Feathered friends
By Venus
Vinod Upadhyaya
(The Hindu -
22 July 2007)
More than 250 Darters out of the 4,000 left in the
world are breeding in a single village in Kerala, thanks to many community
initiatives....more
on >>
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/07/22/stories/2007072250120700.htm
Water birds tickling tipplers' taste buds
By Binu Karunakaran
The water birds in the wet
land belts of West Kochi....more>>>
Blue-bearded
bee eater seen in Wayanad
By
R. Madhavan
(Report first appeared in The Hindu – 13 July 2004)
A
recent survey showed bird population was
on the decline in Wayanad,
the wooded district continues to be reservoir
of surprises
for bird-watchers....more>>
Sand-mining
poses threat to bird population
By G. Hari Sundar (Report first appeared in The Hindu- 14 June 2004)
Indiscriminate
sand-mining, rising pollution levels, reclamation of land and human
interference are posing a serious threat to the fragile riverine
ecosystem of the Bharathapuzha...more>>
Survey
calls for naming wetland sites as bird sanctuaries
(Appeared in the HINDU on 12 May 2003)
KANNUR,
MAY 12. Bird population in the wetland and mangrove areas in the
district that are identified
as sites frequented by migratory waterfowls and associated birds will
continue to decline.
More....
Pesticides
Spell Doom for bird life in Wayanad
By
R Madhavan Nair
Many
bird species that once livened up Wayanad's landscape with their
brightly coloured presence and tuneful cries are headed for
extinction. more..
Ramsar Sites:
Three wetlands of our State obtained
the status of "Ramsar Site". The wetlands are:
1. Ashtamudi Lake
2. Sasthamkotta Lake &
3. Vembanad-Kol Wetland (Vembanad & Kole are considered as
a large single complex).
They were declared as Ramsar on 19
August 2002.
The Convention on Wetlands came into force for India on 1 February
1982. There are 11 sites in India, out of which 3 are in Kerala.
Athirappally
Project a threat to avifauna:
study
By
G. Hari Sundar
The implementation
of the Athirappally hydro-electric project is likely to sound the
death knell of the
avifauna in the locality, which
includes the Malabar pied hornbill
(Paandan vezhambal), one of the endangered birds
in the State. more...
Manavan
Shola Under Threat of the AXE
By G Hari Sunder
The
largest forest patch in South India, Manavan Shola, is being denuded of
its forest cover by land grabbers who have even succeeded to letting a
road laid through it with the assistance of National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) threatening many species of endemic
birds & butterflies...more.
Alarming
fall in water-bird count
By George Jacob
(This
article appeared in The Hindu - Dec, 28 2001)
The Department of
Forests and Wildlife and the Kottayam Nature Society have scheduled its
third water-birds survey in and around the Vembanad Lake for January
2002....more
Nabard
aid for `illegal' road through Mannavan Shola
By P. Venugopal
The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (Nabard) is
unwittingly becoming party to a gross act of illegality through the
assistance it is rendering to the State for the construction of road
through the Mannavan Shola in Idukki district. more...
Whither
winged guests?
Bv
K Sabarinath
Teals
which once thronged Ambalamugal (near Kochi) in their thousands
have alighted this year in very small numbers....more
Threat
to bird migration in Kerala
By
C.V. Gopalakrishnan
(This
article appeared in The Hindu - SEPT.
7, 2001)
Predatory fishing and the
heavy use of pesticides pose a big threat to bird migration from all
over the world to the wet-lands of Kerala ....more..
