According to the latest findings of the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) 2018, the number of migratory birds in Delhi were recorded at 594 times in January 2018, a sharp drop from the 2,640 birds in 2017. Find out the reasons for the sudden decline in this number.
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2018 conducted in Kollam district by the WWF-India, a conservation organisation, with the support of Social Forestry wing of Kerala forests and wildlife department has found a drastic fall of around 40 per cent in the total count of birds. The AWC held in nine different bird rich sites accorded a count of 5,697 birds belonging to 61 species in place of the previous year’s count of 9,378 from 65 species. The number of migratory bird species has also fallen to 22 from last year’s 32. Polachira, the wetland known as the waterbird hub of Kollam district registered a sharp fall in migratory bird population as the wetland was totally drained for agriculture purposes.
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