Forests of India Current Affairs, GK & News
Changes proposed in Forest Conservation Act
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has proposed an amendment to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, in a bid to liberalise the forest laws. Status of the amendments Ministry has sent the proposed amendments to all the state governments, asking for their objections and suggestions within 15 days. The draft proposal will be ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2021
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Forest Conservation Act 1980 • Forests of India • Indian Forest Act • Indian Forest Act 1927 • Indian Forest Act 2017
Bhitarkanika National Park largest habitat of endangered estuarine crocodiles in India
The Bhitarkanika National Park (BNP) of Odisha has become the largest habitat of the endangered estuarine crocodiles in India with a record number of their nesting sites spotted in it. Recently, the enumerators have spotted 101 nests of crocodile in Kanika, Gahirmatha, Mahakalapada and Rajnagar wildlife forest range divisions under the park. As per the ..
Topics: Apex predators • Bhitarkanika Mangroves • Bhitarkanika National Park • Crocodile • Crocodilians • Crocodylidae • Forests of India • Mangrove • Odisha • Saltwater crocodile • Sundarbans • Wetlands of India
Indian Long Term Ecological Observatories (I-LTEO) programme
To study the effects of climate change, India has launched long term ecological observatories (LTEO) programme. Under the programme, eight long-term ecological observatories are opened to study the health of eight different biomes. They will cover the Western Himalayas to Western Ghats, Eastern Himalayas to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, central India to the Sunderbans, and ..
Topics: Biome • Countries • Forests of India • Geography of India • Habitats • India • States and union territories of India • Sundarbans • Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests • Western Ghats
Mammal population rises in Bhitarkanika National Park
The Bhitarkanika National Park (BNP) is located in Kendrapara district of Odisha and is spread over 672 square kilometers. It is in news recently because the national park has registered an impressive rise in mammal population due to adequate conservation measures and vigil by anti-poaching squad of the forest department. According to the latest head ..
Topics: Bhitarkanika Mangroves • Bhitarkanika National Park • Forests of India • India • Kendrapara • Kendrapara district • Mangrove • Odisha • Sundarbans • Wetlands of India