{"id":325057,"date":"2025-01-29T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=325057"},"modified":"2025-01-29T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:35:16","slug":"asian-waterbird-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asian-waterbird-census\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Waterbird Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; As per Asian Waterbird\u00a02025 census, a record 39,725 birds of 106 species were sighted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/coringa-wildlife-sanctuary\/#:~:text=About%20Coringa%20Wildlife%20Sanctuary,of%20the%20sea%20and%20Godavari.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a> and its surrounding wetlands.<\/p>\n<h2>About Asian Waterbird Census<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <em>citizen-science programme<\/em> that supports the conservation and management of wetlands and waterbirds worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>It is <em>conducted annually<\/em> and is part of the\u00a0global <em>International Waterbird Census (IWC)<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>It was <em>initiated in 1987<\/em> in the Indian subcontinent and has since expanded to cover major regions of Asia, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Australasia.<\/li>\n<li>The census, thus covers the entire East Asian \u2013 Australasian Flyway and a large part of the <em>Central Asian Flyway.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In India, the census is organized by the <em>Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)<\/em> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wildlife-institute-all-for-hydel-projects-in-arunachal-tiger-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wildlife Institute of India (WII)<\/em><\/a> in early January each year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;border-style: solid;background-color: #f7f7f7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a Non-Governmental Organisation in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research.<\/li>\n<li>BNHS has been designated as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by Department of Science &amp; Technology, Government of India.<\/li>\n<li>BNHS is the Partner of BirdLife International in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; As per Asian Waterbird\u00a02025 census, a record 39,725 birds of 106 species were sighted in the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary and its surrounding wetlands. About Asian Waterbird Census It is a citizen-science programme that supports the conservation and management of wetlands and waterbirds worldwide. It is conducted annually and is part of the\u00a0global International Waterbird&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asian-waterbird-census\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asian Waterbird Census<\/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-325057","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\/325057","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=325057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}