* Dr Meenakshi Negi, Head Of Karnataka Forest Received The Bharat Gaurav Award
* India Has Recycled The 17 millions Tonnes Of Plastic Waste Since 2022 ( Report By Central Pollution Control Board CPCB) Data
* Union FOREST Minister Bhupendra Yadav Inaugurated The Van Kavach At Modpir Dada Temple In Sanyara, Kutch
* Venezuela Became The New Member Of International Big Cat Alliance
* India's Cheetah Population Has Reached To 52, (49 In Kuno National Parks, 3 In Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary)
NEW SPECIES -
* FACULTY FROM GIRIJANANDA CHOWDHARY UNIVERSITY & GUWAHATI BASED BOTANIST ( BIRINA BHUYAN) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES ( FLOWERING) IN ASSAM.
* SPECIES NAMED - OPHIORRHIZA ASSAMENSIS
* THIS SPECIES GROWN IN MOIST & SHADY HABITAT ( KAMRUP DISTRICT)
* IT IS A PERENNIAL HERB SPECIES, LARGE RIBBED LEAF, SMALL WHITE FLOWER
* FAMILY BELONGS TO - RUBIACEAE
* THE OPHIORRHIZA GENUS IS KNOWN AS NATURAL SOURCE OF CAMPTOTHECIN ( A COMPOUND THAT IS USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER ( ALSO. CONOL CANCER)
* THIS SPECIES UNDER DATA DEFICIENT Under IUCN
* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN WEST KAMENG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
* SPECIES NAMED - OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS
* SPECIES ALSO KNOWN AS DWARF LILYTURF ( OR MONDO GRASS)
* 15 New Species Of Beetle SPECIES DISCOVERD In Arunachal Pradesh
* * SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF LEGLESS, WORM LIKE AMPHIBIANS FROM MAHARASHTRA.
* SPECIES NAMED - GEGENEOPHIS CHANDGADI
* SPECIES NAMED AFTER CHANDGADI LANGUAGE ( MARATHI SPOKEN)
* * SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) AND CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( CMFRI) HAVE DESCRIBE A NEW SPECIES OF SKATE IN KERALAM COAST ( SAKTHIKULANGARA FISHING HARBOUR)
* SPECIES NAMED - DIPTURUS DHRITIAE ( KNOWN AS ARABIAN SKATE)
* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO ZSI DIRECTOR DHRITI BANARJEE
* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FISH IN HIGH ALTITUDE LAKE AT TAWANG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
* SCIENTISTS FROM ICAR - CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF COLD WATER FISHERIES RESEARCH ( ICAR -CICFR) BHIMTAL RECORDED THIS SPECIES FIRST TIME
* SPECIES NAMED - SCHIZOPYGOPSIS WADDELLII ( Regan, 1908)
* AT A HIGH ALTITUDE OF 12,800 FEET IN TAWANG DISTRICT
* SPECIES FAMILY BELONGS TO - CYPRINIDAE
* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW LICHEN SPECIES IN KERALAM STATE.
* FOUND IN MATTHIKETAN SHOLA NATIONAL PARK
* SPECIES NAMED - BUELLIA MAHARAJENSIS (
* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FOLIICOLOUS LICHEN FROM EAST KAMENG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
* SPECIES NAMED - ASPIDOTHELIUM CORONATUM ( THELENELLACEAE)
* Chromis Veneta, a New Species Of Damselfish ( Pomacentridae) Is Described From The Coral Reef Habitats Of Lakshadweep Archipelago
* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW MONTANE TOAD SPECIES IN THE PHAWNGPUI NATIONAL PARK IN MIZORAM.
