‘Fireflies’ Help Save Critically Endangered Birds in India
‘Fireflies’ Help Save Critically Endangered Birds in India
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MUMBAI Thousands of “fireflies” are helping to save the critically endangered great Indian bustard in Jaisalmer, a desert city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.
More than 1,800 bird diverters which from a distance look like fireflies have been installed on the power lines in Jaisalmer, where the majority of the country’s 150 remaining great Indian bustards live.
A report by the Ministry of Environment submitted to the National Green Tribunal in 2019 said that adult mortality among the bustards “is still very high due to collisions with power-lines that criss-cross their flypaths.” The report calculated that 15 percent of the bustards may be dying due to the high density of transmission lines in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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