Hundreds of bird populations in India are collapsing, according to a major new report. Researchers using data collected by more than 15,000 birdwatchers examined trends over a 25-year period, and also over the last five years, and in both cases found numbers had declined overall. Over the last quarter of a century there is data available for 261 species – 52 per cent of which were found to be decreasing in number. And over the past five years, data available for 146 species revealed almost 80 per cent of them were declining. Overall there are 101 species now classified as of “high conservation concern”, according to the State of India’s Birds 2020 report.
Source: The Independent, 18 Feb 2020
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/india-birds-decline-species-b…
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