Nagpur: Thane Creek Biodiversity, which is one of the largest tributaries in Asia who received a large church of birds, has been proposed as a Ramsar site.
The Ramsar site is a wetland site designated as international interests.
The Convention on Wetlands International Interest (Ramsar Convention) is an international agreement that provides global cooperation for wetland conservation.
It was signed on February 2, 1971, in Ramsar in Iran.
At present, Maharashtra has two Ramsar sites: Nandur Madhmeshwar in Nashik stated in January 2020 and Lonar Crater in Buldhana District was announced in November 2020.
Head of the Sunil Limaye Wildlife School (Wildlife) said he had continued the draft proposal submitted by Virendra Tiwari, Head The school principal of forest additional school, Mumbai Mangrove Cell, told school principals (forest) on July 14.
The Limaye told Tii, “The authority of the Maharashtra State wetland will make calls and continue proposals to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change..
If notified as Ramsar, it will provide access to financial assistance through a small grant convention.
In addition, it will Encourage international cooperation on wetlands and bring access to expert advice on national related issues and location, conservation, and management.
“Thane Creek includes a total area of more than 6,522 hectares where 1,690 hectares have been declared as a flamingo Thane Creek protection and 4,832 Hectares are proposed to be informed as an environmentally sensitive zone.
Underline the need to declare it as a Ramsar site, Tiwari said, “Thane Creek was employed by mangroves in both banks and consisted of around 20% of the total Indian mangrove species.
It consists of actual mangrove forests (13 species), mangrove associates (36 species), and a large community of gray mangrove trees, bushes, non-bakhyopheve colleagues non-halophites in the area, Halophytic herbs, shrubs, and weeds.
“He added that the mangrove forest acts as a natural shelter belt and protects the land from the cyclone, a surge Tide, seepage of sea water, and intrusion.
Mangroves functions as a nursery for some species of fish and maintains local fisheries.
The diversity of high bird species in the law and the presence of many important GL-obally species, ALO-ng with abundance that is rich in lower Flamingo and greater Flamingo and other bird migration birds, making this area globally significant.
Maharashtra: Proposal for marking Thane Creek as a Ramsar site
