Nepal and India’s infrastructure rules are “wildlife-friendly,” but not for birds
Various studies have shown that forest sections within the Indian subcontinent are becoming increasingly fragmented due to factors such as the development of roads, power lines, and trains.
Nepal’s recently added infrastructure suggestions are aimed at making them less disruptive to flora and animals, but conservationists claim they fail to recollect birds.
Linear infrastructure, such as roads, trains, and electricity lines, break thick woods that are home to birds, negatively harming them.
A recent study discovered that a connected wood has a greater range of chicken species than a nearby remoted one that has been boxed in by infrastructural activities.
Following pressure from environmentalists and non-governmental organizations, Nepal’s authorities recently implemented suggestions to make infrastructures such as roads, dams, and railway lines flora and fauna friendly.
However, not all flora and animals were now included, with birds, particularly those living in deep woods, likely to be badly impacted regardless of mitigating efforts.
The April recommendations categorize flora and fauna that may be impacted by infrastructure into five categories: small (including tortoises, snakes, and other reptiles and amphibians); small mammals (squirrels, rabbits, porcupines, and civets); medium-sized animals (wild cats, dholes, hyenas, and monkeys); massive animals (rhinos, tigers, bears, deer, and buffalo); (wild elephants).
“Linear infrastructure, such as highways and power lines, has a significant impact on birds, particularly those who live in deep woods,” or woodland expert birds, according to renowned Nepali naturalist Hem Sagar Baral. “However, ninety out of one hundred infrastructure projects in Nepal do not address the capability effects on birds,” he noted.
“Because tigers and rhinos are killed in collisions with motor traffic, governments often focus on such mega faunas when constructing flora and fauna-friendly infrastructure,” Baral explained. “Birds, who also suffer, particularly as a result of habitat fragmentation, receive less attention.”
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