Askot Wildlife Sanctuary and Goriganga Basin (India) IBA | Details

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Askot Wildlife Sanctuary and Goriganga Basin

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii	VU	resident (2004)	present	A1, A2
White-throated Tit Aegithalos niveogularis	LC	resident (2004)	present	A2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Natural system modifications	likely in short term (<4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	high
Biological resource use	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Nanda Devi	National Park (II)	-
1986	Askot Musk Deer	Sanctuary (IV)	17
2004	Nanda Devi	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	30

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Himal Prakriti-(Askot Wildlife Sanctuary and Goriganga Basin)	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-
Grassland	-
Shrubland	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Askot Wildlife Sanctuary and Goriganga Basin (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/askot-wildlife-sanctuary-and-goriganga-basin-iba-india on 22/12/2024.