Gkhabbit: JANUARY TO JULY WILDLIFE AND NATURE CA IN 2024 ( NEW SPECIES)

Tuesday 13 August 2024

JANUARY TO JULY WILDLIFE AND NATURE CA IN 2024 ( NEW SPECIES)

JANUARY -

AWARDS -

* IFS Jagdish S Bakan, The Director Of The Gulf Of Mannar Biosphere Reserves, First INDIAN To Receive The Prestigious UNESCO Michel Batisse Award 2023 For Best Management In Biosphere.

* Pench Tiger Reserves, Maharashtra Became The First International Dark Sky Park Of India.

* India's First Centrally Funded Cow Sanctuary Has Been Built in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

* Himalayan Wolf Has Been Classified As Vulnerable On The IUCN Red List.

* The 10th Cheetah Shaurya Died in Kuno National Park.

* A Rare Golden Tiger spotted In Kaziranga National Park, Assam

* Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Released India's First Snow Leopard Population Assessment, 718 Snow Leopards are Counted.

* Kyrgyzstan Has Declared Snow Leopard As It's National Symbol.

* The Greater One Horned Rhinoceros Has Seen In Central Assam's Laokhowa- Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary After 40 Years.

* India's Oldest Sloth Bear BABLU Passed Away In Bhopal Zoo, Madhya Pradesh.

NEW SPECIES -

* A New Plant Species Named POLYGONUM CHATURBHUJANAM Discovered In Maharashtra's Pench Tiger Reserves.

* Researchers In Tamilnadu Srivilliputhur Tiger Reserves In Megamalai Have Discovered A New Species Of Silverline Butterfly Named - CIGARITIS MEGHAMALAIENSIS.

* Researchers From The National Centre For Biological Sciences ( NCBS) Find a New Butterfly Species In Karnataka's Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Kodagu.

( Named Conjoined Silverline) Cigaritis Conjuncta).

* Researchers From Mizoram University Have Discovered a New Species Of Coral Snake Named SINOMICRURUS GOREI

* Scientists Discovered A New Species Of Lizard (Kangaroo Lizard) In Western Ghats

INAUGURATION -

* Andaman And Nicobar Island LG Admiral D K Joshi Inaugurated The Online Police Station For Forest Department In The Island.

* Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary, Bhubaneswar Odisha Has Inaugurated Eastern India's First Night Safari In The District.

FEBRUARY -

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)

MARCH -

* Cabinet Approved The Establishment Of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) With Estimate 150 Crores For Year Of Five Years Period Till 2027/28.

* 13,874 Leopards In India, 1.08% Growths As Compared To Previous Census (2018)

* 125 Years Old Galapagos Giant Male Tortoise, Aged 125 Years approximately Passed Away At Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.

NEW SPECIES -

* Scientists From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Discovered A New Species Of Head Shield Sea Slug In The Bay Of Bengal And Odisha Boarder, Named After President Droupadi Murmu.

* A New Flowering Plant Found In Arunachal Pradesh Is Named After Hyderabad Scientist G Narahari Sastry (Former CSIR Director Of North East Institute Of Science And Technology, Jorhat ,Assam)

Named - BEGONIA NARAHARI))))

* Researchers From Centre For Animal Taxonomy And Ecology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda Discovered The 4 New Species Of Spiders In Western Ghats In Tamilnadu And Kerala.

a) INDOPADILLA KANNIYAKUMARI, Found In Grassland Of Uper Victory Estate, Kanyakumari.

b) Tetragnatha Jaculator

c) Tetragnatha Lauta

d) Tetragnatha Serra

* Dr Krishna Chowlu And Her Scientific Team Has Discovered A New Plant Species Belongings To The Genus Cyrtandromoea At West Kameng District Of Arunachal Pradesh.

( The Species Has Named After Dr Sudhansu Sekhar - Of Botanical Survey Of India )

Named - Cyrtandromoea Sudhanshui

* Researchers Have Discovered A New Species Of Deep Sea Isopad In Kerala Coast.

It Belongs To Genus Brucethoa

Named After ISRO - Brucethoa ISRO)

BOOK -

* Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Published A Book Titled AN Illustrated Guide To The Lepidoptera Of India: Taxonomic Procedure, Family Characters, Diversity AND Distribution

APRIL -

APPOINTMENTS -

* Astrid Schomaker Has Been Appointed As The 8th Executive Secretary Of The Convention On Biological Diversity.

FIRST KIND OF -

* First Ever Synchronized Census Of Endangered Nilgiri Tahr To Starts In April 29tn In Tamilnadu.

SUMMIT -

First International Steering Committee Meeting Of The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) Held On 16th April 2024 In Delhi.

