Department of Wildlife Protection celebrates World Migratory Bird Day

The Department of Wildlife Protection and Wetlands, Division Kashmir today organized a function here at World famous Ramsar Site of Kashmir (Hokersar Wetland Reserve) to celebrate the ‘World Migratory Bird Day’.

The function was organized in collaboration with the NGO”National Society for the Protection of Water Resources Wetlands and Forests”.

   

The aim of the function was to impart the importance of themigratory birds among the masses and the school going children.

During the program main emphasis was given regarding theimpact of plastic wastes in the Wetlands and the catastrophe it inflicts in thekilling of millions of migratory birds in seas and other water bodies worldover. Besides, the participants were informed about the detrimental role of theplastic pollutants which chocked the in feeding channels of the Wetlands andturned them invalid as an essential abode for the migratory birds.

Various speakers on the occasion threw light on this year’stheme “Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution!”

 Stress was given toinvolve maximum youth on conservation of migratory birds and the Wetlands sothat they are conserved and the Wetlands are made plastic free areas.

Awareness was also given among the participants todisseminate the message that no plastic waste should be thrown inside waterchannels, streams, nallas, ditches, and pools as these wastes finally findtheir way in wetlands, rivers and seas.

Deputy Conservator of Forests(WL) and Wildlife WardenWetlands stressed upon the participants to take active part in campaigning thatno plastic waste is thrown inside water bodies and their in-feeding channels asthese wastes kill birds is seas and are chocking the wetlands area.

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