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ENVIRONMENT - January 2023

Jan 2023

Mar 31, 2023

Conservation Plan for Great Indian Bustard

In order to conserve and protect the Great Indian Bustard, which is considered one of the largest flying birds in the world, the Government of India is implementing various measures throughout the country. However, apart from certain regions in Rajasthan and Gujarat, the bird has disappeared from 90% of its original habitat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classified the species as "critically endangered."
The species is known for its distinctive appearance, with a brownish-grey body, long neck, and crown of black feathers on its head. Unfortunately, due to habitat loss and hunting, the Great Indian Bustard has become critically endangered and is now found only in small pockets of its original range in India and Pakistan.

Mar 30, 2023

Namibian Cheetah Siyaya Gives Birth to Four Cubs

Marking a historic moment for India's cheetah reintroduction project, one of the translocated Namibian cheetahs, Siyaya, gave birth to four cubs at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. These are the first cheetah cubs born in India in over 70 years as cheetahs had gone extinct in the country in 1952.

Mar 29, 2023

Centre to Soon Notify Dibang Tiger Reserve

The Union environment ministry will soon notify the Dibang Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, a development that makes it even less likely that the deferred Etalin hydropower project will be developed in the way it was originally envisaged -- but the indigenous Idu Mishmi people, who were opposed to the hydropower project aren't very keen on the tiger reserve either.
Once notified, Dibang will be India's first high altitude tiger reserve and the largest in terms of area, at 4149 sq km. The Idu Mishmi are worried that naming Dibang a tiger reserve will restrict their access to the reserve.

Mar 28, 2023

New Species of Moray Eel Discovered off Cuddalore Coast

A team of scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) discovered a new species of Moray Eel fish from the Cuddalore coast in Tamil Nadu. The new species was named "Gymnothorax Tamilnaduensis" after Tamil Nadu and was given the common name of "Tamil Nadu brown moray eel".
After conducting an extensive exploration survey and analysis of the fish's morphology, skeleton radiography and molecular markers, the researchers concluded that it is a distinct species of the genus Gymnothorax.
This discovery increased the number of Gymnothorax species in Indian waters from 28 to 29, and is the first to be found in the south-eastern coast of India in the Bay of Bengal.

Mar 27, 2023

Bhupender Yadav Launches Aravalli Green Wall Project

The Haryana government launched an extensive afforestation and plantation project called the "Green Wall" in 75 villages to revive the Aravallis that is under threat from rampant mining, dumping of waste and encroachments.
The project, conceptualised on the lines of the African Green Wall programme, was inaugurated by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav in village Tikli, located 13 km from Gurugram.
The Union Minister said that the Green Wall project will not only increase the green cover and biodiversity of the Aravallis through afforestation, reforestation and restoration of water bodies, but also improve soil fertility, water availability and climate resilience of the region.

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