Follow Up on The Great Indian Bustard
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Close on the heels of reports about declining tiger numbers in Rajasthan, now comes the alarming news that the Great Indian Bustard population has declined to 500 due to poaching and shrinking habitats
The IUCN passed a resolution requesting the Indian government to initiate Project Bustard, along the lines of Project Tiger, a suggestion backed by other wildlife organisations. Project Tiger and Project Elephant have shown that by identifying an indicator species and focusing attention on it and its habitat, an array of threatened species and habitats can be protected.
But as of now nothing is being done. We need more momentum. The world needs to know that nothing is being done. The number is going down quick. The worst part is that the number of birds in zoos etc are also low. Due to this fact if we loose the wild population the chances of getting it back is close to Nil.
The Indian Government is not taking it seriously it can be show by the fact that many public interest litigation returned the explanation that :
"Number of steps are being taken to protect the species, which has been placed in schedule one of the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972"
which by itself is an archaic set of rules. We will be running another campaign soon to get the international and the national community to recognise this fact.
Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP):
No Habitat Conservation Plans exist for the Great Indian bustard.
No petitions on Bastard
Safe Harbor Agreements (SHA):
No Safe Harbor Agreements exist for the Great Indian bustard.
Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCA):
No Candidate Conservation Agreements exist for the Great Indian bustard.
Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAA):
No Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances exist for the Great Indian bustard.
Source:-
http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/SpeciesReport.do;jsessionid=F2FBA592281A80E9181216CF822B5706?spcode=B014
Close on the heels of reports about declining tiger numbers in Rajasthan, now comes the alarming news that the Great Indian Bustard population has declined to 500 due to poaching and shrinking habitats
The IUCN passed a resolution requesting the Indian government to initiate Project Bustard, along the lines of Project Tiger, a suggestion backed by other wildlife organisations. Project Tiger and Project Elephant have shown that by identifying an indicator species and focusing attention on it and its habitat, an array of threatened species and habitats can be protected.
But as of now nothing is being done. We need more momentum. The world needs to know that nothing is being done. The number is going down quick. The worst part is that the number of birds in zoos etc are also low. Due to this fact if we loose the wild population the chances of getting it back is close to Nil.
The Indian Government is not taking it seriously it can be show by the fact that many public interest litigation returned the explanation that :
"Number of steps are being taken to protect the species, which has been placed in schedule one of the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972"
which by itself is an archaic set of rules. We will be running another campaign soon to get the international and the national community to recognise this fact.
Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP):
No Habitat Conservation Plans exist for the Great Indian bustard.
No petitions on Bastard
Safe Harbor Agreements (SHA):
No Safe Harbor Agreements exist for the Great Indian bustard.
Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCA):
No Candidate Conservation Agreements exist for the Great Indian bustard.
Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAA):
No Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances exist for the Great Indian bustard.
Source:-
http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/SpeciesReport.do;jsessionid=F2FBA592281A80E9181216CF822B5706?spcode=B014
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