Gurgaon: The State Forest Department emphasizes on Monday that each district needs to come up with a conservation plan for its wetlands to face multiple threats encroachment and rampant construction activities.
Meanwhile, on February 2, the Department will hold events to celebrate World Wetlands Day in Sultanpur National Park.
During the webinar on the conservation of wetlands organized by the State Forest Department on Monday, Chandra Jagdish, head of the main forest conservator (wildlife), Haryana, said, “The state has worked to notify wetlands and preserve it.
We have got Ramsar tags for two Our wetland last year.
“At present, only two wetlands in Haryana have tags Ramsar – Sultanpur National Park, Gurgaon, spread in 353 hectares, and Sanctuary Wildlife Bhindawas, covering more than 1,000.
hectare.
The two wetlands are home to many species of birds and attract a lot of birds migrating every year, including black winging, Pond Heron, Pied Kingfisher, Purple Heron, Shoveller, Water-Breasted Waterhen, Kingfisher and Prinia.chandra said, “Birds come To rest on this wetland where certain trees help attract birds.
So they stated the Ramsar site, but they also face threats.
Sultanpur National Park faces a threat from large-scale construction activities around it.
We now work to protect the body Water and wetlands throughout the state.
“Chandra stressed that India needed more Ramsar sites.
“The economic value of wetlands is very high, and they are the source of groundwater refill.
They absorb carbon and thus, can act as climate change mitigators.
But they are constantly under threat.
Every district needs to come with a management plan for wetlands This.
“Manju Pandey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (Moefcc), which is part of a virtual meeting, shows that India has a target to have 75 Ramsar sites this year.
“Until now, we have 47 Ramsar sites, and we plan to touch this 75 year sign,” he said.
The Ramsar site is wetlands from international interests, which received legal protection and management guidelines, according to Ramsar Convention on Wet Land, 1971.