{"id":34057,"date":"2018-10-30T15:39:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34057"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:39:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:09:46","slug":"first-fauna-survey-begins-in-krishna-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/first-fauna-survey-begins-in-krishna-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"First fauna survey begins in Krishna sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/andhra-pradesh\/first-fauna-survey-begins-in-krishna-sanctuary\/article20364995.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First fauna survey begins in Krishna sanctuary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first status survey of the \u2018fauna\u2019 in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWL), one of the rarest eco-regions in the world, has been commenced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Sanctuary:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area was declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a wildlife sanctuary and estuary located in Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is sandwiched between the Bay of Bengal and the Krishna river and geographically falls in Krishna and Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the rarest eco-regions of the world because it harbors vast tracts of pristine mangrove forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed by conservationists to be one of the last remaining tracts of thick primary mangrove forests of South India, which is rapidly disappearing due to absence of protective measures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes Sorlagondi Reserve Forest, Nachugunta Reserve Forest, Yelichetladibba Reserve Forest, Kottapalem Reserve Forest, Molagunta Reserve Forest, Adavuladivi Reserve Forest and Lankivanidibba Reserve Forest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A part of the mangroves is located far from the main mangrove area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This unconnected region lies near Machilipatnam on its eastern side and Nakshatranagar on its western side.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Flora and fauna:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The estuary of Krishna River passes through the sanctuary, and the mangroves line the estuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed that this region potentially holds one of the most significant populations of fishing cats in the world, and yet , no concrete survey on fishing cats or community-based fishing cat conservation efforts have been carried out here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area has the potential to become world\u2019s first reserve for a few of the IUCN identified endangered species including the fishing cat or locally as bavuru pilli.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is home to reptiles including the gargen lizard, wall lizard and tortoise.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Need for the survey:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the need of the hour to have an authentic data on the presence of the wildlife to prepare conservation strategies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey was carried out by installing camera traps in the most strategic 20 wildlife grids.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will proceed with the \u2018Fishing Cat census\u2019 once the data captured through the camera traps is examined.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey includes geo-tagging of the wildlife, particularly the fishing cat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The credit for the rise of the fishing cat pollution goes to the conservation of the mangrove cover.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The India State of Forest Report 2015 shows that there has been a net increase of 17 sq.km. of mangroves forest cover in Krishna district since 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First fauna survey begins in Krishna sanctuary Context: The first status survey of the \u2018fauna\u2019 in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary (KWL), one of the rarest eco-regions in the world, has been commenced. About Sanctuary: The area was declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1998. 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