Showing posts with label WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN MAY 2025. Show all posts
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Saturday, 31 May 2025

WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN MAY 2025

NEW SPECIES - 

* A 4 Years Old Girl Discovered PANGIO JUHUAE - The New Fish Species In Kerala ( NAMED After Juhu)

* Scientists From Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Discovered A Unique Wild Banana Species From Andaman Islands 
Musa Indandamanensis L J Singh ( Musaceae) 

* 70 Orchids Species From 36 Genres Documented In kaziranga National Park, Assam.

* The EUTHALIA MALACCANA, A New Butterfly Species Of Subspecies - EUTHALIA ADONIA Found In Arunachal Pradesh In Leparada District - 

 
* A New Damselfly Species Caliphaea Sinuofurcata Has Been Discovered ( Common Name - Bearded Bronzeback) At Upper Siang Arunachal Pradesh.

* A New Species Of Cave Dwelling Fish Has Been Discovered By Research Team From Guwahati University. 

( located in Krem Mawjumbuin Cave, located in Meghalaya's EAST Khasi Hill District. 


* Researchers From NEIST & UPPSALA University Have Found a New Alpine Plant Species, KOENIGIA ARUNACHALENSIS, At Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

RARE - 

* For The First Time India's Lepidopteran Records, The European Red Admiral ( VANESSA ATALANTA) A Migratory Butterfly Species Has Been Documented in Himachal Pradesh

* First Ever Clouded Leopards Preying Capture On Slow loris, Assam.
* After 110 Years a Lost Species Named - MORINGUA HODGARTI - (Ophichthys HODGARTI) Has Been Rediscover In Siang Valley 

* A Rare Lizard Species ( CALOTES ZOLAIKING) First Time Recorded In Meghalaya ( first Seen In Mizoram In 2019) 


* Rare Arctic Bird Sabines Gull Spotted At Gujarat 
16th Lion Population Estimation 2025 - 

* Gujarat Has Recorded 891 Lion Population ( 32% Increase Since Last Census) 

* 304 Lions in 1995 
* 359 Lions in 2005 
* 523 Lions in 2015 
* 674 Lions in 2020 
* 891 Lions In 2025 

MALE -  196 
FEMALE - 330 
SUB- ADULT  - 140 
CUB- 225 

AWARDS - 

* Divya Karnad Has Being Named As The WINGS WOMAN OF DISCOVERY 2025, in her Work in The Marine Conservation In South Asia.


* Tamilnadu Witnesses Record Of 2.29 lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Hatchling In This Season.


* Madhya Pradesh Set To Became India's First State To Conduct Snake Census.


* Uttar Pradesh Government Has Launched India's First Vistadome Jungle Safari Train Connecting Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary And Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.

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* Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Pattnaik Has Presented The LAND OF RISING SUN - Plaque To Dr Krishna Chowlu, ( Botanical Survey Of india BSI) For Her Outstanding Work in Discovery of Rare Orchid Species In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Among The All States Assam Recorded The Highest Tree Cover Loss Between 2001 And 2024, Loosing 3,40,000 Hectares 

*  India Is Lost 18,200 Hectares Of Primary FOREST In 2024. 

* Former Indian Cricketer Anil Kumble Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of The Karnataka Forest Department And For Wildlife Conservation.

ENVIRONMENTS - 

* Government Of Karnataka Notified HESSARGHATTA Grassland As Its Conservation Reserve.

* The 5th Edition Of Big Cat Magazine, A Collaboration between IBCA And Sankala India Was Released By World Bank Head Ajay Banga.

 * Seven Beaches Of Maharashtra Gets Blue Flag Tag.

* Indian Coast Guard started OPERATION OLIVIA - To Protect Olive Ridley Turtles ( Coastal areas) 

* 6.98 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Protected 
 * Tamilnadu Has Created a New Mangrove Forest Near Buckingham Canal In Khazzipattur, Chennai.

* India's Coastline Has Increases At 11,098.81 Km ( Gujarat Has 2340.62 From 1600 Km) Longest Of India.

* India Launched The One Nation, One Mission End Plastic Pollution 

* Radheshyam Bishnoi, An Conservationist From Rajasthan Passed Away. 

* Noted Wildlife And Tiger Conservationist Valmik Thapar Passed away 

UNESCO LIST - 

* Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserves Enters UNESCO List.

KOZHIKODE NEW FLOWER,TREE - 

FOREST MINISTER A K SASEENDRAN ANNOUNCED THE KOZHIKODE NEW - 



* MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM ( ATHIRANI) - AS OFFICIAL DISTRICT FLOWER 

* CYEX ERITHACA (MENIPONMAN) - Official District Bird 

* PACHLIOPTA PANDIYANA ( MALABAR ROSE) - OFFICIAL BUTTERFLY 

* HOPEA EROSA (THEYYAKAM) - OFFICIAL DISTRICT TREE 

* CYCAS CIRCINALIS (EENTHU) - OFFICIAL HERITAGE TREE 

* LUTROGALE PERSPICIllATA (otter) - Official Aquatics Animal 

* PANJIO BHUJIA - ( PATHALA POONTHARAKAN) - OFFICIAL DISTRICT FISH 

* MANIS CRASSICAUDATA (INDIAN PANGOLIN) - OFFICIAL ANIMAL 

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WHITLEY

 AWARDS - 

* FARINA OTHMAN (Malaysia) - Protection In Bornean Elephant 



* ANDRES LINK ( Colombia) - For Project Canopy Corridor ( Brown Spider Monkey)

* Reshu BASHYAL (Nepal) - Restore 1000+ Acres Plant species, Orchid Plants 

* YARA BARROS ( Brazil) - Protecting Jaguar In Iguacu National Park 

* FEDERICO KACOLIRIS ( Argentina) - Protection The Endemic And Endangered EI RINCON Stream Frog ( SOMUNCURA PLATEAU) 

* RAHAYU OKTAVINI (Indonesia) - Protection In Endangered JAVAN GIBBON 

* WHITLEY GOLD AWARD - Dr Olivier Nsengimana ( For Protection In The Grey Crowned Cranes) Rwanada 


A NEW GECKO SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ASSAM

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN ASSAM ( DIMA HASAO DISTRICT)  * FOUND IN INDO - BURMA BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS  * SPECIES ...

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