{"id":7222,"date":"2026-05-22T20:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panap.net\/?p=7222"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:55:01","slug":"celebrating-biodiversity-day-avian-diversity-in-paddy-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"panap_updates","link":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/updates\/celebrating-biodiversity-day-avian-diversity-in-paddy-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Biodiversity Day: Avian Diversity in Paddy Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this World Biodiversity Day, PAN Asia Pacific and Thanal Trust proudly present Avian Diversity in Paddy Ecosystems in India by Raju Sankaran.<\/p>\n<p>This article explores the importance of birds in India\u2019s paddy ecosystems and how they contribute to biodiversity, ecological balance, and sustainable agriculture. Drawing from field observations and research, the article highlights the role of birds in natural pest control, seed dispersal, and maintaining healthy wetland ecosystems, while also examining the impacts of pesticide-intensive farming and habitat loss on avian diversity.<\/p>\n<p>This article is part of PANAP\u2019s biodiversity series promoting agroecology and biodiversity conservation as pathways toward resilient and sustainable food systems.<\/p>\n<p>Read here: <a href=\"https:\/\/files.panap.net\/resources\/Avian-Diversity-in-Paddy-Ecosystems-in-India.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tinyurl.com\/AvianDiversity<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this World Biodiversity Day, PAN Asia Pacific and Thanal Trust proudly present Avian Diversity in Paddy Ecosystems in India by Raju Sankaran. This article explores the importance of birds in India\u2019s paddy ecosystems and how they contribute to biodiversity, ecological balance, and sustainable agriculture. Drawing from field observations and research, the article highlights the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7223,"template":"","update_categories":[111],"class_list":["post-7222","panap_updates","type-panap_updates","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_categories-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panap_updates\/7222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panap_updates"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/panap_updates"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panap_updates\/7222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"update_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update_categories?post=7222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}