WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN OCTOBER 2024

* Mudumalai Tiger Reserves Records Led To The Identification Of 33 Reptiles And 36 Amphibian (Survey Of Herpetofauna ).

* Odisha's Leopard Census Registered A 22% Increase From 2022, The Number Is 696 .

* Researchers Have Recorded The First Expression Of Erythrism Of Reddish Skin In Golden Jackals CANIS AUREUS In The Nilgiri, 

* A Rare Black Panther Has Been Spotted At Hemagiri Forest In Sundargarh District In Odisha.

* Bihar Set To Declare Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary As Tiger Reserves.

* Assam Forest Department Has Released The Report On Assam's State Bird White Winged Wood Duck.

*  Global Wildlife Numbers Has Been Declined 73% Since 1970 According To World Wildlife Foundation (WWF).

* Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala Has Conducted The Vultures Survey

(80 Vultures Counted) 

* Award Winning Wildlife Conservationist From Assam Purnima Devi Burman Propose World Hargila Day At Global Conference In Germany.

* Bollywood Actress Diya Mirza Has Been Appointed As A Jury Member Of 2024 Edition Of The All Living Things Environmental Film Festival.

* A Rare Caracal Has Been Spotted In The Sariska Tiger Reserves.

* Telengana Set To Establish Kawal Tiger Corridor As Conservation Zone.

*  Barda Wildlife Sanctuary Has Been Inaugurated In Gujarat.

*  India Advocate For Global Conservation With Plant 4 Mother Campaign At COP 16 At Colombia.

* Himachal Pradesh's Durgesh Aranya Zoological Park Set To Becomes India's First Zoo With IGBC Certification.

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*  Two Weeks United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP 16) Started In Colombia. 

* Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh Has Host The 7th Butterfly Meet And Nature Camp.

WILDLIFE CENSUS - 

*  Dr Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi, Lepidopterist From Kaziranga Has Documented Over 446 Butterfly Species ( 2nd Highest Ever After Namdapha In India) 

* Recently Including 18 Species 

EXTINT SPECIES IN NEWS - 

Rajasthan Has Achieved A Historic In The Conservation Of The Great Indian Bustard Species ( Extinct Species).

NEW LIST OF SEZ - 

* Ministry Of Forest, Environment And Climate Has Declared Namdapha National Park And Tiger Reserves And Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary & Tiger Reserves (Lohit District) Of Arunachal Pradesh As Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ).

HOST - 

* The International Film Festival And Forum On Environment And Wildlife, Vaatavaran Has Been Inaugurated At Paryavaran Bhawan, 

( Theme - Wetlands For LIFE).

BOOKS - 

*  On The Occasion Of Wildlife Week, Kanha Tiger Reserves Has Launched BIRDS OF KANHA A Bird Book.

FIRST LEOPARD CENSUS IN ODISHA - 

* Odisha's First Ever Leopard Census Conducted By Forest Department.

* 696 Leopards Are Counted (Total) 

* 200 Leopards Found In Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary ( Mayurbhanj)

* 150 Leopard (2nd Most) Found In Satkosia Tiger Reserves 

* 70-80 Leopard Found In Hirakud Region 

* 40 Leopards Found In Sunabeda- Khariar Region.

* 47 Location Under Census Came In Odisha Forest. 

* 22% Increase in Numbers Of Leopard In Odisha. 

AWARDS - 

* Qamar Quershi Has Been Received Prestigious Lifetime Honoured From Wildlife Institute Of India For Wildlife Education, Research.

* Darjeeling's Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoo's Red Panda Programme Selected As The Finalist For 2024 WAZA Conservation Award.

* Vera Voronova ( Kazakhstan) And Ysabel Agustina Calderon ( Peru) Have Been Selected For MIDORI Prize For Biodiversity 2024 

* Wildlife Photographer Robin Darius Wins Photography AWARD ( Best In Wildlife) At 60th Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition.

* Dr Panjit Basumatray, From The Pakke Tiger Reserves Was Awarded With The Animals Welfare Field Veterinary Award At The 24th International Fund For Animals Welfare Animals Action Award 2024 At London.

* Dr Bibhab Talukdar, CFO Of Aranyak And Member Of The State Board Of Wildlife Assam Has Received The Prestigious Harry Messel Award For Conservation Leadership At The 5th IUCN SSC Leadership Meeting In Abu Dhabi.

* Special Initiative On The Habitat Improvement Of Endemic And Endangered LTM ( Lion Tailed Macaque) Has Been Recognized By Tamilan Book Of Records 

 NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* A New Plant Species Has Been Discovered In The Dibang Valley District Of Arunachal Pradesh.

( Species Name - Begonia neisti) in Honour To Completion of 60 Years Of NEIST - North East Institute Of Science And Technology 

( Platycentrum Family) 

NEW SPECIES - 

* Chinese Researchers Have Discovered a New Horned Toad Species (NAMED - BOULENOPHRYS PEPE) in Lianshan Bijiashan Nature Reserve, China.

* A Rainbow Coloured New Fish Species Belongs To (Species- OPSARIICHTHYS) Has Been Discovered In The Eastern Region Of China.

* New Species Of Catfish EXOSTOMA SENTIYONOE Discovered In Nagaland.

* The Nilgiri Tit (HYPOLYCAENA NILGIRICA) A Butterfly Species Located In Tamilnadu.

* A Team Of Arachnologists Has Discovered A New Genus Of Jumping Spiders TENKANA JAYAMANGLI , In Karnataka.

* A New Species Of Snake Has Been Discovered At Western Himalayan 

( Named After Actor Producer - Leonardo Decaprio) 

* Three New Species Have Been Discovered In South Africa's Unique Marine Ecosystem 

* The Walking Sponge ( Suberites Ambulodomos) 

* A Tiny Calm ( Brachiomya Ducentinus) 

* A Rare Parasite ISOPOD ( Pseudionella Pumulaensis) 

* Two New Fish Species GARRA ZUBZAENSIS And PSILORHYNCHUS KOSYGINI Have Been Found in Zubza River At Brahmaputra.