WORLD WATER DAY

💧💧World Water Day💧💧

World Water Day is an annual UN observance day (22 March) that highlights the importance of freshwater. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management  of freshwater resources.The theme of each day focuses on topics relevant to clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), which is in line with the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 6.The UN World Water Development Report (WWDR) is released each year around World Water Day.

This year’s theme, ‘Water and Climate Change’, explores how water and climate change are inextricably linked.

As the global population grows, so does the demand for water, which depletes natural resources and damages the environment in many places. Solutions include protecting carbon sinks such as oceans and wetlands, adopting climate-smart agricultural techniques, and increasing the safe reuse of wastewater.

Water is our most precious resource – we must use it more responsibly. We must balance all of society’s water needs while ensuring the poorest people don’t get left behind.

The World Water Day 2020 campaign explains statements such as:

• We cannot afford to wait. Climate policy makers must put water at the heart of action plans.
• Water can help fight climate change. There are sustainable, affordable and scalable water and sanitation solutions.
• Everyone has a role to play. In our daily lives, there are surprisingly easy steps we can all take to address climate change.

Source :https://www.unwater.org/world-water-day-2020-water-and-climate-change/

Great Indian bustard

The great Indian bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) or Indian bustard is a bustard found on the Indian subcontinent  A large bird with a horizontal body and long bare legs, giving it an ostrich like appearance, this bird is among the heaviest of the flying birds.

Protected  areas:
• Desert  National  Park  Sanctuary  —  Rajasthan.
• Rollapadu  Wildlife  Sanctuary  – Andhra  Pradesh.
• Karera  Wildlife  Sanctuary–  Madhya  Pradesh.

☘ Great Indian Bustard  is listed in  Schedule  I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection)Act, 1972, in the CMS  Convention.

☘  Appendix I of CITES

☘ Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN  Red List.