Sumatran rhinoceros Current Affairs, GK & News
September 22: World Rhino Day
Every year the World Rhino Day is celebrated on September 22nd by the World Wildlife Fund and several other international organisations. The day is celebrated to create awareness about the threats faced by 5 rhinoceros species living in Asia and Africa. The day also celebrates these five rhinoceros species. Highlights The first world rhino day ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Critically endangered • IUCN Red List • javan rhinos • national rhino conservation strategy • Rhino • Rhino Vision 2020 • Sumatran rhinoceros • world rhino day • world wildlife fund
Sumatran Rhinos go extinct in Malaysia
The last surviving Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia, Iman, died in Borneo Rhino Sanctuary. The Rhino died of cancer. With this Sumatran rhino have become extinct in Malaysia. Iman was captured in 2014 from Danum Valley in Malaysia. Sumatran Rhinos The Sumatran Rhinos are the smallest of the five extant rhino species in the world. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: IUCN • IUCN Red List • Malaysia • North Eastern States • Rhinoceros Species in World • Species Extinction • Sumatran rhinoceros • World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
India, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia sign a ‘New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019
‘The New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019’ has recently signed by the five rhino range nations – India, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia – for the conservation and protection of the species at the recently held 2nd Asian Rhino Range Countries meeting in New Delhi. The declaration was signed to conserve and review the ..
Topics: Aaranyak • Bhutan • Countries • Indian rhinoceros • International Rhino Foundation • Mammals • Nepal • Nicolaas Jan van Strien • Rhinoceroses • South Asia • Sumatran rhinoceros
New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019
India will collaborate with Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia to increase the population of three species of Asian Rhinos namely Greater one-horned rhinoceros, Javan rhino, and Sumatran rhino. India, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia have signed the New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019 declaration for the conservation and protection of the species at the Second Asian Rhino Range Countries Meet organised by the Environment, Forest and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Aaranyak • Asian Rhino Range Countries Meet • Bhutan • Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros • India • Indonesia • IUCN Asian Rhino Specialist Group • Javan Rhinoceros • Malaysia • Minister for Environment • Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change • Nepal • New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019 • Sumatran rhinoceros • WWF-India