Published : Jul 18, 2023 14:38 IST - 3 MINS READ Wetlands just outside Kolkata have for generations provided tonnes of food daily and thousands of jobs as they filter sewage through fish ponds–but rapid urbanisation is threatening the ecosystem. “We are destroying the environment,” said Tapan Kumar Mondal, who has spent his life farming fish in the ingenious system …
Water birds and terrestrial birds cross international borders to arrive in the Indian subcontinent during winters. For some birds on this flight path, Delhi’s ponds are pit stops and refuelling stations in their long journey. During the study, Rawal’s favourite moment was recording migratory ducks such as northern shovelers and waders such as bar-tailed godwits at an unnamed pond near …
The smell is unbearable and there’s steady passing of trains as the railway track is adjacent to the pond filled with sewage water. Besides the regular water birds, the master’s student from Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife observed even near threatened species like black tailed Godwits and Black-headed ibis. A recent study, published in the journal Biological Conservation last …
