Biosphere Reserve Current Affairs, GK & News
Simlipal Forest Fire- Highlights
The Simlipal Tiger Reserves in Odisha underwent the massive fires recently. The wildfires broke in the biosphere reserve situated in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. Similipal Tiger Reserve It is a tiger reserve situated in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha in the northern part. The reserve derives its name from Simul tree (silk cotton tree).it ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Biosphere Reserve • Biosphere reserves of India • Forest Fires • Mayurbhanj district • Simlipal Tiger Reserves • Simul tree
Scorpaenospsis neglecta: Rare fish found in Gulf of Mannar
The Researchers at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute have found a rare fish from the Gulf of Mannar. The specimen was deposited at the National Marine Biodiversity Museum of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). Highlights The fish is locally called Scorpion Fish for its venomous tail. When the spines in the tail pierces ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve • Biosphere Reserve • Gulf of Mannar • India-United Nations • Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve • New Species • Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
ZSI releases first compendium of animal species in Indian Sundarbans
Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has published first of its kind compendium titled Fauna of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve in Indian Sundarbans. It has consolidated and updated information of faunal diversity of Sundarbans. Indian segment of Sundarbans is part of UNESCO World Heritage site. It forms part of Ganga-Brahmaputra delta across 9,630 sq. km, distributed among ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
Topics: Biosphere Reserve • Environment • Sundarban • Zoological Survey of India
Myanmar's first UNESCO biosphere reserve Inle Lake launched
Myanmar has launched the country’s first United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve Inle Lake in Shan state. With this launch Myanmar opens a new chapter in its commitment to bio-diversity and eco-system conservation. In June 2015, the lake was officially designated as Myanmar’s first biosphere reserve under UNESCO’s Man and the ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Topics: Biosphere Reserve • Current Affairs 2016 • Environment • Inle Lake • Myanmar • UNESCO