* SPECIES NAMED - INGERANA AIZWAL
* DUTTAPHRYNUS PHAWNGPUI ( Named After Mizoram Highest Peak)
* RESEARCHER FROM MIZORAM UNIVERSITY, ASSAM COTTON UNIVERSITY, AND THE CONSERVATION ORGANISATION HELP EARTH FOUND
* THE FROG WAS DISCOVERED IN THE HRATDAWNG STREAM, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
* ADULT MALE SPECIES - 22-25.5 mm Length, WHILE FEMALE - 24.4-26 MM
* THIS SPECIES HAS A DISTINCT CIRCULAR TYMPANUM, A SUPRATYMPANIC FOLD,
* THE FROG HAS DARK BROWN TO REDDISH BROWN WITH DARKER LATERAL SURFACE
* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER AIZWAL ( CAPITAL CITY OF MIZORAM)
* IN 2022 IUCN LISTED IN CONCERN CATEGORY
*
* A New Species Of Fish Named - OPSARIUS GEMINUS - From Krishna River,
* SCIENTISTS FROM CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( CMFRI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW CONGER EEL SPECIES IN ARABIAN SEA.
* SPECIES NAMED - ARIOSOMA CMFRIENSE
* * A NEW ELUSIVE GHOST FLOWER ( ORCHID ) SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( EASTERN HIMALAYA)
* SPECIES NAMED - GASTRODIA KEYIENSIS ( In Keyi River In Keyi Panyor District) ( KEYIENSIS Named After KEYI RIVER)
* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI), PANT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT, SIKKIM UNIVERSITY,
* THE ORCHID SPECIES LOCALLY NAMED - ORAM OPUH ( Meaning GHOST FLOWER)
* THE SPECIES HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS DATA DEFICIENT
* A New Cat Species Identified In Bolivia, ( NAMED - TILCAYO)
* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES IN PUNE
* SPECIES NAMED - CORYNESPORA BHARATENSIS
* RESEARCHERS DR RASHMI DUBEY, DR AMIT D PANDEY, AND DR SAYANTAN JASH FOUND THIS SPECIES
* THIS SPECIES CONFIRMED THROUGH MICROSCOPY & MODERN DNA BASED TECHNOLOGY - CALLED - POLYPHASIC TAXONOMY.
* THE FUNGUS PRODUCES DISTINCTIVE FASCICLES OF DARK, ELONGATED CONIDIOPHORES And CHARACTERISTICS MULTI SEPARATE CONIDIA
* FUNGI AS CONTRIBUTION TO DECOMPOSITION, ECOSYSTEM, NUTRIENT CYCLES, AND PLANT MICROBE INTERACTION
* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW GOLDEN GREEN BEETLE SPECIES IN WAYANAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, KERALA ( WESTERN GHATS)
* SPECIES NAMED - STENEUCYRTUS WAYANADENSIS
* TEAM FROM WESTERN GHATS REGIONAL CENTRE AT ZSI, MES MAMPAD CILLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT GETS THIS SPECIES
* NEW SPECIES STRIKING BLACKISH BODY, GLEAMS WITH UNIFORM GOLDEN GREENISH METTALIC IRIDESCENE ( WHICH IS SIMILAR TO STENEUCYRTUS PEXICOLLIS )
* THIS NEW SPECIES HAS FLAT HARD FRONT WINGS CALLED - ELYTRA
* * SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF PARASITIC WASP SPECIES IN ASSAM FOREST. ( ORIENTAL REGION)
* RESEACHER RUPAM DEBNATH, KELOTH RAJMOHANA DISCOVERED THIS TINY SPECIES FROM DIBRU - SAIKHOWA NATIONAL PARK
* SPECIES NAMED - OXYSERPHUS NARENDRANI ( SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO LATE DR T C NARENDRAN, STUDIED IN TAXONOMIC OF PARASITIC WASP IN INDIA)
