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Wetlands News Monitor May - June 2018 Wetlands News Monitor May - June 2018 TRENDING TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE: 1. News on Mangrove 2. News Brief on Coral Reefs 3. Report on Discovery of Frog Species 4. Report on Indus River Dolphin 5. Report on Crocodiles 6. Report on Fishing Cat 7. Report on Bird Census 8. Information on Wetland Birds 9. News on Wetland Conservation 10. News on Wetland Pollution 11. Report on Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act 12. General Wetland News News brief on Mangrove, Coral Reefs, Discovery of Frog Species, Indus River Dolphin, Crocodiles, Fishing Cat, Wetland Conservation and Pollution. WNM Compiled by: Dr. B. Hemambika, Ms. A. Julffia Begam, Mr. N. Mohamed Ibrahim and Dr. Goldin Quadros ENVIS Centre, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty P.O., Coimbatore – 641108, India News on Mangrove 1. Mangrove Forests in Puthuvype, Kerala To conserve the mangrove forests in Puthuvype, Kerala the social forestry department has sent a proposal to the state government to notify the area as reserve forest. To prevent further depletion of mangroves, the proposal seeks to notify 206.80 hectares of mangrove forest spread over three survey numbers in Puthuvype village, as reserve forest under the provision of Kerala Forest Act 1961 (Act 4 of 1962). The proposed area falls under the custody of four government institutions and departments. The areas are under the jurisdiction of Cochin Port Trust, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos), Kinfra and the agriculture department. The proposal specifies the relevance of the ecosystem in maintaining temperature in the area. The proposal states that mangrove swamps protect shoreline from erosion, storm surge and tsunamis. Puthuvype is located at south eastern portion of Vypeen Island. It now harbours large industrial conglomerates like LNG Terminal and IOC bottling plant. It proposes that the government exercises powers conferred by Section 3 and 4 of the Forest Act to notify the area and appoint Fort Kochi revenue divisional officer as the forest settlement officer. The responsibility of the officer is to inquire and determine the existence, its nature and extent of land on which an individual or department raises claim. The settlement officer, as per the Act, is entrusted with the task of hearing complaints of the public or stakeholders and taking decisions under provisions of the Act. It was mentioned that if the government decides to go ahead with the takeover, a stakeholder meeting will have to be called after which a report will be sent to the state government which will publish a draft notification on the project. The project proposal will also be sent to the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change. The area will be called proposed reserve forest pending final decision. After the approval of central government, state government will issue a final notification declaring the area as reserve forest. Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/move-to-conserve-puthuvype-mangroves- as-reserve-forest/articleshow/64524580.cms WNM Compiled by: Dr. B. Hemambika, Ms. A. Julffia Begam, Mr. N. Mohamed Ibrahim and Dr. Goldin Quadros ENVIS Centre, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty P.O., Coimbatore – 641108, India 2. Mangrove Forests in Uran, Maharashtra The Maharashtra Forest Department reported that as many as 4,550 mangroves spread across 4.5 hectares in Uran, Maharashtra have been destroyed due to construction carried out by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). A letter from Regional Forest Officer B.D. Gaikwad, responding to a query by local fishermen‘s leader Ramdas Koli, said the ―death‖ of the mangroves was due to landfill work for the JNPT‘s Container Terminal 4. The letter states that it has come to notice during inspection 4,550 mangrove plants on 4.5 hectares have dried up due to the non-availability of sea water. Nandkumar Pawar, founder-director of Shree Ekavira Aai Pratishtan stated that this was one of the ―largest massacres of mangroves‖ in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. He added that after Parsik Hills, which were destroyed due to reckless quarrying, it seems to be the turn of mangroves in the carelessness regarding the environment and he demanded an FIR against JNPT officials. N. Vasudevan, Chief Conservator of Forests (Mangroves Cell), said the department will have to check if the destruction of mangroves was in the area awarded to the JNPT for construction and further action will be decided,‖ Mr. Vasudevan said. Mr. Pawar had earlier complained to the Konkan Divisional Commissioner, alleging encroachment by the JNPT outside the area allotted to it. He also said that the reclamations are happening all over Uran taluka on mangroves and on wetlands despite a stay order from the NGT dated October 11, 2013, that no reclamation should be undertaken on fishing land of the traditional fishing community. The NGT, in an order on February 27, 2015, directed that all fishing sites that were reclaimed be restored. Mr. Pawar reported that an appeal in this regard is pending with the Supreme Court, yet the violations are continuing. Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/4550-mangroves-in-uran-dry-up-due-to- landfill-work/article24187884.ece WNM Compiled by: Dr. B. Hemambika, Ms. A. Julffia Begam, Mr. N. Mohamed Ibrahim and Dr. Goldin Quadros ENVIS Centre, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty P.O., Coimbatore – 641108, India News Brief on Coral Reefs According to a study, marine protected areas (MPAs) may be effective in saving coral reefs from the damaging effects of global climate change which contradicts the notion that such efforts are futile. The study by researchers at the University of Maine in the US spanned 700 kilometers of the eastern Caribbean, discovering that local reef protection efforts can work. According to the findings, published in the journal Science Advances, local fisheries management resulted in a 62 percent increase in the density of young corals, which improves the ecosystem's ability to recover from major impacts like hurricanes and coral bleaching. Robert Steneck, a professor at the University of Maine reported that MPAs can help coral reefs, but studies to the contrary just were not measuring the right things at the right scales. He added that the idea behind MPAs is that, by reducing fishing pressure, increase in the number of seaweed-eating fish, and they decrease the amount of harmful seaweed, which makes it easier for younger corals to get started and thrive on the reef. He added that as taking field measurements on coral reefs is time consuming, many researchers were forced to take shortcuts and use simple, widely available data to analyse how reefs respond to protection. Researchers stated that there is no management solution for any ecosystem and especially not for coral reefs. Stresses on reef corals from climate and atmospheric changes are serious and beyond direct management control. Steneck suggested that local management measures can strengthen the recovery of corals after damaging events and, eventually, improve their overall condition. Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/marine-protected- areas-can-help-save-coral-reefs-study/articleshow/64108886.cms Report on Discovery of Frog Species Two frog species discovered in Eastern and Western Ghats. They are indicators of healthy ecosystem and live in wide habitat ranges. Two species of frogs have been recorded in the Indian WNM Compiled by: Dr. B. Hemambika, Ms. A. Julffia Begam, Mr. N. Mohamed Ibrahim and Dr. Goldin Quadros ENVIS Centre, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty P.O., Coimbatore – 641108, India peninsular - Fejervarya kalinaga from the Eastern Ghats and Fejervarya krishnan from the Western Ghats. Prudhvi Raj, post doctoral research fellow of the Wildlife Institute of India and the lead author of the paper for the latest findings reported that the Eastern Ghats species of Fejervarya kalinga attains significance since it is endemic to moist high altitude forest of the region. Its type locality is from Mahendragiri in Odisha (west of Srikakulam). In Andhra Pradesh it is found in high elevation region of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam (Araku, Chintapalli, Sileru) and Papikonda National Park of East Godavari district. It is one of the very few species of herpetofauna endemic to the Eastern Ghats. The discovery is a collaborative effort of institutions like the Wildlife Institute of India, the Zoological Survey of India and the North Orissa University. He added that these new species are habitat specialists, living in perennial hill streams and have been unnoticed due to their secretive habit and morphological similarities with similar looking species of cricket frogs. The new frog species – ‗Fejervarya kalinaga‘, the new frog species discovered in the Eastern Ghats. Source: The Hindu Dt.: 06 June 2018 The species from the Eastern Ghats is widely distributed in the hilly mountains and named after the ancient kingdom of Kalinga — the historical region comprising Odisha and part of Andhra Pradesh that is north of River Godavari. The Fejervarya krishnan, found near the Jog Falls in Shimoga district of Karnataka, is named after the eminent biologist the late KS Krishnan for his colossal contribution in the field of biological sciences. Krishnan was professor emeritus WNM Compiled by: Dr. B. Hemambika, Ms. A. Julffia Begam, Mr. N. Mohamed Ibrahim and Dr. Goldin Quadros ENVIS Centre, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty P.O., Coimbatore – 641108, India at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bangalore and was one of the key persons in embarking the School in Herpetology sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology. The Kalinga cricket frog was first spotted from various localities of the Eastern Ghats by Prof. Sushil Kumar Dutta, a renowned herpetologist and former professor at the North Orissa University, and the Krishnan cricket frog by Mr.
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