WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN OCTOBER 2025

PLANT SPECIES - 

* A Researcher Team Has Discovered a Rare Coffee Plant Species ( OPHIORRHIZA ECHINATA) At Shola Forest In WESTERN GHATS,  Kerala.

* A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FLORAL SPECIES DISCOVERED FROM SHI YOMI DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* CAORYDALIS SHIYOMIENSIS (PAPAVERACEAE) 

* LISTED IN CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF WHITE FLOWER IN WESTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAME - CHLOROPHYTUM VANAPUSHPAM (SAFED MUSLI) 

* GENUS - CHLOROPHYTUM 

* FAMILY - ASPARAGACEAE 

* DISCOVERD IN IDDUKI DISTRICT VAGAMON HILLS, 

* SEEDS ARE 4-5 MM 

* FLOWER DURING SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 

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*  A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS LED BY BOTANIST PROFESOR DR K KOTRESHA FROM KARNATAKA SCIENCE COLLEGE, DHARWAD HAVE DISCOVERED 4 NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS IN WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA.

* ZEUXINE SEETHARAMII 

* OBERONIA MARNKULIENSIS 

* PARASOPUBIA GORENSIS ( NAMED AFTER GODDESS GORESHWAR TEMPLE) 

* UTRICULARIA KUMTENSIS

( THE PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED AT KALI TIGER RESERVE IN UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT HAS BEEN NAMED ZEUXINE SEETHARAMII ( BETAGERI & KOTRESHA) 

* A NEW BEGONIA SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - BEGONIA CHOWNA BUKU CHULU ( ARYARAKTA) means Nobel Red 

* NAMED IN HONOUR TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH DEPUTY CM CHOWNA MEIN.

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, GUWAHATI UNIVERSITY HAS IDENTIFIED A PLANT SPECIES IN SONAI RUPAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN ASSAM.

* NAMED - ARDISIA ASSAMICA BARUAH, SAIKIA & DEVI 

* FAMILY - PRIMULACEAE 

* SUBFAMILY - MYRSINOIDEAE 

* A NEW SPECIES OF BALSAM HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN WEST KAMENG DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - IMPATIENS RAJIBIANA CHOWLU 

( FAMILY - BALSAMINACEAE) 

* THE SPECIES HAS NAMED IN HONOUR TO DR RAJIB GOGOI, ( SCIENTISTS AT BSI, SIKKIM) 

* TETRATAENIUM MANILALIANUM, A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS 

* REASERCH BY AMRUTHA SUNDARAN &  K A SUJANA From BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, COIMBATORE AND ANOTHER TEAM FROM KERALA 

* IT IS A HERBACEOUS PLANT, 60-100 cm TALL 

* THIS PLANT IS DISTINGUISHED FROM ITS CLOSE RELATIVE T,SPRENGELIANUM 

* THIS SPECIES epithet - MANILALIANUM ( COMMEMORATE THE LATE PADMASHRI PROF K S MANILAL ( TAXONOMIST & HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT) 

* BOTANIST FROM DAVANGERE UNIVERSITY, ( ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SIDDAPPA B KAKKALAMELI AND RESEARCH SCHOLAR PRASHANT KARADAKKATI, HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW PLANT SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA.

* FAMILY - MELASTOMATACEAE 

* GENUS - SONERILA ROXB ( ALREDY 46 SPECIES FROM THISE GENUS INDIA) 

* SONERILA BABABUDANGIRIENSIS  (At Baba Budangiri Hill Range DISCOVERD) 

* SONERILA GIGIANTEA ( Mallalli Falls Region Kodagu) 

* SONERILA CHARMADIENSIS ( Charmadi Ghat In CHIKKAMANGULURU) ( RHIZOMES CHARACTER PLANT) 

* SONERILA KONKONENSIS ( FOUND IN KAVALEDURGA SHIVMOGGA DISTRICT) 

* A NEW SPECIES OF AFROHYBANTHUS (VIOLACEAE) DISCOVERD IN TAMILNADU.

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* TWO NEW SPECIES   FIREFLIES SPECIES HAVE DISCOVERED IN NILGIRI, TAMILNADU.