* 3.3 millimetre In LENGTH, HAS A BLACK HEAD, BROWNISH BLACK BODY, STRIKING YELLOW BODY
* * RESEARCHERS FROM CSIR -IHBT UNDER THE CSIR BIORESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROSEPCTON ( BIoCaP) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW LICHEN SPECIES IN WESTERN HIMALAYA INDIA
* SPECIES NAMED - RINODINA ALPINA
* THIS SPECIES FOUND IN KUGTI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
* Six New Species Have Discovered in Periyar Tiger Reserve, KERALAM
* Bird Species like - Golden Headed Cisticola ( Cisticola Exilis)
* Butterfly - Common Onyx ( Horaga Onyx)
ODONATES/DRAGONFLY/DAMSELFLIES
* Parakeet Darner ( Gynacantha Millardi)
* Fraser's Clubtail ( Acrogomphus Fraseri)
* Spiny Horntail ( Burmagomphus Chaukulensis)
* Nilgiri Clawtail ( Lamelligomphus Nilgiriensis)
* RESEARCHERS FROM BSI ASSAM HAS DISCOVERD A NEW BEGONIA SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
* SPECIES NAMED - BEGONIA NEELAMORUM
( LOCALLY KNOWN AS - NYISHI COMMUNITY - KOBIIRHOPU BAABRAI )
* DISCOVERD IN KEYI PANYOR DISTRICT
* THIS IS A SMALL PLANT, 10-20 CM IN HEIGHT, LIGHT GREEN LEAF, SESSILE,
* THIS SPECIES NAMED AFTER NYISHI TRIBE
* ICUN LISTED AS DATA DEFICIENT
* THE NUMBER OF BEGONIA HAS INCREASE TO 54 IN NORTH EAST INDIA
** A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN SHIYOMI DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH * SPECIES NAMED - DIDYMOCARPUS NAUTIYALII
* FAMILY - GESNERIACEAE
* THIS PLANT HEIGHT UPTO 8 CM, DISTINCTIVE BLUISH PURPLE FLOWER
* LEATHERY LEAVES, FUNNEL SHAPED FLOWER
* THE SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO PROFESSOR SUNIL NAUTIYAL, Former DIRECTOR OF G B PANT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT
* IUCN LISTED AS DATA DEFICIENT (DD)
* * A TEAM OF BOTANIST FROM MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A CULINARY HERB IN MANIPUR
* SPECIES NAMED - TETRATAENIUM MANIPURENSE
* SPECIES NAMED AFTER STATE MANIPUR
* THIS SPECIES LOCALLY KNOWN AS - SINGJANG - KUMOL OR MANDHANG - NAKUPPI
* RESEARCHERS INCLUDING SANATOMBI DEVI YUMKHAM, BIMOL KUMAR SINGH, LEICHOMBAM CLINTON SINGH, SANDHYARANI DEVI KHOMDRAM, LALDINLIANA KHIANGTE, ( FROM MIZORAM UNIVERSITY)
* THIS SPECIES HAS LONG SLENDER, GRASS -LIKE GREEN LEAGLETS, ( HEIGHT UPTO 40CM)
* 10-20 CENTIMETRES BEAR SMELL OBLONG OVAL FRUITS
* IUCN LISTED IN LEAST CONCERNED ( LC)
* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ANCIENT FUNGUS, PERFECTLY PRESERVED ON A FOSDILISED PLANT ( 12 MILLIONS YEARS OLD) IN WESTERN HIMALAYA
* DISCOVERD IN MANDI DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PRADESH
* PALAEOBOTANISTS FROM SIDHO-KANHO- BIRSHA UNIVERSITY IN PURULIA, INDIA RESEARCHERS FOUND THIS SPECIES
* THIS SPECIES FOUND IN SEDIMENT ROCK IN MIDDLE SIWALIK
* THIS FUNGUS CAN SEE WITH NAKED EYE, THE CHEMICAL PROCESS CALLED - MACERATION
* SPECIES NAMED - VIZELLOPSODITES MIOCENICUS ..
