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New Delhi/Noida 20th March: World Sparrow Day is an International day celebrated to spread awareness about the house sparrow and other such birds who are affected by the rising urban environments and the possible threats to this bird’s population. The world sparrow day is celebrated on date 20th March each year in many countries around the world.It is an international initiative started by Nature Forever Society (NFS) in India to raise awareness about the house sparrow and other such birds.The purpose of celebrating the World sparrow day is to raise awareness and information about the importance of conservation and protection of the house sparrow and other such birds. The day is also celebrated to encourage people to admire the beauty of biodiversity and nature and protect it. The human actions like rising urbanization, industria lization and deforestation hav e destroyed the natural habitats of many birds and animals, hence they have no place to live, eat and survive. Trees are cut down to build houses, buildings, and roads. The rising pollution has also affected the population of birds a lot. Some species of birds have become extinct too. This is the high time for doing some actions to protect these species, especially the house sparrow which is the major species of birds affected by the man-made actions.
House sparrows used to be the most common bird in India a few decades back. But now from last few years, the house sparrows have become very rare. It was in 2012, the house sparrow, which is becoming rarer by the day, was declared “State Bird of Delhi” .A report titled ‘House Sparrow Project’ by Dr Asad Rehmani and Karthik K of the Bombay Natural History Society shows a higher number of people failed to sight any sparrow in Delhi NCR between 2005 and 2012, as compared to the period before 2005.”Before 2005, most reports of sightings were highest for flocks of more than 30 birds. In 2005-2012, reports of such flock numbers were reported the least. This clearly shows a trend of decline in Delhi NCR, especially with regard to large house sparrow populations”. The report also says that the percentage of records for no nest sightings is higher between 2005 and 2012 compared to before 2005 while the percentage of records for occasional and frequent nest sightings is lower between 2005 and 2012 – again indicating a decline in the nesting space for these birds.
IPCA in association with Citizen Environment Improvement Society (CEIS) is celebrating World Sparrow Day at Eco Park, Sector 54, Noida on 20th March to raise the awareness and information about the importance, conservation and protection of house sparrows. IPCA will be introducing a habitat “Sparrow house” at their already existing composting facility in Noida and take forward this very important initiative to protect and conserve the sparrows and other birds. IPCA will bring together the individuals and organizations around the world who are working for the cause of protecting the sparrows and give them a platform to share their ideas and thoughts.