* LAMELLIPALPODES KURUMBA 

* LAMELLIPALPODES DEBPRASAMA 

* NAMED AFTER INDIGENOUS KURUMBA TRIBE.

* Two New Species Of Squarell Discovered In Himachal Pradesh 

* A NEW SPECIES OF HAIRY SNAIL HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TILLARI SEMI - EVERGREEN FOREST IN SINDHUDURG, MAHARSHTRA 

* SPECIES NAME - LAGOCHEILUS HAYAOMIYAZAKII 

* NAMED IN HONOUR TO - JAPANESE ANIMATOR HAYAO MIYAZAKI 

* FIRST KIND OF SPECIES IN THIS TYPE OF GENUS DISCOVERD.

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW SPECIES OF FISH IN BAHUDA, GANJAM, ODISHA.

* SPECIES NAME - PSEUDORHOMBUS BAHUDAENSIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT (ATREE) BENGALURU IN COLLABORATION WITH LITIN COMMUNITY CONSERVATION SOCIETY HAVE DISCOVERED SIX NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES IN SIAANG VALLEY, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* LITIN ONYX ( Horaga takanamii) 

* Narrow Banded Royal ( Dacalana Vui) 

* Tibetan Sergeant ( Athyma Yui)

* Tibetan Duke ( Euthalia Zhaxidunzhui) 

* Mountain Columbine ( Stiboges Elodinia) 

* Tibetan Jungleequeen ( Stichophthalma Neumogeni Renqingduojiei) 

WASP SPECIES - 

* NESOLYNX BANABITANAE, A NEW SPECIES OF WASP HAS BEEN DISCOVERED 

* A HYPERPARASITOID WASP HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN WEST BENGAL 

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ELEPHANT CENSUS IN TAMILNADU & KARNATAKA - 

* Tamilnadu & Karnataka Records 3,170 Elephants in Latest Survey. (3rd Survey)!

( Previous CENSUS - 3063) 

- 3261 Sq. Km Area ( 26 Forest Division) 

- Eastern Ghats ( Nilgiri) Has 76% Elephants 

- 2nd - Anamalai And 3rd - Coimbatore 

- 1777 - Western Ghats 

- 1345 - Eastern Ghats 

LEOPARD CENSUS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH - 

* Himachal Pradesh Have 83 Snow Leopard in 2025 Census, 51 in 2021 

* A Rare Marble Cat Spotted in Manas National Park, ASSAM.

ENVIRONMENT - 

* JANE GOODALL PASSED AWAY.

* BORN IN 3rd APRIL 1934 

* DIED ON 1ST OCTOBER 2025 

AWARDS - 

* SHE WAS AN ENGLISH ZOOLOGIST, PRIMATLOGIST AND ANTHROPOLOGIST 

* SHE WAS EXPERTS IN CHIMPANZEE FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

* SHE WAS APPOINTED A COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE) FOR SERVICES TO ZOOLOGY 

* IN APRIL 2002 SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN NAMED GOODALL A UNITED NATIONS MESSANGER FOR PEACE.

* TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENT ACHIVEMENT (1997) 

* THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOUR 

* MEDAL OF TANZANIA 

* KYTO PRIZE 

* BENZAMIN - FRANKLIN MEDAL IN LIFE SCIENCE 

* GANDHI - KING AWARD FOR NON-VIOLENCE 

* SPANISH PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDS 

* IN 2022 SHE RECEIVED STEPHEN HAWKING MEDAL FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION 

* IN APRIL 2023 OFFICER IN THE ORDER OF ORANGE - NASSAU AT THE HAGUE, NEDERLANDS 

* JANUARY 2025 PRESIDENT MEDAL FROM US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 

BOOKS - 

* 1969 ( MY FRIENDS THE WILD CHIMPANZEE) 

* BEHAVIOUR OF  FREE LIVING CHIMPANZEE (1966) THESIS 

* THE BOOK OF HOPE ( WITH DOUGLAS ABRAMS) 

* MY LIFE WITH CHIMPANZEE 

* THE TEN TRUSTS 

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FIRST IN - 

* Kaziranga Gets Back It's Bird - Painted Storks ( Mycteria Leucocephala) FIRST CAPTURE IN 4 YEARS 

* * THE NAGAMALI HILLOCK IN ERODE DISTRICT IN TAMILNADU GETS THE TAG OF BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE TAG . 

