Submitted by
Ishwarn
on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 14:16
General Information
Resolution
46461
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
| Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec | Activities Overview | Description | Status | Action |
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| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | The concepts ‘water is life’ and it is ‘elixir of life’, are explained to students and the public. The source of water, that is rain in hills, mountains, forests should be conserved and how water reaches the water bodies through storage in dams and diverted and channelized through rivers, channels and sub-channels to water bodies, besides receiving rain by the monsoons are explained to students. Students, teachers and a cross section of the civil society are taken to wetland ecosystems and urban water bodies to expose them to have study on local, local migratory and migratory birds. Flamingo, Northern pintail, Eurasian wigeon, sandpiper, garganey, Northern shoveler, red shank, green shank, Arctic tern and gulls visit the wetlands, which are precious environmental heritage. The water bodies have the local birds as pelican, painted stork, cormorants, herons, egrets, spoon bills, spot bill ducks, white ibis, black ibis and glossy ibis. The key activities of birds as the role in food chain and as natural pest controller are highlighted to the participants. Wetland Photo Exhibitions are conducted often in educational institutions, where many school and college students and the public are invited to witness them to create awareness on birds. We conduct Flamingo Festival, Bird Festival in wetland ecosystems adjoining water bodies, where renowned ornithologists address the participants. Tribal Foundation conducts it in educational institutions to sensitize students on the role of birds. Stickers on Flamingo are printed and distributed to the participants to sensitize them on the need to conserve the migratory species of birds. Every year we celebrate World Water Day, World Wetlands Day and take students to water bodies for eco-exposure and participatory environmental education and explain the role of urban wetlands which are part of the environment and vital for human survival. |
On-going | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
No other Members are/have been involved
IUCN Commissions
No IUCN Commissions involved
IUCN Secretariat
No
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
Since the 2017 report, there has been progress on this resolution made by our membership especially by BNHS, WWF and others in documenting the faunal and floral diversity especially birds and providing policy guidance in targeted wetlands identified as national importance.
An global event to look forward to, is the upcoming 'Wetland and Migratory Waterbirds of the Asian Flyways' from 18 to 22 November 2019 (https://cwamwaf.in/conference/) being organized by BNHS and MoEFCC.
An global event to look forward to, is the upcoming 'Wetland and Migratory Waterbirds of the Asian Flyways' from 18 to 22 November 2019 (https://cwamwaf.in/conference/) being organized by BNHS and MoEFCC.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
NA
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
IUCN has been approached by BNHS to be part of the 'Wetland and Migratory Waterbirds of the Asian Flyways' meeting. We will continue to engage the membership in India and where opportunities arise and funds are available, will also partner with them in implementation. IUCN India office is also exploring possibilities for developing joint proposals on the same with its membership.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Initiated: first stages of implementation