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21/10/22 21:58 PM IST

vulture conservation committee in Tamil Nadu

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  • The Government of Tamil Nadu has constituted the State-level Committee for Vulture Conservation (SLCVC) for coordination between various wings of the government to implement the Action Plan for Vulture Conservation (APVC) 2020-2025.
Vulture 
  • Vulture fatalities were earlier reported after the species was exposed to the drug Diclofenac .
  • Nature’s scavengers: Vultures play an extremely important role as nature’s scavengers, keeping the environment clean.
  • They even eat bones. Even if it consumes anthrax [contaminated] carcass, it won’t get affected.
  • In India, nine species of vultures are found, out of which four are under critically endangered lists of IUCN.
Vulture action plan 
  • It was adopted at the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) held in 2017. The first strategy of the plan was launched at the CMS COP 13 held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
  • The new plan automatically removes veterinary use of a drug if it is found to be toxic to vultures. This is to be done with the help of Drugs Controller General of India.
  • Under the plan, every state will host at least one vulture safe zone to conserve the remnant population of vultures in the state. These centres will facilitate conservation and breeding of vultures.
  • A coordinated Nation-wide vulture counting is to be conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society, Forest Department, non-profit organisations, Research Institute, etc. These countings are to be conducted at regular intervals.
Source- DTE 

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