WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN JULY 2024 ( NEW SPECIES)

PORTAL LAUNCHED - 

* Union Minister Of Forest Bhupendra Yadav Launched a Portal Documenting Indian Fauna: 641 New Faunal Species Recorded In 2023. ( Overall 104,561 Faunal Species) 

* Kerala's Forest Records Says 845 Elephants Were Died Between 2015 To 2023.

*  Forest Cover Of Philiphines Has Been Decreases From 35% to 23% in Last 50 Years. 

* According To Report 628 Tigers Were Died Due To Natural Cause In Last 5 Years in India.

* Periyar Tiger Reserves Has Installed a Wind Turbine To Generate Power For Real Time Monitoring Cameras And Wi-Fi In Forest.

APPROVAL MOU - 

* Union Cabinet Has Approved The India's Signing  Of The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction ( BBNJ) Agreement. 

* The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has Approved Animals Exchange Programme Between Odisha's Nanda Kanan Zoological Park (NZP) And Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park in Jharkhand.

HOST - 

*  The Upcoming COP16 For Environment Will Host By Cali Colombia. 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Germany's Astrid Schomaker Assumed As Executive Secretary in Montreal ( UN BIODIVERSITY). 

AWARDS - 

Filipino Community Leader Nida Collado Has Won The 2024 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award ( for Forest Conservation)

IUCN RED LIST - 

*  Borneo Elephants Have Been Classified As Endangered On The IUCN Red List.

* Eulophia obtusa, Which Is Found In Dudhwa, Recently IUCN Listed As Critically Endangered.

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NEW SPEICES - 

* Scientists From The Zoological Survey Of India ( ZSI) Have Discovered A New Species Of Deep Water Dog Fish Shark Squalus Hima From Sakthikulangara Fishing Harbour, Kerala.

* Researchers From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Discovered A New Species Of Forest Dwelling Horned Frog In Arunachal Pradesh's Talle Wildlife Sanctuary.

( Xenophrys Apatani)

( It Has Been Named After Dominat Apatani community Of Subaru District In Arunachal Pradesh).

* Two New Species Of Litter- Dwelling Jumping Spiders Have Been Discovered In The Evergreen Forests Of Southern Western Ghats ( Researchers From Christ College, Irinjalakuda) 

Two Species Are - ( Genus - Habrocestum) 

* Habrocestum Swaminathan ( Named After Dr M S Swaminathan) 

* Habrocestum Benjamin ( Named After Suresh P Benjamin) 

* A New Species Of Shield Tail Snake UROPELTIS CAUDOMACULATA Has Been Discovered In Meghamalai- Munnar Landscape Of Western Ghats.

* A Species Of Desert Moss Called Syntrichia Caninervis Has Found In Antarctica And Mojave Desert.