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A.P: Mass mortality of spot-billed pelicans
Andhra Pradesh State Forest Department has approached experts from Wildlife Institute of India (WII-Deharadun), Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and Zoological Survey of India (ZSI-Kolkata), for preventing mass mortality of spot-billed pelicans in Naupada swamp at Telineelapuram, Srikakulam district. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Earth’s sixth mass extinction
As per a report published in Biological Reviews, Sixth Mass Extinction crisis is underway on the Planet Earth. It could have already lost around 13 percent of its total species. Mass extinction on Earth In the past Earth has witnessed ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Gulabo: India’s oldest sloth bear
On January 10, 2022, India’s oldest sloth bear, named Gulabo, died at the Van Vihar National Park and Zoo in Bhopal. The bear was aged 40. Highlights The female sloth bear was one of the star attractions of this park. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
IUCN assessment on Red Sanders
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) recently categorised the Red Sanders (or Red Sandalwood) again into the ‘endangered’ category in its Red List. Red Sanders The species, called Red Sanders, is scientifically called as Pterocarpus santalinus. It is an ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
What are reasons for Unnatural Death of Elephants in India?
According to data given by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, 600 elephants have died due to electrocution across India, in between 2009 and 2019. Key Points Out of total deaths, 116 took place in Karnataka, 117 ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Update of IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
As per an update of IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the destruction of wetlands is causing the decline of dragonflies across the world. Highlights Number of species at risk of extinction in the Red List of IUCN has exceeded ..