Tuesday, 30 June 2026

WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN JUNE 2026

*  YELLOW - Throated Marten Sighted In Assam's Kaziranga National park 


* Indian scientists Have Documented a Coral Giant In Lakshadweep, ( KNOWN As Potato Patch)

* The Kerala Forest Department Has Officially Launched The Judicial Integration Feature Of It's HAWK ( Hostile Activity Watch Kernel) System.

* Digital Wildlife Offence Platform 

 Ladakh Has Approved The Establishment Of The Snow Leopard And High Altitude Nature Conservation Society ( SHAN) A Dedicated Institutional Mechanism To Conserving Snow Leopard 

* Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh Gets Prestigious AWARD In India Today - Tourism SURVEY And Awards 2026  ( Best WILDLIFE Destination AWARD) 


India Has Restored 21.76 million Hectares Of Degraded And Deforested Land Between 2011 To 2020  ( Report By IUCN) 

TAMILNADU RAPTOR CENSUS - 

* Tamilnadu Conducted The First Ever Comprehensive State Wide Raptor Assessment.

* 51 Species Of Raptor Documented.

* 49 Forest Division 

* 10,000 Km+ Areas Covered 

* Three Critically Endangered Raptors Recorded, The White Rumped Vulture, Indian Vulture, Red Headed Vulture 


NEW SPECIES - 

* SCIENTIST HAVE FOUND A NEW SPECIES OF PLANT IN GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST, IN ASSAM. ( ASSAM - MEGHALAYA BORDER) 


* SPECIES NAMED - MYCETIA ASSAMICA 

* GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST IS A SEMI - EVERGREEN FOREST 

* RESEARCHERS FROM KALIABOR COLLEGE, TRIPURA UNIVERSITY, PANDIT DINDAYAL UPADHYAY ADARSHA MAHAVIDYA GUWAHATI, AND SIKKIM UNIVERSITY 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO RUBIACEA FAMILY 

* THIS PLANT IS WOODY SHRUB WITH YELLOW TO WHITE FLOWER, 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO ASSAM's FLORISTIC And BIOGEOGRAPHICAL HERITAGE 

* THiS SPECIES CATEGORIES AS THE DATA DEFICIENT ( IUCN ( 


* SCIENTISTS FROM  BSI HAVE FOUND A NEW MOSS SPECIES IN UTTARAKHAND. ( WESTERN HIMALAYAN) 


* NAMED - INDOPOTTIA HIMALAYAENSIS 

* IT IS REACHING UPTO 13 millimetres 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE FOUND TWO NEW SPECIES OF HOVERFLIES IN GANGETIC PLANES IN WEST BENGAL.


* SPECIES NAMED AS - 

* ARISTALINAS SAPPHIREINUS 

* ARISTALINAS BRUNETTI 

* MARINE SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW EEL SNAKE SPECIES AT BAY OF BENGAL.


* SPECIES NAMED - 

* BASCANICHTHYS CHEPAKAKIENSIS  ( CHEPA MEANS FISH ( TELUGU), KAKI ( NICK NAME FOR KAKINADA) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ICAR - NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETICS RESOURCES, KERALA UNIVERSITY OF FISHERIES AND OCEAN STUDIES, AND ZSI TEAM 

* THE EEL FEATURES AS DUSTINCTED BICOLURED BODY 

* RESEARCHERS FROM R S NAVEEN, FROM AUSTRALIA GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY HAVE  IDENTIFIED A TINY FROG SPECIES IN MEGHALAYA.

* SPECIES NAMED - INGERANA OCCIDENS 

* OCCIDENS ( LATIN WORD MEANS WEST,) 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW TINY LYNX SPECIES OF SPIDER IN MEGHALAYA. ( EAST KHASI HILLS) 


* SPECIES NAMED - HAMATALIWA MAWLYNGOT 

* NAMED AFTER MAWLYNGOT VILLAGE 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZSI CALCUTTA HAVE FOUND 


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW  SPECIES OF LEAF BEETLE AT KUTCH BASIN, GUJARAT 


* ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS IT WAS FROM 47.8 to 38 Millions Years Ago 

