JANUARY TO FEBRUARY WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN 2025

JANUARY - 

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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FEBRUARY - 

4 NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

* SAKKARAKOTTAI BIRD SANCTUARY ( TAMILNADU) 

* THERTHANGAL BIRD SANCTARY ( TAMILNADU) 

* KHECHEOPALRI WETLAND ( SIKKIM) 

* UDHWA LAKE, (JHARKHAND) 

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* The Annual Asian Waterbird Census In Kollam District Counted 11,525 Birds, (81 Species) Including 46 Migratory 

* Tripureshwari Duck Has Been Registered As The New Breed By ICAR 

*  Sikhna Jwhwlao Set To The 8th National Park In Assam.

* Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP) Awarded The Prestigious SKOCH AWARD 2024 At New Delhi.

* Kerala Forest Department At Parambikulam Tiger Reserves In Palakkad Has Added 15 New Species.

* The First Breeding Site Of The Blue Cheeked Bee Eater - ( Merops Persicus) In Peninsular India Has Been Discovered In The Saltpans In The Aandivilai In Kanyakumari District.

* The Bacterium, Marinomonas Fungiae Sp Nov. isolates From Andaman Sea, 

* Researchers From NCPOR Goa Discovered 9 New Species In Indian Ocean.

VULTURE CENSUS - 

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13) Madhya Pradesh Become The State With Highest Numbers Of Vultures in The Country ( 12,981 In Recent Census)

NEW BACTERIA - 

*  BRIC- Institute Of Life Sciences, Has Discovered A Bacteria Named - THIOMONAS BHUBANESWARENSIS ( Named After Bhubaneswar City) Collected From Sediment Sample From Atri, Bhubaneswar Odisha 

* It Is An Aerobic, Obligatory Mixotrophic Moderated THERMOPHILIC Thiosulfate Oxidising Bacterium

* This Bacteria Can Be Utilizes In Bioleaching To Extract Metals From Sulphur Ores.

RARE FISH - 

* A Rare Humpback Angelfish Has Been Spotted Near The Surface Of The Atlantic Ocean Off The Coast Of Spain's Tenerife.

* UP Scientists Have Discovered Two New Species Of Dung Beetles, 

NEW BIRD SPECIES - 

* Four New Bird Species Have Been Sighted At The Periyar Tiger Reserves (PTR).

* BLUE THROAT  ( LUSCINIA SVECICA) 

* TAWNY PIPIT ( ANTHUS CAMPESTRIS) 

* ULTRAMARINE FLYCATCHER ( FICEDULA SUPERCILIARIS) 

* REDBREASTED FLYCATCHER ( FICEDULA PARVA) 

* Dr Krishna Chowlu, Researchers And Team In Arunachal Pradesh Has Discovered A New Plant Species Named - STROBILANTHES GIGANTEA, 

NEW COFFEE SPECIES - 

* A New Coffee Species Has Been Discovered In The Mouyouka- Kompina Forest Reserve In Littoral- Cameron.

ENDEMIC - 

* Saffron Reedtail Damselfly Discovered In Karnataka.

* Three New Species Of Dung Beetles Have Been Discovered (Genus Onitis) 

* ONITIS BHOMORENSIS ( Named After The Bridge Kolia Bhomora Near Its Collection In Tezpur, Assam) 

* ONITIS KETHAI ( Found From BRT Tiger Reserve, Named In Memory Of The Late Ketha Gowda ) 

* ONITIS VISTHARA ( Found Near Grassland Near Hesarghatta Lake) 

CENSUS - 

* According To The Census - Ganjam Has 8789 Blackbuck 

HOST - 

* Siem Reap, Cambodia Hosting The 4th Asian Elephant Range States Meeting.

NEW FLOWER SPECIES - 

* Researchers Have Discovered Two New Species Of Green Cardamom At Western Ghat Region At Kerala - 

* Elettaria Facifera 

* Elettaria Tulipifera 

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ENVIRONMENT - 

* India's Coast line Grew 47.6% From 7516 Km In 1970 To 11,098 Km In 2023/24.

* The Ministry Of External Affairs Has Confirmed That The Framework Agreement On Establishment Of The International Big Cat Alliance Has Officially Came Into Force From 23rd January 2025.

TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENT - 

* SANDRA DIAZ 

( SERVING AS THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD) 

* EDUARDO BRONDIZIO 

( HE LEADS THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE AT UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVES PROGRAME)

* Dr Dhitri Banerjee, Director Of Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Conferred With Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 By The Society Of Biological Science And Rural Development, Lucknow.

* Biologist Purnima Devi Burman Has Win The TIMES WOMAN OF THE YEAR

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