Prakash Javadekar announces National Action Plan for conservation of migratory birds

On occasion of World Migratory Bird Day, Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar has apprised nation that government has launched a National Action Plan for conservation of migratory birds along Central Asian Flyway.

Taking to Twitter, Union Minister highlighted importance of saving migratory birds as 'y will help save wetlands which in turn will help communities dependent on wetlands'.

In ar tweet, he opined that India would be central to activities of Central Asian Flyway in future.

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Javadekar at UN Biodiversity Summit

Javadekar on October 1 also addressed  United Nations Biodiversity Summit on occasion of “75th anniversary of UN". While addressing summit, Javadekar asserted that India has been championing cause of Climate Action through conservation, sustainable lifestyle and green development model. He recited a Sanskrit verse "Prakruti Rakshite Rakshita" meaning "if you protect nature, it will protect you" and invoked Mahatma Gandhi's principles of n-violence t only for humans but towards animals and nature. 

"It is due to se beliefs and efforts and India's ethos, with only 2.5% of Earth's landmass India, we have 8% of world's recorded biodiversity. course of last decade, India has enhanced combined forest and tree cover by 15,000 square kilometres to reach nearly 25%," he has said.

India has actively been involved in addressing issue of climate change and had also organised two summits in 2020, namely fourteenth meeting of Conference of Parties to UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14) and 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of Convention on conservation of migratory species of wild animals (CMS) in Gandhinagar in 2020.

(Im: PTI)

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