WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CURRENT AFFAIRS IN JUNE 2024

MOU SIGNED - 

* Mayotte Island Of France, Iycee des Lumieres, An Educational Institution Has Signed MoU With Senior Conservationist Dr Purnima Devi Burman For Two Years For Working Together In Conservation Of Biodiversity.

* A MoU Signed Between Uttar Pradesh Eco Tourism Development Board And The Wildlife Institute Of India During The Samvad On Eco Tourism At Lucknow.

* The Republic Of Azerbaijan Will Host The World Environment Day 2026 ( With A Focus On Combatting The Climate Crisis)

IUCN - 

* Iberian Lynx Has Been Moved To Vulnerable Status From Endangered By IUCN.

*  Malaysia Has Established The National Conservation Assured Tiger Standards.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Dr A J T Johnsingh, Wildlife Conservationist Of Tamilnadu Passed Away.

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FIRST IN - 

* India's FIRST Biosphere Within A Tiger Reserves Has Been Created In Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand.

* Uttar Pradesh Is Set To Establish The World's FIRST Conservation And Breeding Center For Asian King Vultures Or Red Headed Vultures In Maharajganj.

( Center Named As Jatayu Conservation And Breeding Center) 

*  Pench Tiger Reserves In Maharashtra Launched First Advanced AI System For Forest Fire Detection.

NEW - 

* Tamilnadu State Government Has Notified The Country's FIRST Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary covering 11,806 Hectares In Kaur And Dindigul Districts Of The State.

* Scientists From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Berhampur, Ganjam Has Discovered A New Eel Species Of Snake.

( Named Given - OphichthusSuryai) 

( This Named Was Given After Former Joint Director Of State Fishery Department - Surya Kumar Mohanty).

* Indian Botanists And Researchers Have Discovered Two New Species Of Plants From Two Biogeographic Hot Spots Of The Country The Andaman And Nicobar Islands And Arunachal Pradesh.

* A Team Led By Scientist Lal Ji Singh Have Discovered Aerial Stem Parasitic Flowering Plants Species ( DENDROPHTHOE LONGENSIS) From The Andaman Island.

* Scientists From IISER Bhopal Have Discovered A New Species Of Plant In Arunachal Pradesh.

( Species Name Given - Didymocarpus Janakie) 

( Team Was Lead By Rhuthupurna SB & Dr. Vinita Gowda Of The Tropical Ecology And Evolution Lab, Department Of Biological Science IISER Bhopal)

( Named After Botanist Doctor Janaki Ammal) 

RARE SPECIES - 

* The Endangered Musk Deer Has Been Spotted At Sela Pass, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

*  Mainland Serow, Vulnerable Mammal Species Sighted In Raimona National Park.

*  INDIAN Rare Painted Frog, Also Known As Srilankan Bull frog Or Painted Globular Frog Was Seen In Kawal Tiger Reserves, Telengana.

( Family- Microhylidae)

( Scientific Name- Uperodon Taprobanicus)

*  A Reddish Brown Colour New Spider Species Has Been Discovered In Meghalaya.

( Named After - State Festival Wangala)

( Steriphopus Wangala) 

* This Documentation Done By Wildlife Biologist Gautam Kadam)

RAMSAR SITES ADDDED - 

* 2 New Wetlands Have Been Added To India. (India Has Now 82 Ramsar Sites) 

Nagi Bird Sanctuary, Bihar 

Nakti Bird Sanctuary, Bihar 

ELEPHANT CENSUS - 

* According To All Odisha Elephant Census 2024 Report 2098 Elephants Were Listed In 38 Forest Divisions In The State. 

( In 2017 It Was 1976 Elephant) 

( 239 In Dhenkanal Forest Division) 

*  India Is The World's 2nd Largest Source Of Nitrous Oxide ( N2O) After China. 

APP LAUNCHED - 

* S Krishnan, Secretary MeiTY Has Inaugurated The Indigenous Air Quality Monitoring System And Launched The Air-Pravaah App On The Occasion Of World Environment Day.

* The Madhya Pradesh Government Has Completed Preparation For Cheetah Reintroduction Project At Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary.

NEW SPECIES, WILDLIFE - 

* Researchers From Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre ( APRC) Associated With Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Have Identified a New Herbaceous Plant Species In Mandla Region Of West Kameng District.

( NAMED - Petrocosmea Arunachalense)

( Plant Family - Gesneriaceae)

* Researchers Have Discovered a New Ant ( Bright Metallic Blue) Species From Arunachal Pradesh's Siang Valley. 

( The New Ant Named As - PARAPARATRECHINA NEELA) 

* The Chinese Vivid Niltava ( Niltava Vivida) a Endemic Bird Species Has Been Sighted For The First Time In Meghalaya. 

INAUGURATION - 

* Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre Has Inaugurated The South India's FIRST And Country's First Largest Leopard Safari At The Bannerghatta Biological Park ( BPP) In Bengaluru.