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Securing Gharial Populations and Riverscapes by Building a Conservation Roadmap

Contributing IUCN constituents:Wildlife Conservation Trust

Project Details

NameSecuring Gharial Populations and Riverscapes by Building a Conservation Roadmap
DescriptionUnder its Makara programme, the Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) is building a conservation roadmap for gharial conservation with an emphasis on Chambal, Son, Ghaghra, and Gandak Rivers in the Gangetic Plains and central India. To secure gharial populations and riverscapes, we are: a) Assessing the viability of extant gharial populations and habitats b) Developing effective population monitoring tools c) Evaluating current management practices d) Estimating ecological flow requirements in regulated rivers e) Building capacity of frontline protection personnel f) Building public engagement through communication, education, and outreach
Contributing IUCN ConstituentWildlife Conservation Trust
Start Date4/1/2022
End Date3/31/2029
Conservation Actions1.1 Site/Area Protection3.2 Species Recovery4.2 Training4.3 Awareness & Communications
Needed annual budget-
Total annual budget-
Staff♀ - | ♂ -
Beneficiaries♀ - | ♂ -
A Gharial With Fishing Net Wrapped Around Its Snout Tarun Nair Wct
Gharials Detected by a Uav Credit Wct Tf W Copy
Survey Along the Chambal River
Sand Mining Threatens Riverine Ecosystems and Destroys Habitats of Endangered Wildlife Such as Gharial and Turtles. ©tarun Nair:wildlife Conservation Trust
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Poster Wct Real+makara Eng A1

Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions

Absolute value (STAR)

4.2

0% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of India is covered by this project.

41,171.4

13.3% of Asia's biodiversity conservation potential is from India.

309,761.9

25.9% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from Asia.

This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.

% Contribution of threats to species extinction

1.21%
7.2 Dams & water management/use
1.99%
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
3.44%
4.2 Utility & service lines
3.47%
6.3 Work & other activities
4.73%
11.4 Storms & flooding
4.92%
1.1 Housing & urban areas
5.07%
7.1 Fire & fire suppression
5.86%
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
7.97%
2.3 Livestock farming & ranching
9.28%
5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
11.28%
8.1 Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
11.94%
5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
26.08%
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Threat type