* IT IS EQUALLY SIMILAR TO VIZELLOPSODITES SIWALIKA
* RESEACHER FROM JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN & RESEARCH ( JNTBGRI), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA HAVE FOUND THE NEW BEGONIA SPECIES IN ROSEMALA FOREST IN KOLLAM DISTRICT, KERALA
* SPECIES NAMED - BEGONIA RAJVIKRAMANII
* SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR R RAJ VIKRAMAN ( FORMER HEAD OF GARDEN MANAGEMENT DIVISON JNTBGRI)
* ARIOSOMA PRAVEENI, A New Species Of Congrid Eel Has Discovered From Arabian Sea
* Species Named In Honoured To Dr J Praveenraj, ( Fish TAXONOMY, & Biodiversity Research)
* New Species Discovered By Paramasivam Kodeeswaran, The Centre For Marine Living Resource And Ecology ( CMLRE) Kochi, In Collaboration With Emma S Karmovskaya Of The Shirshov Institute Of Oceanology, Russian Academy Of Science
INDIA'S FIRST NATIONAL REPORT ON NAGOYA PROTOCOL
* The Nagoya Protocol Provides a Transparent International Framework For The Fair And Equitable Sharing A Benefit Arising From The Utilisation Of Genetic Resources.
* It Was Adopted On 29th October 2010 And It Enter into Forced On 12th October 2014
KEY ELEMENTS -
* Prior Informed Consent ( PIC) - Access With The Free, Prior Informed Consent Of The Local Communities In Accordance With Applicable Requirement
* Mutually Agreed Terms
* Compliance
* Monitoring & Traceability
INDIA & NAGOYA -
* 1993 - India SIGNED CBD
* 1994 - India Ratified The CBD
* 2011 - India Signed The NAGOYA Protocol
* 2012 - India Ratified the NAGOYA Protocol
INDIA'S FRAMEWORK -
* 2002 - The Biological Diversity Act ( Amended in 2023)
* 2024 - Biological Diversity Rule
* 2025 - ABS Regulation
THREE TIER INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM -
* WHAT IS ABS -
( Access And Benefits Sharing)
* It Ensures That Biological/ Genetical Resources And Associated Traditional Knowledge Are Accessed And Utilised in Accordance With Applicable Domestic Legal Requirement, With Benefits Arising From Their Utilisation Shared Fairly And Equitably
* India Is One Of The World's 17 Mega diverse Countries
ABS APPROVAL -
* 12,830 APPROVAL
* 5,913 NBA Approval For Section 3(2) Entities
*6917 ASBs/UTBCs Approval For Section 7 Entities
* WHERE HAVE THE BIRDS GONE Book Launched ( BOOK AURHOR - ASAD RAHMANI )
* 32nd World Ozone Day 2026 -
Theme 2026 - Global Action For a Cooler Planet
* 2026 Marks The 10th Anniversary Of Kigali Amendment To The MONETRAL Protocol
* On World Ozone Day 2026 Shri K V Singh MP Has Launched India's Net Zero Portal, A Centralised Portal For Voluntary Registration And Disclosure of Net Zero Commitment By Indian Continent ACROSS Sectors
* This Portal Will Strengthen The Transparency Consolidated Entity Level - Climate Action And Supports India's Long Term Low Carbon Transition Towards Achieving Net Zero By 2070
* The NAPCC DASHBOARD Provided National Mission Across
* Joe Harkness, Author Of BIRD Therapy passed away ( Other Book - Neuro Divergent By Nature)
* Jaipur Hosts The WWF - Global Conservation Conference 2026
* The Karnataka Legislative assembly Has Adopted Unanimous Resolution Urging The Centre To Confine The Ecological Sensitive Area ( ESA) Identified By Kasturirangan
* Union Minister Of ENVIRONMENT And Climate Bhupendra Yadav Has Launched The Capacity Enhancement For Effective FOREST Management Project To Strengthen FOREST Conservation Practices
* ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) COMPLETED India's First National Catalogue Of Lepidoptera ( Butterfly & Moths)
* 13,703 SPECIES
* 1417 Butterflies
* 12,286 Moths
* Union Environment Minister And Climate Bhupendra Yadav Has Handed Over India's First PRAMAAN Certificate Under The Indian Forest And Wood Certification Scheme To Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation And Govind MAHAPATRA, ) Bamboo Farmer From ODISHA
* Researchers From MANIPAL, Mahe, CCMB CSIR, And NCF India Have Unveiled The First High Quality Reference Genomes For 4 Threatened Asian Hornbills
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