WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN SEPTEMBER 2025

NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AN EDIBLE TUBER SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS ( WAYANAD DISTRICT IN KERALA) 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO [  GENUS DIOSCOREA ] 

* THE SPECIES IS NAMED - [ DIOSCOREA BALAKRISHNANII ] 

Named AFTER ENVIRONMENTALIST AND CURRENT SECRETARY OF KERALA STATE BIODIVERSITY  BOARD Dr. V BALAKRISHNAN 

* THIS YAM SPECIES IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS CHOLA KIZHANGU, Among The KATTUNAYIKAR Tribes Of Wayanad.

* THE NEW SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD BY PICHAN M SALIM, OF MS SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION, WAYANAD.

* RESERCHERS FROM SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT (SEED) CHANGLANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH HAS DOCUMENT A ORCHID SPECIES.

* NAMED - GASTROCHILUS PECHEI (Rchb.f) 

* THIS ORCHID CHARACTERISED AS YELLOW SEPALS AND PETALS WITH A WHITE LABBELUM COVERED PURPLISH SPOTS. ..

* SPECIES FOUND IN MOIST EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST 

* AS OF NOW INDIA HAS 23 SPECIES OF GASTROCHILUS GENUS (16 IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

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* A NEW SPECIES OF CUSTARD APPLE DISCOVERD IN WESTERN GHATS 

* FAMILY BELONGS - ANNONACEAE) 

* NAMED - MILIUSA BEDDOMEI ( NAMED AFTER IN HONOUR TO R H BEDDOMEI) 

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* Dr Krishna Chowlu And Research Team HAS BEEN DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF ORCHID FROM MYODIA, DIBANG VALLEY, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - HEMIPILIA BASIFOLIATA (FLORA)

* GENUS - HEMIPILIA 

* THIS SPECIES EARLIER KNOWN AS PONERORCHIS RCHB 

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES EUGENIA CRUCIFORMIS (MYRTACEAE) FOUND IN WESTERN GHATS.

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NEW ALGAE SPECIES - 

* A NEW SPECIES ( DEPARTMENT OF PHYCOLOGY) HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AT KOTTUR, WESTERN GHATS.

* NAMED KUMANOA MANTRII 

* IT HAS BEEN RENAME AFTER DR VAIBHAV A MANTRI (Phycology Department AT CSIR) 

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM MACS - AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PUNE, MAHARSHTRA HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO NEW SPECIES OF ASPERGILLUS IN WESTERN GHATS.

* ASPERGILLUS SECTION NIGRI ( COMMONLY KNOWN AS - BLACK ASPERGILLUS ) 

* TWO SPECIES ARE - (1) ASPERGILLUS DHAKEPHALKARII & (2)  ASPERGILLUS PATRICIAWILTSHIREAE 

* BLACK ASPERGILLUS USED AS CITRIC ACID PRODUCTION, FOOD MYCOLOGY, FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE.

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW EDIBLE MUSHROOM SPECIES IN EAST KHASI HILLS, 

* FORMALLY NAMED - LACTIFLUUS KHASIANUS 

* NAMED AFTER TRIBAL OF KHASI ( TIT IONGNAH) 

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* A NEW SPECIES OF FUNGI DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH BY BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) 

* SPECIES NAMED - BRIDGEOPORUS KANADII 

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NEW ANIMAL SPECIES - 

* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DOCUMENTED TWO RARE BUTTERFLY SPECIES AT KAMLANG TIGER RESERVE IN LOHIT DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH. 

* TWO RARE SPECIES - PIRDANA HYELA MAJOR ( GREEN VEIMED - PALMER) & SATARUPA GOPALA GOPALA ( LARGE WHITE FLAT) 

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* A NEW GECKO SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MONTENO FOREST, DIMA  HASAO DISTRICT ASSAM 

* A NEW BENT TOED GECKO SPECIES 

* NAMED - CYRTODACTYLUS VANARAKSHAKA ( VANA - FOREST & RAKSHA - PROTECTOR) 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER STATES FOREST DEPARTMENT 

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* * A NEW SPECIES OF FISH NAMED - PETHIA DIBRUGARHENSIS DISCOVERED IN BRAHMPUTRA RIVER IN ASSAM BY SCIENTISTS FROM ICAR - CIFRI & MANIPUR UNIVERSITY.

