ITANAGAR, Feb 21: The Arunachal Pradesh Biodiversity Board conducted the first Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) in the state, which is being undertaken in the country by the National Biodiversity Authority in collaboration with the Wetlands International South Asia and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).
The waterbird census, 2022 was carried out at Daying Ering wildlife sanctuary at Borguli, Pilomukh and Jeepghat by the Divisional Forest Officer of the protected area in association with volunteers from Eco-development committee and BNHS. Dr. Daniel Mize, Prof. Department of Zoology, RGU and Tapak Tamir, Research scholar, Wildlife & Biodiversity unit of RGU also participated in the census.
A total of 38 waterbird species with population count of 219 were recorded in the three days exercise. Earlier, census was also carried out in three wetlands, namely Smarten, Gochhon Hii and Wagrong by the members of Biodiversity Management Committee, Shergaon with support from the DFO, Shergaon Forest Division and in Swkhe lake, Ziro by members of Biodiversity Management Committee Hong (Niiti), Arunachal Pradesh Birding Club and field staff of DFO, Hapoli Forest Division. The participants and volunteers were trained for the exercise through virtual sessions. Apart from the bird species diversity and number, information will also be provided on the wetland condition, uses and threats.
AWC is part of the International Water Bird Census (IWC), which is a site based counting scheme for monitoring the waterbird numbers, size of waterbird populations, identifying wetlands of international importance and providing information to assist protection and management of waterbird populations. 

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