WILDLIFE, NATURE, ENVIRONMENT CA IN FEBRUARY 2024

NEW ADDED - 

*  Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav Announced 5 More Wetlands Will Add To Ramsar Sites, Total 80 Ramsar Sites In India, Will Declared On The Eve Of WORLD Wetlands Day on 2nd FEBRUARY 2024.

* Magadi Kere Conservation Reserves (Karnataka)

* Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserves ) Karnataka) 

* Aghanashini Estuary (Karnataka) 

* Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary (Tamilnadu) 

* Longwood Shola Reserves Forest ( Tamilnadu) 

* In The First Snow Leopard Census - TOTAL 718 

477 Snow Leopards In Ladakh 

124 Snow Leopards In Uttarakhand 

51 Snow Leopards In Himachal Pradesh 

36 Snow Leopard In Arunachal Pradesh 

21 Snow Leopard In Sikkim 

09 Snow Leopard In Jammu And Kashmir 

NEW SPECIES/ RARE SPECIES - 

* DUSTED APOLLO ( Parnassius Stenosemus) a Rare High Altitude Butterfly Has Been Slighted First Time In Himachal Pradesh.

* Researchers Have Found a New Species Of Burrowing Frog Named SPHAEROTHECA VARSHAABHU At Budumanhali Bengaluru, Karnataka. 

* Researchers From KFRI Botanical Survey Of India And University Of Hyderabad Have Discovered A Fungus Species, TRICHOGLOSSUM SYAMVISWANATHII In Kerala.

* Researchers Have Discovered A New Species Of Damselfly At The Ponmudi Hills In Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (Cliffside Bamboo tail).

NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - 

* Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is Become Tamilnadu's 18th Wildlife Sanctuary.

* Rajasthan State Government Has Notified Ramgarh Visdhari Wildlife Sanctuary As New Tiger Reserves.

OBSERVES DAY - 

* First Ever UN's International Day Of The Arabian Leopard Was Observed On 10th February 2024, 

HOST - 

* Samarkand, Uzbekistan  Host The 14th Meeting Of The Conference Of Parties COP 14 From 12th to 17th February 2024. ( Convention On Migratory Species) 

* Tamilnadu State Government Has Setting Up The FIRST of its kind Dedicated Fund for Species Conservation Fund.

AWARDS - 

* Eshwar Kavali, Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telengana  Has Recived The Prestigious BEST ALL ROUND WILDLIFER Award By Wildlife Institute Of India ( WII). 

MOU SIGNED - 

* Arunachal Pradesh Signed MoU With National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) For Creation Of Three STPF In 3 Tiger Reserves.

TAG- 

* The Gupteswar Forest In Koraput District Of Odisha Gets The Biodiversity Heritage Tag. (350 Hectares Of Forest Consisting Of 608 Faunal Species)