* THIS TINY SPECIES IDENTIFIED THROUGH THREE DIMENSIONAL X - RAY TECHNOLOGY 

* SPECIES NAMED - CAMBALTICA PATRA 

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM BIRBAL SAHANI Institute Of Palaeo science, Raja Rammana Centre Of Advance Technology & Christian Albrechts University Of Kiel, Germany 

* The SAME GENUS OF CAMBALTICA Has Found Another Species Named CAMBALTICA PALEOINDICA 

* THIS NEW SPECIES HAS IT'S HIND LEGS CALLED - Metatarsomere 

* SPECIES NAMED PATRA ( SANSKRIT Means Leaf) 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - CHRYSOMELIDAE 


* SCIENTISTS FROM ZSI INDIA, ANDE UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF DAMSELFLY IN ANDAMAN ISLAND.


* SPECIES NAMED - MORTONAGRION SANTHA 

* SANTHA NAMED IN HONOUR TO PROFESOR  ( ENTOMOLOGIST) 


* Researchers From Arunachal Pradesh Have Identified A New Butterfly Species 

* SPECIES Named - CHONALA ALBISTRICTA 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW APHID WASP SPECIES IN KOZHIKODE, KERALA.


* SPECIES NAMED - 

SPILOMENA MALABARICA 

* IDENTIFIED BY S AMAL & P GIRISH KUMAR FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA 

* THIS SPECIES IS MEASURING ABOUT 3.5 mm Long And Tiny BLACK & BROWN INSECT. 

* THIS SPECIES NAMED AFTER THE MALABAR REGION 


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A STRIKING METALLIC TARANTULA LURKING IN FOREST OF GARO HILLS & KHASI HILLS IN MEGHALAYA 


* SPECIES NAMED - SELENOCOSMIA MEGHALAYAENSIS 

* THIS DISCOVERY WAS LED BY RAJESH SANAP FROM THACRAY WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, MUMBAI WITH SACRED HEART COLLEGE, KOCHI 

* INDIA HAS NOW' THREE RECOGNISED SPECIES OF THIS GENUS 

* SCIENTIST FROM  BOTANICAL SURVEY OF (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW WILD BRINJAL SPECIES IN ANDAMAN 


* NAMED - SOLANUM PANDEYI 

* LAL JI SINGH, HEAD OF BSI ANDAMAN Found 

* THE PLANT WAS USED BY INDIGENOUS NEGRITO TRIBE FOR MEDICINAL USE 

* MOST SEEDS AND ROOTS ARE USED TO TOOTH INFECTION 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER ARUN KUMAR PANDEY, PROFESOR DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI 


ENVIRONMENT CA - 

* MINISTRY OF FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN BIRD SANCTUARY ( SURHA TAL) IN UTTAR PRADESH AS 100TH RAMSAR SITES IN INDIA.


A Rare CARCAL Has Been Spotted In The Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.

 Nilagiri Tahr Population Increases 1364 In Tamilnadu in 2026 (4.68 % Growth) 

The Union Ministry Of Environment Forest And Climate Change In Collaboration With The National Biodiversity Authority ( NBA), Quality Council Of India (QCI), And The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP ) Launched The World's First Ever Dedicated Voluntary Certification SCHEME For Incentivisation Of Access And Benefits Sharing Under The Biological Diversity Act 2002 


AWARDS - 

Assam's Purnima Devi Burman Honoured With The National Geographic 2026 Wayfinder Award 

* India And Japan Have Adopted The Rules Of Implementation For Joint Crediting Mechanisms ( JCM) Under Articles 6.2 Of The Paris Agreement For Enhancing Cooperation On Climate Action, GREEN House Gas Emissions Reduction And Sustainable Development Initiative 

An International Collaboration From Nalanda University, MAHE MANIPAL, Nagaland University, AND Teri Has Scoured 22km Stretch Of Brahamani River, Odisha For Microplastic, It's Carrying Toxic Cargo Of Chromium, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, ( An Ecologically Sensitive Delta) 

Bangladesh Became The New Member Of International Big Cat Alliance 

* Uttarkhand Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal Inaugurated Operation Monsoon 2026 - In Corbett Tiger Reserve 

 Dr Krithi K Karanth , CEO Of Wildlife Institute Of India Received The 2026 Rolex National Geographic Explorer Of The Year Award

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