* THE UNIQUE BARB NAMED AFTER DIBRUGARH, ASSAM 

* DISTINCT BLACK BLOTCH NEAR THE TAIL 

* A RESEARCHER TEAM LED BY DR BUNGDON SHANGNINGAM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT DHANA MANJURI UNIVERSITY, IMPHAL, MANIPUR IDENTIFIED A NEW FISH SPECIES IN MANIPUR. 

* FOUND IN TARETLOK RIVER, A TRIBUTARY RIVER OF CHINDWIN RIVER, KAMJONG DISTRICT 

* SPECIES GARRA NAMBASHIENSIS (LABEONINE) 

* A NEW SPECIES OF SISORID Catfish Has Been Describes FROM THE BRAHMPUTRA RIVER DRAINAGE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - GLYPTOTHORAX DIHANGENSIS 

* INDOREONEXTES MAHADEOENSIS , A New Species Of River LOACH Has Been Described From NARMADA RIVER BASIN, CENTRAL INDIA. 

* A TEAM OF WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WII) TEAM 

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* Team From Department Of Biotechnology Has Isolated A New Microbacterium Oryzae From Rice Field Soil, 

* * A NEW SPECIES OF FINLESS SNAKE EEL HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN COACHEL COAST , TAMILNADU. 

* THIS SPECIES HAS NAMED AFTER KANYAKUMARI 

* GENUS - APTERICHTUS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES ( NBFGR) KOCHI UNDER ICAR HAVE DISCOVERED THIS SPECIES 

* 16TH SPECIES DISCOVEREED IN KANYAKUMARI 

* A NEW BAT SPECIES OF HARPIOLA ISODON DISCOVERED IN MIZORAM.

* THE SPECIMEN HAS COLLECTED FROM HMUIFANG VILLAGE,  AIZWAL MIZORAM IN MARCH 2025.

* UTTAM SAIKIA,FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) 

* SAIKIA COLLABORATION WITH GABOR CSORBA FROM HUNGARIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM , NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF GENEVA, AND ROHIT CHAKROBORTY FROM NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - 

* THIS SPECIES FIRST DISCOVERD IN TAIWAN IN 2006.

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* A NEW GENUS OF 3 CRICKET SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KERALA 

* GENUS - AJARETA 

* THREE SPECIES ARE AS 

a) AJARETA KERVASAE 

b) AJARETA SAIRANDHRIENSIS 

c) AJARETA MERIDIONALIS 

 * Kaziranga National park Has Documents 283 Species Of Insects And Spiders including 254 Insects And 29 Spiders.

RARE SPOT - 

* The Rare Palla's Cat Has Been Recorded First Time In Arunachal Pradesh.

* A RARE LIZARD SPECIES SPOTTED IN ARALAM SANCTUARY & KOTTIYOOR SANCTUARY.

* RISTELLA BEDDOMII) ALSO CALLED BEDDOME's CAT SKINK 

( NAMED AFTER BRITISH NATURALIST RICHARD HENRY BEDDOME

* CNEMASPIS KOOTIYOORENSIS ( CRITICALLY ENDANGERED DISCOVER IN 2014) 

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ENVIRONMENT - 

* The Town Panchayat Of Elathur In Erode Has Been Notified As The Tamilnadu's 3rd Biodiversity Heritage Site.

* Elathur Lake Spread Over 37.42 hectares 

*  India's First Vulture Conservation Portal Launched In Assam ( THE VULTURE NETWORK) 

* Government Brings Major Reforms In Environment Compliance In The Form Of Environment Audit Rules 2025.