* THIS IS THE 4TH BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE TAG 

* RECENTLY TAMILNADU GETS HIS THIRD SITE IN 1ST SEPTEMBER 2025 

* UNDER THE ACT OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT 2002, 

* IT COVERS 32,22 HECTRES, DRY DECIDUOUS, THORNY AND SCRUB FOREST 

* 138 PLANT SPECIES, 118 BIRD SPECIES, 7 MAMMALS, 11 REPTILES, 5 SPIDER SPECIES, 71 INSECTS SPECIES 

* IT IS THE HISTORY NCLUDING IRON AGE CIRCLE, ANCIENT ROCK SHELTERS, AND A CENTURIES OLD STONE CRAVING. 

* Under The Tiger Projects- 

India Has Expanded Its Tiger Reserves From 9000 Sq. Km To 85000 Sq. km in 2025 

* India Has Now 58 Tiger Reserves 

* 3682 Tigers in India 

* Overall 5711 TIGERS IN WORLD 

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IUCN WORLD CONGRESS 2025 - 

*Abu Dhabi Host The 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress. 

( THEME 2025 - Powering Transformative Conservation) 

*  India Unveiled The National Red List Roadmap And Vision 2025-2030 

* * First EVER IUCN Red List Assessment For The Indian Wolf ( Canis Lupus Pallipes) Now Listed As Vulnerable. 

* * ON THE IUCN WORLD CONGRESS OF CONSERVATION SUMMIT 2025 ( HOST - ABU DHABI) 

* KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK, FIELD DIRECTOR Dr SONALI GHOSH CONFERRED WITH THE IUCN KENTON MILLER AWARD 2035, FOR CONTRIBUTION TO PROTECTED AND CONSERVED AREA MANAGEMENT OF PARK.

* Armenia Became The Newest State Member Of The International Union For Conservation Of Nature (IUCN).

* IUCN Has Officially Named Humphrey Kariuki As Patron Of Nature 

*  IUCN Announced To Launch The New IUCN Rhino Approach (Rapid - High - Integrity Nature Positive Outgrowth At The IUCN Congress.

* India's Fisher Friendly Mobile Application ( FEMA) Has Win IUCN Tech 4 Nature Awards 

( For Its Effort To Saving Olive Ridley Turtle) 

* Forest Rangers Worldwide Honours For Ultimate Sacrifice in Protecting Wildlife At IUCN.( 13 FOREST RANGERS) 

* 27 New Sites Has Been Listed As IUCN Green List 

*  IUCN Congress HONOUR To Show The GUSTAVO FONSECA ( In Service Of Nature And People) 

* IUCN And MINISTRY Of Environment And Climate Change Of Mongolia Signed MoU To Strengthen Collaboration In Biodiversity Conservation.

* IUCN Announced Panama To Host The 2027 World Protected And CONSERVED Areas Congress.

* Vivek Menon Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of IUCN Species Survival Commission For 2025-2029.

* Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak Has ELECTED For 2nd Term As President Of IUCN 

* IUCN Puts Western Ghat, Manas National Park (ASSAM), And Sunderban National Park ( West Bengal) As Significant CONCERN List At IUC N World Heritage OUTLOOK 

BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION - 

* * BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION GIVEN BY DENMARKS FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ( FEE) 

* 5 BEACHES OF MAHARSHTRA GETS BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION 

- SHRIVARDHAN ( RAIGAD DIST);

- NAGAON ( RAIGAD DIST) 

- PARNAKA 

- GUHAGAR ( RATNAGIRI) 

- LADGHAR ( RATNAGIRI DIST)

LADGHAR BEACH ( CREDIT - MAHARSHTRA TOURISM) 

* ) Chennai Hosts The Mangroves Conclave.

