J&K Bird Festival 2023, (Chatlam)

The Bird Festival event  with titled of welcoming  The NEW YEAR WITH WINGED GUESTS  being on 28th December 2023, at Chatlam  Wetland Pampore,  aim  to provide a platform for naturalists, experts, forest officers, and bird photographers to share their insight & thoughts; to put the beautiful UT of Jammu &Kashmir on the world map of ecotourism. This event also seeks to put bird conservation at center stage and raise the attention of nature enthusiasts and the general public towards the significance of birds and the important role for  ecosystems. This festival will boost nature tourism in this picturesque and verdant valley.  The Department of Tourism intend to invite many renowned personalities in the field of Ornithology  to conduct technical sessions to  showcase Jammu & Kashmir as a promising bird-tourism destination and formulate a strategy to promote it locally & globally,  and raising the awareness of bird conservation.