( Theme 2024 - The Conservation Of 7 Big Cats, Including Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma, Jaguar, Cheetah)

( IBCA HQ - Delhi, India, ESTD - APRIL 2023)

NEW PLANT SPECIES -

* Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Team Howrah, Lead By Scientist Dr Kanad Das Discovered Five New Species Of Wild Mushrooms In Uttarakhand.

a) PHYLLOPORUS SMITHII Sp. Nov.

b) PROPHYRELLUS UTTARAKHANDAE sp. Nov.

c) RETIBOLETUS PSEUDOATER sp.nov.

d) PHYLLOPORUS HIMALAYANUS sp. Nov.

e) LECCINELLUM Bothii sp. Nov.

NEW SPECIES -

* A New Species Of Tiger Cat Has Been Discovered In Brazil.

( Researchers Have Included This Tiger Cat In The Clouded Tiger Cat ( LEOPARDUS PARDINOIDES)

* Scientist Doctor Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate Discovered A New Species Of Beetles, Named OMORGUS (AFROMORGUS) MORESHWAR After Lord Ganpati Temple, In Morgaon Village.

* Scientists Have Discovered a New Ant Species At The Pilbara Region Of North Western Australia.

( Named - Leptanilla Voldemort) a Villain Character In Harry Porter

* Wildlife Researchers At Kaziranga National Park, Assam Recently Spotted Two New Species Of Binturong, The Largest Civet Species ( ARCTICITIS BINTURONG) And Small Clawed Otter ( Aonyx Cinereus).

* Researchers Have Discovered A New Species Of Partially Blind Scorpion Named TROGLOTAYOSICUS AKAIDO, In Amazon Rainforest.

4) Srilankan Scientists Have Discovered Three New Species Of Luminescent Bees In Canada.

* Scientists Have Discovered Two New Australian Native Mammal, The New Species Are

a) Western Delicate Mouse ( Pseudomys Pilbarensis)

b) Eastern Delicate Mouse ( Pseudomys Mimulus) In Australia.

MAY -

AWARDS -

* Dr, Purnima Devi Barman, Assam Has Been Awarded The Prestigious Whitley Gold Award For 2024, For The Exceptional Work On Conservation. ( GREEN OSCAR)

( She Recived Before UN ENVIRONMENT Champions Of Earth Award)

* Sikkim Has Been Awarded With The Prestigious Title Of The Best State For Excellence In Implementing The Environment Education Programme For 2023/24.

NEW SPECIES -

* Scientists From Catholicate College's Department Of Botany Kerala Have Discovered A New Species Of Algae In Western Ghat. In Kollam District

( Named - Oedocladium Sahyadricum)

* Scientists Have Discovered a New Plant Species Named Emblica Chakrabarthy In The Edamalayar Forest Range, Kerala.

( Family- Phyllanthaceae)

The Plant Has Named After Former Scientist Of Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Tapas Chakroborthy )

* Researchers From Kerala And Tamil Nadu Have Discovered Two New Species Of Jumping Spiders In The Lush Landscapes Of The Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary In The Southern Western Ghats At Kulathupuzha.

a) HABROCESTRUM SHAYADRI

b) IRURA SHENDURNEY

* A New Species Of Marine Tardigrade Discovered From The South East Coast Of Tamilnadu, By Researchers From Cochin University Of Science And Technology.

( It Is Named Batillipes Chandrayaani) Named After Chandrayaan 3)

* The INDIAN Council Of Agricultural Research - National Bureau Of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR) Has Discovered A New Cat Fish Species - Glyptothorax Punyabratai In Arunachal Pradesh. ( Found In Brahmaputra River)

( ( The Fish Is Named After Dr. Punyabrata Das, Founder, Director Of ICAR-NBFGR ( Fisheries Research)

* A Rare, Rusty Spotted Cat Spotted In Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary.

* Vulnerable Takins (Locally Known As Kemya) Sighted For The FIRST Time In Tawang District In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Himalayan serow Has Been Spotted For The First Time In Nameri National Park And Tiger Reserves Assam.

CENSUS -

* Wildlife Institute Of India Are Declared 4000 Dolphins Are Presents In Ganges And Its Tributaries.

FIRST IN -

* Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Bargarh Odisha Is Set To Initiate Astro Tourism After Uttarakhand In India.

* The Forest Department Of Tripura In Collaboration With ANCF (Asian Nature Conservation Foundation) Launched A Special Operation To Radio-Collar One Elephant.

* Red Panda, An Endangered Species Recently Spot On Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary In Arunachal Pradesh.

JUNE -

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.

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.

JULY -

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.

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)