Buffering communities from extreme events as floods and storms
Climate regulation / carbon sink
Cultural and spiritual importance
Erosion prevention / Sediment retention
Fisheries
Fodder
Food
For buffalo wallowing and use of domesticated animals
Groundwater recharge
Habitat for several migratory species
Has significant cultural and religious values
Is a recreational site
Is a site for recreation and tourism
Lifecycle maintenance
Medicinal and ornamental resources
Medicinal plants
Moderation of extreme events / flood buffer
Salt production
Scientific and educational importance
Site of high congregation of migratory water birds
Source of drinking water for people living and around
Supports life cycle of fish or amphibians
Supports noteworthy animal species
Tourism and Recreation
Water purification
Threats
Changes in water inflow and outflow
Encroachment
Extreme events / Climate change
Hydrological regime alteration
Mining (e.g. salt, sand or laterite)
Silt deprivation
Siltation
Unsustainable harvest of wetland resources
Management Authority
Government of Andhra Pradesh declared the whole region as Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary under section 18 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
SPECIES OF GLOBAL CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE
Notable Species
Red Mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata)
Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata)
Black Mangrove (Avicennia of
Critical Endangered
White-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis )
Long billed vulture (Gyps indicus)
Endangered
Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
Vulnerable
Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
SPECIES COUNT
Birds
125
Mammals
2
Plant and Animal species
15
Annotated Summary
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it contains a representative, rare, or unique example of a natural or near-natural wetland type found within the appropriate biogeographic region.
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it supports vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered species or threatened ecological communities.
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it supports populations of plant and/or animal species important for maintaining the biological diversity of a particular biogeographic region.
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it supports plant and/or animal species at a critical stage in their life cycles, or provides refuge during adverse conditions.
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it regularly supports 20,000 or more waterbirds.
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it regularly supports 1% of the individuals in a population of one species or subspecies of waterbird.
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it supports a significant proportion of indigenous fish subspecies, species or families, life-history stages, species interactions and/or populations that are representative of wetland benefits and/or values and thereby contributes to global biological diversity.
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it is an important source of food for fishes, spawning ground, nursery and/or migration path on which fish stocks, either within the wetland or elsewhere, depend.
A wetland should be considered internationally important if it regularly supports 1% of the individuals in a population of one species or subspecies of wetland-dependent nonavian animal species.
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary and Godavari Estuary Profile
