Source::RSS
Rupandehi,
The third national seminar on waterbirds has kicked off in Rupandehi from today. The event will give information about the latest methods, technology, and plans for the count of water birds.
The two-day event is attended by coordinators of local birds census programmes, ornithologists, and representatives from the organizations working for the conservation of birds dependent on wetlands.
The first seminar was held in 2007 in Lumbini and it was followed by the second Chitwan seminar in 2012.
The event organized by the Himalayan Nature, an institutional host of the national census of water birds that takes place every mid-winter, has the participation of ornithologists from over 35 places including Koshi Tappu, Hetauda, Chitwan, Janakpur, Kathmandu, Nawalparasi, Pokhara, Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Dang, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur, said programme coordinator of the organising committee Dr Tulsi Subedi.
Interaction on the degrading status and conditions of wetlands and efforts to be taken for its conservation is the part of the seminar. It will discuss steps required for the conservation of water birds and sustainable management of wetlands.
National coordinator for the Wetlands International, Dr Hem Sagar Baral and Wetlands International senior scientist Dr Taej Mundkur will address the event focusing on the status of waterbirds in South Asia and the world and efforts to be made for their conservation.
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