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ENVIRONMENT - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jan 27, 2021

Global Climate Risk Index, 2021

The Global Climate Risk Index was released by Germanwatch-a NGO based in Bonn, Germany. In the index, India has been ranked at seventh position among the countries that are most effected by climate change in 2019.
India ranks seventh among countries most affected in 2019 by climate change.
In 2019, monsoon continued for a month longer than normal in India. From June to the end of September 2019, 110% of the long-period average was recorded. Flooding caused by heavy rain was responsible for 1,800 deaths across 14 states and led to the displacement of 1.8 million people. There were eight tropical cyclones in India. Six of them intensified to become very severe.

Jan 26, 2021

Odisha Reopens World's Largest White Crocodile Park after Annual Census

After the conclusion of the annual census of estuarine crocodiles, Odisha's Bhitarkanika National Park, which is the world's largest white crocodile park in Kendrapara district.
Bhitarkanika is a rich, lush green vibrant eco-system lying in the estuarine region of Brahmani-Baitarani river in the North-Eastern corner of Kendrapara district in Odisha. The area is intersected by a network of creeks with the Bay of Bengal on the East.

Jan 20, 2021

Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary in Meghalaya is Northeast's Best Protected Area

According to a management effectiveness evaluation (MEE) report of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary in Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya has been found to be the best protected area (PA) in the North East.
The report ranked Meghalaya at 79.17% (Very Good).
Nongkhyllem is an area where annual community hunting had been a tradition, but with sensible intervention of the forest department and conscientious support of the neighboring communities, it is now a pristine sanctuary.

Jan 19, 2021

ZSI Starts Tagging Olive Ridleys to Track Migration Path

The Zoological Survey of India has started tagging endangered olive Ridley to track their migration path in the off-shore waters of Odisha.
The ZSI scientists took six turtles floating in the deep water of the Bay of Bengal and attached the tags made of aluminium before releasing them back in the sea.
Tags were attached to six including four female and two male turtles. Basic information such as their weight and length was recorded by the researchers.
According to Amlan Nayak, Divisional Forest Officer of Berhampur, ZSI would tag 30,000 turtles to know where they come from and go to.
The Rushikulya beach is one of the largest mass nesting sites for sea turtles where 3,23,062 were enumerated last year.

Jan 18, 2021

Union Jal Shakti Ministry Intervenes to Preserve Dolphins

The Union Jal Shakti Ministry has taken up the issue of preservation of dolphins in the Ganges with the authorities in Uttar Pradesh.
The ministry's move comes in the wake of brutal killing of a dolphin, which is an endangered species, on the New Year's Eve in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh.
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), under the Union Jal Shakti Ministry, has taken up the killing of the freshwater dolphin with the authorities in Pratapgarh to ensure that they are kept out of harm's way in future.
Besides, it has conveyed an advisory to the District Administration, the Ganga Doors – Ganga Prahrees — who are volunteers under the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) programme, and the Wildlife Institute of India to conduct an intensive awareness campaign to sensitise and prevent such inhuman attack on country's rich biodiversity.

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