WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN APRIL 2026

* RAJU Sajwan, Principal CORRESPONDANT Of Down To Earth Has Honoured With 33rd Umesh Dobhal Journalism Award 

* Dr Dhitri Banarjee, Director At ZSI Has Honoured With Nakshatra Samman At TV9 Bangla 

* IFS Sanjay Kumar Assumed Charge As The Additional Director General Of (Project Tiger) & Member Secretary, NTCA 

* Anurag Dhyani Has Appointed As Co Chair Of IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group 

* * RESERCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ROVE BEETLE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO FAMILY - STAPHYLINIDAE 

* RESEARCHERS FROM THACKERAY WILDLIFE FOUNDATION HAS IDENTIFIED TWO NEW JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES IN INDIA.

* LANGELURILLUS ONYX ( FEMALE) 

* LANGELURILLUS UDAIPURENSIS ( MALE) ( FOUND In Rajasthan SAJJANPUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ) 

* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF GECKO IN RAIMONA NATIONAL PARK, KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT, ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS RAIMONAENSIS 

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*  Ogoniland Of Nigeria Named As 18th Wetland 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNAKE SPECIES IN GARO HILLS, MEGHALAYA 

* SCIENTISTS FROM COTTON UNIVERSITY, ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY, AND ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA JOINTLY SURVEY IN THE GARO HILLS IN MEGHALAYA 

* SPECIES NAMED - CALAMARIA GAROENSIS 

* A SHORT, A NON - TAPERING TAIL ENDING IN A OBTUSE TIP, A DISTINCT BLACK STRIPE 

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN MANIPUR 'S KAMJONG DISTRICT 

* NAMED DILLENIA NAGALIM 

* THE NAGALIM DERIVED FROM NAGA ( INDIGENOUS NAGA TRIBES COMMUNITIES) ANDE LIM MEANING LAND, 

* IT IS A SHRUB GROWING UPTO ABOUT 1.2 METER WITH BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWERS, AND DISTINCTIVE DOUBLE SERRATED LEAVES.

* THE SPECIES HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY CLASSIFIED AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED UNDER IUCN CRITERIA.

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN TRIPURA

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS JAYADITYAI 

* Researchers From Thackeray Wildlife Foundation And The University Of Trans Disciplinary Health Sciences And Technology Have Identified A New Plant in ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* NAMED - Stauranthera Aureoglossa 

* RESEARCHERS FROM WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WII) HAVE DISCOVERED A UNIQUE MUD NESTING FROG FROM NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVES, ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER MOTIJHEEL LAKE OF NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVES 

* SPECIES NAMED - LIMNONECTES MOTIJHEEL 

* A Rare Black Panther Has Been Spotted In The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra.

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES OF FAMILY - CYPERACEAE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN KERALA, WESTERN GHAT. 

* PLANT NAME - FIMBRISTYLIS WAYANADENSIS 

* DISCOVERED IN WAYANAD, 

* GENUS - FIMBRISTYLIS 

* THIS SPECIES FOUND IN INDIA IN 120 TYPES 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ODISHA HAS DISCOVERD A NEW SPECIES OF HAPPY - FACE SPIDER IN WESTERN HIMALAYA IN INDIAN SITES.. ( AT KEDARNATH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY) 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO THERIDIIDAE FAMILY 

* THE SPECIES FOUNDS IN BOTH SEXES 

* 1992 SPECIES ACROSS WORLD. 

* SPECIES NAMED - THERIDION HIMALAYANA 

* RESEARCHERS FROM SENCKENBERG ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A RARE FISH SPECIES ( TINY & BLIND AND BLOOD RED FISH IN GOLPARA, ASSAM) 

* SPECIES NAMED - GITCHAK NAKANA 

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APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Dr DHITRI BANARJEE, Director At Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Been Elected As Vice President Of Entomological Society Of India

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* Madhya Pradesh Government Has Announced The 25th Wildlife SANCTUARY Named After Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on 14th April 2026 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The 213 Km Delhi - Dehradun Expressway ( Including 12 Km WILDLIFE Corridor) 

* Project CARCAL Has Officially Launched By Greater Ranathambore For The Conservation Of The Endangered Small Cat Species 

*  Project CARCAL 

* The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) And The Confederation Of The Indian Industry (CII) Signed MoU For Industry Purpose 

2026 GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENT PRIZE - 

* YUVELIS MORALES BLANCO ( Colombia) ( Rivers, Fish,) 

* ROKA MATBOB ( PNG) ( For Island And Island Nation) 

* BORIM Kim ( South Korea) - ( Initiated The Youth For Climate Action) Organisation 

* ACAQ HURLEY ( North America) - ( He Fought Alongside 15 Tribals Nations To Stop a Mega Copper And Gold Mining Project That Threatened Ecosystem Of Alaska 's Bristal Bay Region) 

* Iroro Tanshi ( Nigeria) - Rediscovered The Endangered Short Tail Roundleaf Bat At Afi Mountain Wildlife SANCTUARY 

* Sarah FINCH ( UK, Europe) - For Fossil Fuel 

* THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ALL WOMAN TO WIN THE GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENT PRIZE 

* FSSAI Issued An Advisory Regarding The Use Of Ashwagandha ( Withania Somnifera) In Food Products 

* * SHEKHA JHEEL BIRD SANCTUARY ANNOUNCED AS THE 99TH WETLAND OF INDIA ( RAMSAR SITES) 

* IT IS LOCATED IN UTTAR PRADESH STATE, 

* 11TH RAMSAR SITES IN UTTAR PRADESH STATE. 

* The Green Sea Turtle Has Officially Moved From Endangered To Least Concern on IUCN Red List 

* Bachani Devi, The Leader Of Chipko Movement Has Passed Away 

WHITLEY AWARDS 2026 ( ENVIRONMENT) - 

* * WHITLEY GOLD AWARD - FARWIZA FARHANA & HAKA ( Indonesia) FOREST Conservationist 

* ISSAH SEIDU ( Ghana) ( Aqualife Conservation) 

* PARVEEN SHAIKH ( India) ( Bombay Natural History Society) 

* BARKHA SUBHA (India) ( Federation Of Societies For Environmental Protection) 

* MARINA KAMENI ( Cameroon) 

* MOREANGLES MBIZAH ( Zimbabwe) ( Wildlife Conservation) 

* PAOLA SANGOLQUI ( Ecuador) 

* Kaziranga National park, Assam And Madhya Pradesh Have Launched The India's Longest Distance Wild Water Buffalo Translocation - 50 Km Kaziranga To Kanha TIGER RESERVES ( 2000 Km ( 

* UNESCO And Government Of Sikkim Has Partnered To Documents The Indigenous Engineering Practices Of Ru -Soam ( Cane Bridge Built By Lapcha Community) in The Khangchendzonga BIOSPHERE Reserve 

* The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department In Collaboration With Eastern Ghats Wildlife Society Has Initiated A Conservation STATUS SURVEY Of The Peacock Tarantula ( Poecilotheria Mettalica) At Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve 

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