Category: Environment Current Affairs

Karnala Bird Sanctuary : Bird Count Report The recent annual scientific bird count report covering three seasonal bird counts at the Karnala Bird Sanctuary finds a total of 187 species of birds. Karnala Bird Sanctuary is located in the Raigad District of Maharashtra. It is a habitat of woodland birds in the Western Ghats & […]

Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary : Female Leopard Died A female leopard died in a suspected road kill in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS). Wayanad Wildlife sanctuary is located in Kerala and is an integral part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. This Sanctuary is contiguous to the tiger reserves of Nagarhole and Bandipur of Karnataka and Madhumalai […]

New Species Of Naked-Toed Gecko: A new species of naked-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion) has been discovered in Dahod and Panchmahals districts in Gujarat. The newly discovered naked-toed gecko has been named ‘Cyrtopodion Vindhya’ and it is the fifth endemic species of reptile described in the last fifteen years from the state of Gujarat. The new species […]

Barda Wildlife Sanctuary : Report According to a recent report by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), the Gujarat government has planned to translocate 40 adult and sub-adult lions to the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary. Barda Wildlife Sanctuary area is located in the state of Gujarat. It falls into two districts Porbandar and Jamnagar. This area […]

Eurasian Otter : Spotted Three Eurasian Otters were recently spotted in the Neeru stream of the Chenab catchment in Jammu and Kashmir. Eurasian Otter is a semi-aquatic carnivorous mammal. Scientific Name: Lutra lutra It has one of the widest distributions of all Palaearctic mammals. Its range covers parts of three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa. […]

Carbon Footprint Of Marine Fisheries : Lower Than Global Average According to Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), India’s marine fisheries produced 1.32 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce one kilogram of fish in 2016 during entire value chain (from the construction of boats to retail) lower than the global average of 2 tonnes. […]

Survey Of Vultures: There are 246 vultures spread across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, according to the first-ever synchronised census on the bird carried out in February 2023. The survey was conducted by the Kerala Forest and Wildlife department along with its counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the select regions of the Western […]

Lightning Be Declared a Natural Disaster: Recently few States have demanded that “lightning” be declared as a “natural disaster” because deaths caused by it surpass any other disaster in India. Presently Cyclone, drought, earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorm, landslide, avalanche, cloudburst, pest attack, frost, and cold waves are covered under the State Disaster Response Fund […]

Indian Black Turtle: The Marakkanam police seized 46 live Indian Black Turtles ( Melanochelys trijuga ) from two persons who were allegedly smuggling them on a two-wheeler, from neighbouring Puducherry. Indian Black Turtle is a medium-sized found across the Indian subcontinent. It is an aquatic species, mainly associated with standing water bodies, sometimes rivers. The […]