World Wetlands Day 2023: The State Governments and Union Territory administrations in India celebrated World Wetlands Day (WWD) at all 75 Ramsar. World Wetlands Day is observed on 2nd February every year all over the world to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance in 1971. India is a party […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary : Annual Faunal Survey
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary : Annual Faunal Survey The annual faunal survey was held in the Shendurney wildlife sanctuary. Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Western Ghats of India, in the Kollam district of This Sanctuary derives its name from Chenkurinji (Gluta travancorica), a species endemic to this region. It comes under […]
Red Sanders : Smuggled
Red Sanders : Smuggled About 20,000 tonnes of Red Sanders were smuggled from India between 2016 and 2020 according to The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) report. Red Sanders is a flora species that are endemic to a distinct tract of forests in the Eastern Ghats […]
2°C Warming By 2050
2°C Warming By 2050: A study published titled “contradicted projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)”., states that the planet is likely to warm up by two degrees Celsius by 2050, even under a low-emission scenario. The researchers used artificial intelligence called Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to predict the time for reaching the […]
Yaya Tso Lake : Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site
Yaya Tso Lake : Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site Yaya Tso Lake was declared Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site under the Biological Diversity Act. The Biodiversity Management Committee, the panchayat of Chumathang village, along with the SECURE Himalaya Project recently resolved the issue and declared Yaya Tso Lake a biodiversity heritage site. Lake Yaya Tso […]
Red-headed vulture : Spotted In The Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
Red-headed vulture : Spotted In The Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary The Red-headed vulture was spotted in the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. Red-headed vulture is one of the 9 species of Vulture which are found in India It is also called the Asian King vulture or Pondicherry Vulture was extensively found in India but its numbers […]
Turnersuchus hingleyae : Fossils Of The ancient Marine Crocodile
Turnersuchus hingleyae : Fossils Of The ancient Marine Crocodile Palaeontologists have recently discovered fossils of the ancient ‘marine crocodile Turnersuchus hingleyae. Turnersuchus hingleyae: The fossils uncovered on the Jurassic Coast in the United Kingdom include part of the head, backbone, and limbs of Turnersuchus hingleyae. Its age dates back to the early Jurassic, Pliensbachian period, […]
Senna Spectabilis : Plan To Eradicate
Senna Spectabilis : Plan To Eradicate The Nodal Centre for Biological Invasions (NCBI) at the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) has recently come out with a management plan to eradicate Senna spectabilis. Based on the results of the experimental study done at the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the plan envisages landscape-level management of the tree. The […]
Sariska Tiger Reserve : Relocation Of Sloth Bears
Sariska Tiger Reserve : Relocation Of Sloth Bears After successful reintroduction of tigers at the Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), the forest department is planning to relocate a pair of sloth bears at the reserve. It is located in the Aravalli hills in the Alwar district of Rajasthan It was declared as a wildlife reserve in […]
Soliga ecarinata: New Wasp Named After Soliga Community
Soliga ecarinata: New Wasp Named After Soliga Community The scientific community has named a new genus of wasp after the Soliga community. The Soliga ecarinata is a new wasp that belongs to the subfamily Metopiinae of the Darwin wasps family Ichneumonidae. These are seen only in the Palaearctic region, Neotropical and Nearctic regions. This is […]
