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Securing Gharial Populations and Riverscapes by Building a Conservation Roadmap

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
2024 01 18 Cepa Rj Dholpur Kv 001
Poster Wct Real+makara Eng A1

Under 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

Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity

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.

The chart below 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.