ISRO had prepared a national wetlands atlas on the basis of satellite image. It mapped 2,31,195 wetlands in India during 2017-18. They comprise around 4.86% of the total...
Vultures, who feed on dead animals, were once the most abundant birds across the world, including Indian subcontinent. Vultures have ecological, social and cultural significance in India. They...
The Wildlife Protection Act 1972 is first umbrella act to protect plants as well as animals. It was last amended in 2006 to give statutory status to Project...
Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (genetic variability), species (species diversity), and...
To sustain biodiversity’s invaluable contributions supporting food webs, ecological balance, scientific discoveries and more, targeted conservation efforts are essential. Two major biodiversity conservation approaches include in situ and...
Western Ghats is one of the richest centres of endemism in the world. Due to varied topography and microclimatic regimes, some areas within the region are active zones...
Eastern Himalaya forms a distinct phytogeographic region comprising Nepal, Bhutan, states of East and North-East India, and a contiguous sector of Yunnan province in South-Western China. The Eastern...
India is a megadiverse country. With only 2.4 per cent of the total land area of the world, the known biological diversity of India contributes 8 per cent...
Vultures Vultures, once globally abundant including in the Indian subcontinent, play key roles in ecology, society, and culture, particularly in scavenging carcasses, thereby maintaining environmental hygiene and supporting...
The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotisnigriceps) was once widely spotted across 11 Indian states, but now only less than 250 birds are left all across India. The destruction of...
