Anamalai Tiger Reserve Current Affairs, GK & News
India’s State of Forest Report 2021
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently released the State of Forest Report 2021. It is called the ISFR, 2021. The report says that there has been a continuous growth of forest cover in India. The current forest cover of India is 7,13,789 square kilometres. Increase in Forest Cover In the last two ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Afforestation • Agroforestry • Anamalai Tiger Reserve • bamboo forest • bhadra tiger reserve • Buxa Tiger Reserve • Canopy • Carbon Sequestration • carbon stock • Climate change • deforestation • Forest area • Forest cover • Forest Cover India • Forest cover loss • Forest Fires • Forest Fires in India • gir forest • himalayan states • Indian State Forest Report • indravati tiger reserve • kawal tiger reserve • Mangrove • Mangrove forests • Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) • moderately dense forest • open forest • scrubs • Sunderbans • Tiger Corridor • Tiger Reserves • Tiger reserves of India • very dense forest
Researchers sees inests of grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests
For the first time, researchers have recently sighted nests of the grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests near Gingee (Tamil Nadu) in the Eastern Ghats. It is an endangered species listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. The grizzled giant squirrel is usually known to nest in the ..
Topics: Anamalai Tiger Reserve • Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary • Geography of Coimbatore • Geography of India • grizzled giant squirrel • India • Mammals of Asia • Oriental giant squirrel • Ratufa • South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests • South Western Ghats montane rain forests • States and union territories of India
For the first time Grizzled Giant Squirrel Nests sighted near Gingee
For the first time more than 300 nests of Grizzled Giant Squirrel were sighted by researchers at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests near Gingee (in Eastern Ghats) in Tamil Nadu. About Grizzled Giant Squirrel It is a large tree squirrel in genus Ratufa (Scientific name is ‘Ratufa macroura’). Features: It is an agile climber and is almost ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Anamalai Tiger Reserve • Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary • CITES • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora • Gingee • grizzled giant squirrel • International Union for Conservation of Nature • IUCN • kerela • Near Threatened • Pakkamalai Reserve Forests • Ratufa macroura • Red List • Tamil Nadu • The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary