In News. Reason, the authorities were still searching and collecting eggs of GIB scattered in DNP under the Species Recovery Programme. This Bustard is a large and spectacular bird, indigenous to India, whose numbers, in spite of the legislative ban on its killing, are dwindling at an alarming rate due to poaching by vandalistic gunners and also encroachment upon its natural habitats. Our effort yielded success. Conservationists hope the GIB chicks will eventually become fully grown adults and survive in the wild.We were now forced to take another route to catch a glimpse of the great bird.
“The purpose was to pinpoint public interest and attention to some particular species that stood in the greatest need of protection in each country, especially where it was threatened with extinction owing to public apathy or direct human persecution. In India, this state bird of Rajasthan is listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act. Today it is restricted to isolated pockets of Gujarat and Rajasthan (shared with Pakistan). Once across the border, it is punished for this folly-and for its name.The Red List report for 2017 raised alarm over rampant poaching of the bustards in Pakistan, stating, “Current levels of hunting may result in the extinction of even the largest western Indian population in the next 15-20 years.” It noted that “high-intensity poaching still continues in Pakistan, where 49 birds were hunted of 63 that were sighted over a period of four years.”On February 21, 2020, during the UN sponsored Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMSCOP13), of which Pakistan is also a party, India asked Pakistan to work on conserving the GIB: “We are greatly worried about its killing and poaching that is taking place in Pakistan.
An omnivore, it is a friend of farmers as it loves eating insects. The GIB is a k-selected species, which in layman’s terms means a species that invests significant energy in one offspring at a time, and has a relatively long life span. They can live for up to 40 years, and females produce one chick a year.According to the IUCN Red List (the world’s most comprehensive inventory of the conservation status of species), the GIB critically endangered. IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATES CANCELLED – The Members Meeting at the Manor in Shrewton will not go ahead until further notice Now when GIB has been included in appendix one of the CMS, it is the duty of all parties to this treaty, even mandatory, to do their bit for conservation.” Too late.Still there is hope. The project visits are a major part of our funding and without them we will struggle to cover land rent for our reserves and other costs. Not saving the Great Indian Bustard will be a dreadful failure. Great Indian Bustard. Visit the project and see the UK's only wild Great Bustard populationDue to the Corona Virus the GBG will not be running any more visits to the project site until further notice.
The Great Indian Bustard is a species that merits this distinction. If you are able to do so, please […]We are pleased to announce that our friends in the Eurasian Bustard Alliance have a new website! It’s about 150 and its presence restricted to the Kutch of Gujarat and Desert National Park in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.In February, the UN wildlife conference had accepted India’s proposals to include the Great Indian Bustard, the Asian elephant, and the Bengal florican in a list of migratory species targeted for enhanced transboundary conservation efforts.This was the time for me to meet GIB. 2020 Adopt a Bustard Appeal Donation Thank you from all of us at the Great Bustard Group! This Bustard is a large and spectacular bird, indigenous to India, whose numbers, in spite of the legislative ban on its killing, are dwindling at an alarming rate due to poaching by vandalistic gunners …
It was sheer luck to watch Rajasthan’s state bird and animal together in single visual sweep.GIB is the heaviest flying bird in the world. This is the only successful reintroduction of Great Bustards anywhere in the world. And the poor bird lost its first battle.Legendary ornithologist Salim Ali had recommended Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis Nigriceps) as the ‘national bird’ of India. A chance to click the endangered bird. Please pay them a visit at – www.eurasianbustardalliance.orgThe GBG has created a self sustaining population of around 100 birds. After the third dune had been climbed, we got the glimpse of four majestic GIB’s in an open field. In 1969, the population of this bird was 1,260 adults. They stood out for their proud gait, long white fur necks and blackish crowns. It needs an urgent nation-wide effort to save the bird from its impending doom,” appealed Ali.Unfortunately, Ali’s warning went unheeded and India chose the beautiful peacock as the National Bird in 1962 and the GIB lost to its more colourful cousin because of its name. Barely 150 of these birds are estimated to be surviving now globally; Today, its population is confined mostly to Rajasthan and Gujarat.
The GIB project is a joint effort of the Rajasthan wildlife department, Dehradun’s Wildlife Institute of India, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Abu Dhabi-based International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC).Hopefully, in the near future we will see more GIBs as concerned agencies are working on a war footing to save this species. The bird flies across the border to Pakistan-part of its natural habitat. And now? The UN wildlife conference had accepted India’s proposals to include the Great Indian BustardOur politically correct babus were petrified that people would mispronounce the Bustard’s name as Bast***. The Great Indian Bustard (GIB), is one of the heaviest flying birds, and is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent. Part of: GS Prelims and GS Mains –III- Environment Conservation. To our dismay, we found that the Desert National Park (DNP) was closed indefinitely for the public. Last year five chicks and in April this year, two chicks, were born-the first GIB births in captivity through artificial hatching.
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