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Chilika Lake Annual survey
The Chilika Development Authority recently held the annual survey at the Chilika lake recently. The survey was all about the flora and fauna in the lake. According to the survey, the lake has more than 33% of sea grass area of the country. Sea grass is under water plants. They live in or close to ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Carbon Sequestration • Chilika Development Authority • Chilika Lake • Endangered species • Flamingo • Irrawaddy dolphin • Nalabana Bird Sanctuary • Survey
Chilika Water Bird Status Survey – 2022
The Odisha Wildlife Organization recently conducted a bird census in the Chilika lake. The organization was joined by Chilika Development Authority and Bombay Natural History Society. About the survey Chilika is the largest brackish water lake. Birds come to the lake to spend their winter. Around 106 personnel were deployed in the survey. This included ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: bird survey • Caspian Sea • Chilika Development Authority • Chilika Lake • Flamingo • migratory birds • Nalabana Bird Sanctuary • water birds
BNHS to open its first regional centre near Chilika Lake
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), one of India’s premier avian research institutes, will start operating its first regional centre or avifauna observatory on the campus of Wetland Research and Training Centre near Chilika Lake (Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon), Odisha. Key Facts The avifauna observatory will carry out research on avian disease by collecting ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Topics: Avifauna Observatory • BNHS • Chilika Lake • Environment • Nalabana Bird Sanctuary • Odisha
Migratory birds start arriving in Chilika Lake
Lakhs of migratory birds have made their way to Chilika Lake (Odisha) after a long flight of thousands of miles. Major bird congregations were spotted in wetlands of Nalabana Bird Sanctuary inside Chilika and Mangalajodi, a major village on banks of lake. During winter season, migratory birds fly across continents from Caspian Sea, Baikal Lake ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
Topics: Chilika Lake • Environment • Nalabana Bird Sanctuary • Odisha • Wildlife conservation