WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN JUNE 2025

RARE SPOT - 

* A Rare Melanistic Black Leopard has Been Spotted At Pench Tiger Reserve, 

* The Caspian Gull Rare Sight At Kozhikode AT KAPPAD  BEACH 

* A Rare Black Panther Has Been Spotted At Manas National Park, Assam 

* National Bird Of Thailand The Siamese Fireback Spotted For The First Time In Ranikhet, Uttarakhand.

* Rare Sighting Of Endangered Malbar Tree Toad Tillari Conservation Reserve, Sindhurgarh, Maharashtra .

 * Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh Has Declared The Best Habitat Of Tigers.

* 10,2485 Herbivores Animals Recorded (Most) 

NEW SPECIES - 

Scientists From Zoological Survey Of india (ZSI) Have Discovered a New Species Of Cryptic Cascade - Dwelling Frog From Shillong, Meghalaya 

( NAMED - AMOLOPS SHILLONG) 

* The Two New Species Of Cyprinids Fishes Labeo Uru And Labeo Chekida Are Describe in Western Ghats 

* A New Species Of Bat Has Been Discovered In The Himalyan ( Long Tailed Myotis - Named - MYOTIS HIMALAICUS) .

* A New Planarian Worm Species, DUGESIA PUNENSIS Has Been Discovered At Pashan Lake, Pune.

( The Freshwater Flatworm) 

* This Is The First Planarian Species Recorded Since 1983 

* It Regrowing 10-13 Days 

* A New Blind Cave Dwelling Fish Species SCHISTURA DENSICLAVA Found In Meghalaya 

* A Rare Chinese Rose Windmill ( Papilio Genestieri) Has Been Recorded In Shi -Yomi District In Arunachal Pradesh 

PLANT SPECIES - 

* A New Etendrillate Species Has Been Discovered At Narmada, Gujarat.

( Named - Cyphostemma Namonarmadense) (Vitaceae) 

* Genus - CYPHOSTEMMA 

* Species Named After Prime minister  Narendra Modi 

* A New Flowering Plant Species PORTULACA BHARAT Discovered In Aravali hills Near Jaipur, ( List Added In Endemic) 

* The Plant Is Discovered Under The Leadership Of Nishant Chauhan, a Committee Member Of Satpura Biodiversity Conservation Society (SCBC) 

* The Genus Portulaca Has Been Finds 153 Species in World 

* In India 11 Species Are Located, Can See At Dry And Semi - Arid Habitat 

* Dr Vikas Kumar And His Team Guidance A New Plant Species Has Been Discovered At Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh 

* Species Name - CREMANTHODIUM 

* FAMILY - ASTERACEAE 

* BEGONIA NYISHIORUM - A Crimson Fingered Discovered In East Kameng ( Named After Nyishi Tribe ) in Arunachal Pradesh.

ENVIRONMENTS - 

* 2 NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

Government Of India Added Two New Ramsar Sites, 91 Total RAMSAR SITES (Wetlands) In India.

* Khichan, In Phalodi Rajasthan 

* Menar, Udaipur Rajasthan 

*  Tamilnadu Officially Announced The DHANUSHKODI Greater Flamingo Sanctuary. (524.78 Hectares) 

128 Species Of Birds & 47 Plant Species) 

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NEW FUNGI - 

* Fusarium Kamalianum, a Fungal Species From The Fusarium Oxysporum Complex Was Isolates From Infected Bamboo ( Chamaedorea Seifrizzi) 

* A Fungal Species Alanomyces Manoharacharyi, Discovered An Endophyte From Azadirachta Indica Bark, In Mulshi, Maharashtra.

*  GENUS - ALANOMYCES 

* FOUND IN AZADIRACHTA INDICA BARK '

* IDENTIFIED ON THE BASIS OF ASEXUAL MORPHOLOGY 

* India's First Butterfly Sanctuary Inaugurated In Kerala Arlam Sanctuary.

AWARDS - 

* Philosopher and Author ACHARYA PRASANTH Honoured With The Most Impactful Environmentalist Award On World Environment day.

* Indian Top Five States With Environment Ranking 

* Andhra Pradesh 68.38 

* Karnataka 67.39 

* Kerala 66.62 

* Gujarat 66.24 

* Goa 65.23 

PESON PASSED AWAY - 

* * MARUTI BHUJANGRAO CHITAMPALLI 

* AN WILDLIFE ENVIRONMENTALIST, AUTHOR OF MANY BOOKS 

* BORN ON - 5Th NOVEMBER 1932 

* DIED ON - 18TH JUNE 2025 

AWARDS - 

* IN 2017 VINDA KARANDIKAR MEMORIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 

* IN 2025 PADMASHREE 

BOOKS - 

* AUTOBIOGRAPHY (CHAKVA CHANDAN) : EK VANOPANISHADA 

* RATAWA 

* RANVATA 

* NILAWANTI 

* PRANI KOSH 

* PAKSHIKOSH 

* SWARAN GARUD 

* NISARGAWACHAN 

* SHABDANCHE DHAN 

* JANGALCE DENE 

* MRUGAPAKSHISASTHRA 

* KESHARACHA PAUS 

* GHARATYA PALIKEDE 

* ANANDADAYI BAGLE 

* PAKSHI JAYA DIGANTARA 

* CHITRAGRIWA: EKA KABUTRAI CHA KATHA 

* NAVEGAON BANDHCHE DIWAS - 

* CHAITRAPALAWAI 

* AN INTRODUCTION TO MRUGAPAKSHISASTHRA 

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WORKED AS - 

* MAHARSHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FOREST SERVICE 

* RETIRED AS DEPUTY CHIEF MAHARSHTRA FOREST DEPARTMENT 

AWARDS - 

PARYAVARAN BHUSAN AWARDS - 

* EMINENT ENGINEERING SCIENTIST PROFESSOR GANPATI D YADAV HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS PARYAVARAN BHUSAN AWARD 

* THIS AWARD IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MAHARASHTRA POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD (MPCB) And The ENVIRONMENT CLUB OF INDIA IN JULY 

* PROFESSOR G D YADAV Former Vice Chancellor OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (ICT MUMBAI) 

* CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE NATIONAL SCIENCE CHAIR UNDER GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

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