WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN NOVEMBER 2024

NEW SPECIES - 

* A New Species Of Atlantic Rainforest Flea Toad Has Been Discovered (7mm Length) Smallest 

*  A New Moth Species Crastolliana Belyiorum Has Been Discovered In Amazon.

* Researchers From Oxford University Have Found 450 million Years Old Fossil Arthropod 

* A Biodiversity Research Team Of China Has Discovered a New Amphibian Species, Boulenophrys Lichun In East China.

*  MBARI Researchers Have Discovered A New Species Of Sea Slug In Deep Sea.

( Named - Mystery Mollusc) 

* New Bat Species Has Been Discovered In Saudi Arabia

( Vansonia Rueppellii) 

* Scientist Have Discovered One Of The Largest Known Sea Creatures - a Coral The Size Of Two Football Fields - Off The Solomon Islands in The South Pacific, More Than 300 Years Old.

* A New Species Of Wild Balsam, Endemic To Gayo Plateau, Sumatra.

* A Student From Maharashtra Has Discovered a New Jumping Spider Species From Pune.

( Atharava Kulkarni, Environment Student) 

( Named- okinawicius Tekdi) tekdi Means Hill 

( Genus - Okinawicius) 

* A Team Of Researcher Have Discovered Koima, a New Genus Of Fresh Water Endemic To The Western ghats.

( Discovered Under V K Anoop & Rajeev Raghavan From Kerala University Of Fisheries And Ocean Studies ( Kufos) 

* Genus - Nemacheilus

* A New Species Of Fish Named - Oriechthys Warjaintia - (Cyprind Species) From Meghalaya Named After War-jaintia ( The Local Tribal Community In West Jaintia Hills 

* A New Species Of Frog, RAORCHESTES ASAKGRENSIS Has Discovered In Meghalaya, 

( NAMED After The Eman Asakgre Community Reserve In Garo Hills, Meghalaya) 

RARE - 

Tamilnadu Forest Department Has Rescued A Rare White Peacock.

*  Eurasian Wryneck Has Been Recorded For The First Time At The Nanjarayan Tank.

* Dunlin, A Threatens Species Recently Spotted In Kochi.

NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* The Scientists From Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Has Discovered A New Species Of Orchid In Lohit District Of Arunachal Pradesh.

* Scientist From China Has Discovered New Tree Species MALLOTUS BULLATUS. 

* Scientists Have Discovered a New Fire Resilient Dual Blooming Species Of DICLIPTERA In The Northern Western Ghats Of India.

THE ALL ODISHA ELEPHANT CENSUS - 

* Odisha Elephant Census Started -

* 2,103 Elephants Are Counted 

* 474 Male Elephants 

* 1030 Female Elephants 

* Census Conducted In 48 Forests & Wildlife Sanctuary  Odisha

* Ratio Of Male:Female: Young ( 1:1.83:1.08) 

(Previous Was 1:2.17:1.25) 

* 334 Adult Tuskers 

* 12 Adult Makhnas 

* 678 Adult Females 

* 186 Sub Adults Tuskers 

* The Census Conducted In Rourkela, Sambalpur, Aathamalik, Ghumushur North, Kalahandi North, Kalahandi South, Balangir, Rairakhol 

* Dhenkanal With 291 Elephants 

* Keonjhar With 160 Elephants 

* Athagarh With 124 Elephants 

* Deogarh With 123 Elephant 

* Anugul With 117 Elephants 

* 13 Wildlife Division Found No Elephant Evidence.

* 48 elephants Were Report Died During May To November 2024 

NEW TIGER RESERVE - 

* Guru Ghashi Das- Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserves Notified As The 56th Tiger Reserves In India, Located At Chhattisgarh.

* The Assam State Government Has Appointed Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officer Vinay Gupta As State's New Principal Chief Conservator Of Forest And Chief Wildlife Warden.

RENAME - 

* Karnataka King Kobra So Called KALINGA SARPA Will Renamed As The KAALINGA. ( NAMED - OPHIOPHAGUS KAALINGA) 

FIRST EVER BISON CENSUS HELD IN ODISHA - 

Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha Has Completed First Census Of Indian Bison.

( 659 Bison Has Been Counted ) 

* Todoba Tigress Zeenat Has Sent To The Mayurbhanj Similipal Tiger Reserves.

* Republic Of Korea's Jeju Island Has Been Chosen As Venue For Commemoration Of World Environment Day 2025.

* India Launched Updated National Biodiversity Strategy And Action Plan ( NBSAP) At COP 16 To The Convention  On Biological Diversity ( CBD) In Colombia. 

* Rajasthan State Adopts The Green Technology For Zero Waste Goal.

* The World's Largest Captive Crocodile CASSIUS ( 5.48 Meter) Dies In Australia. 

*  Recently News Came Up From Bandhavgarh Elephants Were Died In Five Six Numbers Due To Cyclopiazonic Acid, Elephants Were Eaten Large Amount Of Spoiled Kodo,.

* Delhi Topped In Most Polluted City Of India.

RARE SIGHT - 

 Spotless Rare Golden Cheetah Has Been Spotted For The First Time in 100 Years In Kapiti Conservancy At Kenya.

INAUGURATION - 

* Arunachal Pradesh Has Inaugurated The Butterfly Park At Pakke Tiger Reserves.

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AWARDS - 

*  Karunakar Reddy To Receive The Maiden Padma Shri  Jadhav Payeng International Award 2025. ( FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK) 

* Assam Senior Scientist At Aranyak Biodiversity Conservation Organisation Dr Lahkar Has Win The Neville Shulman Award 2024.

* Sudha Chandran Has Won The PV Thampy Memorial Endowment AWARD.

( Forest Guide At Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary) 

* Deforestation Of Brazil In Amazon Forest Has Drops Nearly 31% In This Year.

* Licpriya Kangujam Wins The National Digital Women Award 2024.

* Nayantara Tigress, Of Tadoba Tiger Reserves , Maharastra Has Receive The Golden Leaf Award 

EARTH SHOTS PRIZE - 

* CLEAN OUR AIR - 

GAYO, (GREEN AFRICA YOUTH ORGANISATION) 

* FIX OUR CLIMATE - 

ADVANCED THERMOVOLTAIC SYSTEM 

* REVIVE OUR OCEANS - 

HIGH AMBITION COALITION FOR NATURE AND PEOPLE 

* BUILD A WASTE FREE WORLD - 

KEEP IT COOL

* PROTECT & RESTORE NATURE - 

Altyn DALA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE 

* The Ashoka Trust For Research In Ecology And Environment Has Announced Manish Rajankar And Shalu Kolhe As The Recipient Of The 21st T N KHOSHOO Memorial Award.

HOST - 

* The 16th Session Of Conference Of The Parties Of The UN Convention To Combat Desertification Will Come To Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2-13 December 2024.