- Yaya Tso, known as a birds’ paradise for its beautiful lake located at an altitude of 4,820 meters, has been proposed as Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site (BHS).
- The Biodiversity Management Committee, the panchayat of Chumathang village, along with the SECURE Himalaya Project recently resolved to declare Yaya Tso as Ladakh’s first BHS under the Biological Diversity Act.
- The proposed site will cover an area of 60 sq km.
- Yaya Tso is a nesting habitat for a large number of birds and animals, such as the bar-headed goose, black-necked crane and brahminy duck.
- The lake could be reached from Mahe monastery on the way to Tsomoriri lake after driving up to the nunnery and then crossing a small mountain pass.
- Yaya Tso is a nesting habitat for a large number of birds and animals, such as the bar-headed goose, black-necked crane and brahminy duck, the officials said, adding it also has the distinction of being one of the highest breeding sites of the black-necked crane in India.
Yaya Tso has been proposed as Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site
