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ENVIRONMENT - March 2018

Mar 2018

Oct 04, 2022

Australia Vows New Plan to Stop Extinction Crisis

Australia plans to halt the loss of any more species and end its status as "the mammal extinction capital of the world".
More than 100 threatened animals and plants - including iconic species like the koala - will be prioritised under new conversation strategies.
The plan includes a promise to protect a third of the continent's land mass.
Earlier this year a report found Australia's environment is in shocking decline.
Many native animals and plants face threats including habitat loss, invasive pests and weeds, climate change, and more frequent and destructive natural disasters.
The goal to list 30% of Australia's land as protected under national environment laws will help vulnerable species and habitats.
The 10-year strategy also aims to improve resilience to climate change, build "insurance" populations of some key species in predator-free zones, and better monitor existing populations.

Oct 02, 2022

Haryana to Develop World's Largest Safari Park

Haryana will develop the world's largest jungle safari park in the Aravalli Range.
The 10,000-acre safari park will cover Gurugram and Nuh districts.
At present, Sharjah is home to the largest curated safari park outside Africa. Opened in February 2022, the Sharjah Safari covers an area of about 2,000 acres.

Sep 29, 2022

UP Govt. Gives Nod to Bundelkhand's First Tiger Reserve

In a bid to promote tiger conservation in the state, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet gave a green signal for the development of the first tiger reserve in the Bundelkhand region.
In a meeting chaired by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the cabinet approved to notify Ranipur Tiger Reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
The tiger reserve will span across 52,989.863 hectare of land including 29,958.863 hectare of buffer area and 23,031.00 hectare of core area which was already notified as Ranipur wildlife sanctuary in Chitrakoot district of the state.
The Ranipur Tiger Reserve area covered by northern tropical dry deciduous forests is home to tiger, leopard, bear, spotted deer, sambhar, chinkara, reptiles and other mammals.
The establishment of Ranipur Tiger Reserve will prove to be a turning point for the conservation of wildlife in Bundelkhand along with opening of eco-tourism potential of the area creating immense employment opportunities benefiting the local population.

Sep 26, 2022

Nation Gets its First Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu notified the country's first 'Dugong Conservation Reserve' in Palk Bay covering the coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts with an area of 448 square kilometres. In September 2021 Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) initiated the idea of the 'Dugong Conservation Reserve' to be established in the Palk Bay region, in order to protect the endangered Dugong species and its marine habitats in Tamil Nadu. At present, there are around 240 Dugongs in India and a majority of them are found in the Tamil Nadu Coast (Palk Bay region).
Dugongs are the largest herbivorous marine mammals in the world thriving primarily on seagrass beds, a major carbon sink of the oceans. Dugongs are protected under Schedule 1 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

Sep 25, 2022

Scientists Expose Vulnerabilities of Critical Antarctic Ice Shelf

Pine Island Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, which holds back enough ice to raise sea levels by 0.5 meters, could be more vulnerable to complete disintegration than previously thought. A new study led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists shows two processes, whose recent enhancement already threatens the stability of the shelf can interact to increase the likelihood of collapse.
This large ice shelf (the section of the glacier that floats on the sea) controls the flow of ice from Pine Island Glacier, roughly the size of England, into the Amundsen Sea. This is a crucial role as the glacier is one of the world's largest and fastest changing and is responsible for approximately 25% of ice loss from Antarctica. This is equivalent to the amount of water in 13,000 Olympic swimming pools.

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