WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN JANUARY 2025

ASSAM FOREST REPORT - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Launched The Elephant Population Estimation (EPE)

* Assam Has Now 5828 Elephants 

* 5719 Elephants Were In 2017 Counts

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* India's First Ever Coastline Waders Bird Census To Be Conducted In Jamnagar, Gujarat From 3rd January To 5th January 2025.

* Uttarakhand Forest Department Establishes MAHABHARATA VATIKA. 

* Kerala Forest Department Has Announced A Mission Food, Fodder And Water Campaign To Tackle Human Wildlife Conflict In The State.

FIRST IN INAUGURATION - 

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Inaugurated State's First Elephant Rescue Centre At Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Zoological Park, Gorakhpur.

NEW SPECIES - 

* Researchers From Indian  Council Of Agriculture Research - NBFGR Identified A New Species Of Yellow Catfish HORABAGRUS OBSCURUS, in Chalakudy River, Kerala 

*  NEOLISSOCHILUS PNAR, The Largest Known Cave Fish Species Discovered In Meghalaya, Has Been Honoured As India's First Ever National CAVE Animal Of The Year By The Speleological Association Of India ( SAI). 

* Researchers Have Found Two Rare Order Neuroptera Species- Glenochrysa Zeylanica (FAMILY - CHRYSOPIDAE) And Indophane Barbara ( FAMILY -  MYRMELEONTIDAE )   - In Kerala 

* Scientists From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Have Discovered A New Species Of Pangolin In Arunachal Pradesh ( NAMED ON INDIA BURMAN BORDER) 

( Named After - Manis Indoburmanica) 

* * Researchers From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Have Identified 23 Species Of Blood Sucking Flies (13 Of Them Discovered First Time In Country In Andaman and Nicobar) 

* GARRA MAGNAROSTRUM - A New Species Of Cypirind Fish ( Teleostei Cyprinidae) At The Brahmaputra River 

* 2024 Was The Year Of Above 1.5 Degree C Above Temperature Recorded ( For The First Time).

* Indore, Madhya Pradesh And Udaipur, Rajasthan Have Joined The List Of 31 Wetlands Accredited Cities In The World's (First India) BY UNESCO 

IUCN - 

* The First Ever Multi Taxon Global Fresh Water Fauna Assessment For The IUCN Red List Of Threatened Species Has Been Identified In Western Ghats.

RARE - 

* A Rare Melanistic Leopard Spotted With Cub In Nayagarh District Forest In Odisha.

* Tripura Has Recorded Its First Ever Sighting Of The Rare Banded Royal Butterfly ( RACHANA JALINDRA INDRA) At Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary.

* The FIRST Photographic Evidence Of Elusive Palla's Cat (Manul) In Himachal Pradesh.

* Researcher Have Discovered The INDIAN SIPHONOPHORIDA After 77 Years (Species Name - SIPHONORHINUS PARAMBIKULUM) 

* GENUS - SIPHONORHINUS POCOCK)

* Found At Western Ghat, Kerala.

* Chinese Researchers Have Discovered a New Species Of RHODODENDRON In China's GUANGXI  ( Named - RHODODENDRON YUANBAOSHANENSE) 

ICAR - 

* Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR- NBFGR) PAGR Center, Kochi, Kerala Has Introduced India's First Ever Captive Breeding Protocol Developed For Black Collared Yellow Cat Fish (HORABAGRUS NIGRICOLLARIS) 

* Bihar Set To Gets First GHARIAL SANCTUARY In Gopalganj.

* Asian Waterbird Census Began In Coimbatore.

FIRST WILDLIFE HERITAGE SITE OF GUJARAT - 

* Gujarat Biodiversity Board Under The Gujarat Forest And Environment Department Has Declared The INLAND MANGROVE GUNERI Site In Guneri, Lakhpath Taluka Of Kutch District As Gujarat First Biodiversity Heritage Site.

MIXED - 

* Three Tigers Have Been Died Of H5N1 Or Avian Influenza Virus At Gorewada Rescue Center In Nagpur, Maharashtra.

*  Chhattisgarh Became The First Indian State To Link Forest Ecosystem With Green GDP.

ENVIRONMENT - 

*  Kerala's Kappad And Chal Beaches Gets Global Blue Tag Certification.

ODISHA LAKE BIRD CENSUS - 

* Odisha's Wetlands Witnessed Highest Migrated Birds With 16 Lakh Plus, 2000 Species And ( Hirakud 3,77,732) 

AWARDS - 

* HE Razan Khalifa AI Mubarak, President Of International Union For Conservation Of Nature Recognise In The Fin-Erth Women In Climate Awards 2024.

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