Gujarat wants Khijadia as a Ramsar site

AHMEDABAD: After Nalsarovar, the state forest department wants Khijadia bird sanctuary in Jamnagar district as a Ramsar site. For this, it has sent a proposal to the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). Till now, Nalsarovar is the only site which has been recognized as a Ramsar site in the state.

For the past couple of years, the department had been working on the proposals for Ramsar recognition for Khijadia, Marine National Park in Jamnagar, and Thol bird sanctuary in Ahmedabad, said officials.

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, called the Ramsar Convention, is the only global environmental treaty that deals with a wetland ecosystem. The treaty was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971.

Once recognised as Ramsar site, the wetland will be given funding. Besides, the state and the international body will work towards the wise use of all their wetlands through national land-use planning, appropriate policies and legislation, management actions, and public education. They will also ensure their effective management. According to officials, so far there are 2170-odd Ramsar sites in the world. And Nalsarovar has been listed at 2078.

According to the proposal, Khijadia is home to the globally threatened black-necked stork, which is a resident species of the wetland declared as a sanctuary in May 1981. Apart from the black-necked stork, other globally threatened species such as Dalmatian pelican, darter, Asian open bill stork, black-necked stork, black-headed ibis, Eurasian spoonbill, Pallas's fish eagle, pallid harrier, Indian skimmer, osprey are also found here.

Khijadia sanctuary is spread over just 6.05 sq km. However, the sanctuary and its adjoining areas have a diverse habitats and ecosystems which include marine habitat, fresh water habitat, marshy lands, mangroves, prosopis areas, salt pans, open mudflats, intertidal mudflats, creeks, scrubs sandy beaches and adjoining farmlands.

Because of its high diversity of landscapes, the sanctuary has a rare distinction of having maximum bird species density in the state with more than 220 species in a relatively very small area, the proposal states.

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