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2012-03-16 Indicators of the river and wetland health – Visit – www.avesbirdingtours.com
The Endangered Wildlife Trust [EWT]Healthy Rivers Project aims
to proactively address the need to conserve threatened freshwater aquatic
species and ecosystems in southern Africa to
the benefit of all people. The EWT has been working on the fringes of water
conservation for many years, focusing on wetland conservation and restoration,
riverine habitat rehabilitation and the conservation of river and wetland
dependant species.
Indicators of river
and wetland health – Grey Crowned Crane, Wattled Crane and Pel's Fishing Owl.
The Grey
Crowned Crane - Balearica regulorum - occurs in Eastern and Southern Africa and nests in Wetlands.
Conservation Status - Vulnerable
The Wattled
Crane - Bugeranus carunculatus - is a large crane found in Wetlands
in Africa south of the Sahara.
Conservation Status – Vulnerable
The Pel's
Fishing Owl - Scotopelia peli - is a large owl, found in sub –
Saharan Africa, but it is generally rather local, uncommon and absent from
drier regions. It feeds at night on fish and frogs snatched from the surface of
lakes and rivers.
Conservation Status - Vulnerable |