* Tamilnadu IFS OFFICER Supriya Sahu Has Launched The Book - WILD ANIMAL CARCASS MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES 

* A NEW SPECIES OF CLIMACONEIS GRUNOW ( BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) ( CLIMACONEIS HETEROPOLARIS Sp. nov From South Western Coast 

* A newly Diatom Species Found 

* Discover By Agharkar University, Pune 

NOMINATE - 

* The Wildlife Institute Of India Has Proposed Living Roots Bridges Of Meghalaya For UNESCO - Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize ( For Safeguarding And Management Of Cultural Landscape) 

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AWARDS - 

* * INDIAN TO GET JOHN P MCNULTY AWARDS 2025.

* Dr KRITHI KARANATH, WILDLIFE LEADER GETS JOHN P McNULTY PRIZE.

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* Bhitarkanika National Park Has Recorded 1,30,796 Resident Water Birds Across 10 Species 

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AWARDS - 

* IFS Pawan Kaswan Has Received The Eco Warrior Award.

* * IFS OFFICER PRAVEEN KASWAN RECIEVED THE ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2025 ( FOR HIS WORK ON POACHING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN FOREST) 

* SCROLL's Vaishnavi Rathore Wins Global Climate Journalism Award 2025.

* ODISHA'S Similipal TIGER RESERVE Rare Black Tiger Has Been Feature In The Cover Of National Geographic In October 2025 Edition 

* Heidi Riddle Has Been Appointed As Chairman Of IUCN ssc Asian Elephant Specialist Group.

YOUNG CHAMPION FOR EARTH AWARD 2025 - 

* UNEP HONOURS 2025 YOUNG CHAMPION OF THE EARTH AWARD 

* JINALI MODI (INDIA) 

FOUNDER OF BANOFI LEATHER 

_ USES BANANA TREE FIBRES INSTEAD OF LEATHER 

* JOSEPH NOGUTHIRU ( KENYA) 

FOUNDER OF HYAPAK 

_ WATER HYACINTH Which Is GROWN IN NAEWASA LAKE USED AS DISPOSABLE BAG 

* NOAMI FLORIA ( USA) 

FOUNDER OF CYCLEAU 

* BY THIS PROCESS (RECYCLE) WASTE WATER CAN BE DRINKABLE WATER 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Dr. Kanad Das, Renowned Mycologist Has Taken Charge As Director Of Botanical Survey Of India (BSI).

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TWO NEW  RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

* GOKUL JALASHAYA (BUXAR DISTRICT) BIHAR ( 448 HECTARES) 

* UDAIPUR JHEEL ( WEST CHAMPARAN DISTRICT) BIHAR ( 319 HECTARES) 

* Tamilnadu Added Over 2400 Hectares Of Mangrove in Last Four Years.

* A Historic Milestone For India, Natural Gas Has Been Discovered in Andaman Sea ( Vijaypuram 2) ( By Oil India') 

* * THE COLD DESERT BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN HIMACHAL PRADESH HAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNESCO WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES.

* HANGZHOU, CHINA HOST THE WORLD CONGRESS OF BIOSPHERE.

* ITS COVER 7770 Square Kilometre IN INDIA'S WESTERN HIMALYAN 

* The COLD DESERTS HAVE 

- Snow Leopard 

- Himalayan Ibex 

- Blue Sheep 

- Golden Eagle 

- 732 Plant Species 

- 30 Endemics Species 

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* IT INCLUDES PIN VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KIBBER WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.

* INDIA'S 13TH SITES IN THE GLOBAL NETWORK 

*  Scientists Have Documented a Total Of 13,253 Dragonflies And Damselflies in Census 2025

( Previous - 8,630 in 2024) 

* A Female Cub Mukhi Born At Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh ( India's First' Born Cheetah 

* Kerala Recorded 61 SPECIES At 18th Edition Of Fish Count.

*  CATAPLISMS: The Amazing Morphs Of The Golden cat Book Author - Sudarshan Shaw 

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