<\/p>\n

Threats to Species<\/h2>\n

A) Both species have declined due to hunting, habitat loss<\/span>, and predators<\/span> preying on their eggs.<\/p>\n

B) Overhead power lines<\/span> have become a significant threat to Great Indian Bustards, with a study from 2017-18 estimating that 88,000 birds of various species die annually from collisions with these lines.<\/p>\n

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Source-This post on Bustard conservation Plan has been created based on the article “Rewilding, artificial insemination, population study; Rs 56 crore approved for next phase of Bustard conservation” published in “The Indian Express” on 1 July 2024. Why in the news? The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently approved Rs 56… Continue reading Bustard conservation Plan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11834],"tags":[11872,11452],"class_list":["post-302948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}