{"id":324925,"date":"2025-01-28T15:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=324925"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:15:39","slug":"asan-wetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asan-wetland\/","title":{"rendered":"Asan wetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; A bird counting campaign at Asan Wetland in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, has been successful, with volunteers spotting 5,225 birds from 117 species.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_324931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324931\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-324931\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Asan-wetland.png?resize=477%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Asan wetland\" width=\"477\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Asan-wetland.png?w=903&amp;ssl=1 903w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Asan-wetland.png?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Asan-wetland.png?resize=768%2C420&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-324931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- The Statesman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About Asan wetland (Asan Conservation Reserve)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: It is situated in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, along the Asan River, which flows into the Yamuna River.<\/li>\n<li>It was declared a Conservation Reserve in 2005 under Section 36A of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wildlife-protection-act-1972-2\/#:~:text=The%20Act%20imposes%20a%20ban,breeding%20programme%20for%20endangered%20species.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ramsar Site<\/strong>: It is the <em>first Ramsar site in Uttarakhand<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avain Species<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Strategically located within the <em>Central Asian Flyways (CAF)<\/em>,the reserve homes 330 bird species, including critically endangered species like the<em> red-headed vulture, white-rumped vultur<\/em>e, and <em>Baer\u2019s pochard<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Other vulnerable or endangered species include the Egyptian vulture, steppe eagle, and Indian spotted eagle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fish Diversity<\/strong>: It supports 49 fish species, including the endangered <em>Putitor mahseer<\/em> (Tor putitora).<\/li>\n<li>It is listed as an <em>Important Bird Area (IBA)<\/em> by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and BirdLife International.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; A bird counting campaign at Asan Wetland in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, has been successful, with volunteers spotting 5,225 birds from 117 species. About Asan wetland (Asan Conservation Reserve) Location: It is situated in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, along the Asan River, which flows into the Yamuna River. It was declared a Conservation Reserve in 2005 under&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asan-wetland\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asan wetland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-324925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324925","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\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}