CENSUS - 

* 2nd Annual Reports On Gaur Reintroduction Plan ( June 2024 - June 2025) At Sanjay Tiger Reserves, Madhya Pradesh.

* Kolkata Business man Rajarshi Banarjee Wins The Prize At Global Big Cat Photography Competition 2025 ( First Prize/ 

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WILD ELEPHANT CENSUS - 

* 22,446 Wild Elephant Counted in India in 2025 ( KARNATAKA, ASSAM, KERALA) 

- Declined By 18% 

- 27312 In 2017 

- CENSUS By The All India Synchronous Elephant Estimation (SAIEE) 

* THIS WAS THE FIRST DNA Based Census 

( DNA BASED - This Is The Technique Involved Collecting Elephant Dung along Systematically Laid Trails, Genotyping Samples At 11 Microsatellite loci, And Mapping Each Sample To Unique Genetic Identity ) 

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* Mongolia Signed The Framework Agreement Of The International Big Cat Alliance

* Mangrove Ecosystem, Sunderban West Bengal Has Been Conferred Global Technical Recognition At AT FAO.

*  * 2025 P V THAMPY AWARD CONFERRED TO V RAVEENDRAN FROM THALASSERY, KERALA 

* HE PLANTED MORE THAN 5 LAKH MANGROVES SAPLINGS.

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* Former Chairperson Of Nepal Forum Of Environment Journalist (NEFEJ) Roshani Adhikari Pathak Has Been Elected As The Regional Council Member Of West And South Asia Of International Union For Conservation Of Nature For 2026-2029.

* The Population Of Endangered And Endemic Lesser Florican ( Kharmor) Has Reduced From 4374 (1982) To 200 in 2025 

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DR LILY MAZINDER BARUAH AWARD 2025 = 

* DR RAJIB GOGOI, SCIENTIST AT BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI), GANGTOK, SIKKIM HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH THE DR LILY MAZINDER BARUAH MEMORIAL SCIENTIST AWARD 2024.

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GLOBAL FOREST REPORT 2025 - 

* * HOST - BALI, INDONESIA 

* REPORT RELEASED BY FAO AT BALI 

* INDIA RANKED 9TH IN FOREST AREA GLOBALLY 

* INDIA RANKED 3RD GLOBALLY INTERMS OF ANNUAL GAIN 

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*  India Is Now 718 Snow Leopard Species Diversity, 477 in Ladakh.

* Dr Anoop S Mahajan Became The First Indian To Join The Atmosphere Assessment Team Of The Uarctic Climate Invention Project.

*  The Brown Breasted Flycatcher Has Been SPOTTED First Time In Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserves.

*  India's Mangrove Covers Approximately 4992 Sq km ( Andaman and Nicobar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal) 

* Dr. Velvizhi S ( Area Director Coastal And Marine Resources Programe, MSSRF) Received The HUAWEI TECH 4 ALL Tech 4 Nature Awards (SPECIES Conservation Category) 

*   A Total Of 235 Species Of Butterfly Including 35 Rare During 2nd WAKRO Butterfly Meet At Arunachal Pradesh.

* * PROFESSOR ROBERT B JACKSON 

( Department of Earth System, SCIENCE, Stanford University - Efforts To Reduce Green House Gases Emission Through Research On Carbon Cycle ) 

* DR JEREMY LEGGETT ( Founder And CEO Of Highlands Rewilding Limit) - Climate Change Risks Into Financial And Capital Markets 

* Elephant Number in Tamilnadu increases To 3170 In 2025 From 3063 in 2024 Census.

* * GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS ADDED ONE MORE WETLAND TO INDIA'S RAMSAR SITES ( NOW 94 WETLAND IN INDIA) 

* BIHAR HAS NOW 6TH RAMSAR SITES.

* GOGABEEL LAKE BECAME THE 94TH RAMSAR SITES OF INDIA. ( DECLARED ON 31ST OCTOBER 2025) 

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 IUCN Has Adopted The First EVER Global POLICY on Synthetic Biology And Nature Conservation.