Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 Current Affairs, GK & News
Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021
Lok Sabha passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 on August 2, 2022. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 17, 2021. It will amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Key provisions of the Bill include; Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill is aimed at implementing “Convention on International Trade in Endangered ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: CITES • conservation of wildlife • national park • Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 • Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021
Expansion of Orang National Park
The Assam Government has recently decided to increase the size of Orang National Park. The park is to be expanded thrice. About the Expansion plan The State is to add 200.32 square kilometre to the Orang National Park. The area to be added consists of Brahmaputra river. It also includes sandbars and islands of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: 42nd constitutional amendment • Assam Government • Brahmaputra River • Concurrent List • concurrent subject • Constitutional amendment • Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary • Dibru-Saikhowa National Park • extinct. • Extinctions • Gangetic Dolphins • Gharial • Kaziranga National Park • Man and Biosphere Programme • Manas National Park • Manas Tiger Reserve • Nameri National Park • Orang National Park • Raimona - Sixth national park of Assam • Rhino • riverine landscape • State Subject • Turtle • UNESCO • Union List • Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972
National Dolphin Research Centre to come up in Patna
Much-awaited National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will soon come up in Patna. Process to set up the research centre has started. Key facts Opening up of the research centre will be a big step towards conservation of endangered Gangetic River dolphin. To set up the research centre, NDRC is coming up on 4,400 square metre ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Gangetic Dolphins • IUCN • National Dolphin Research Centre • National Ganga Council (NGC) • Project Dolphin • Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972
Project Dolphin
Dolphins are aquatic mammals; belonging to Order Cetacea. Cetus means a whale or a huge fish. There are around 90 living species in Cetacea divided into two groups. First group comprises toothed animals such as dolphins, killer whales; porpoise; sperm whale; beaked whale, narwhal. The second group comprises the whales which have filter feeder system. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Conservation and restoration • Gangetic Dolphins • Namami Gange Project • national aquatic animal • Project Dolphin • Project Tiger • Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972
February 15: World Pangolin Day; GoI radio tagged Pangolins first time to learn their Ecology
Every year the third Saturday of February month is celebrated as World Pangolin Day. The ninth World Pangolin Day is being celebrated on February 15, 2020. The numbers of Pangolin is rapidly declining in Asia and Africa. This is mainly because Pangolin scales are rich in medicinal properties. Recently, China had found that Pangolin scales ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: China • CITES • Corona virus • IUCN • Medicine • Pangolin • Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972
SC forms Panel to frame Emergency Plan to prevent extinction of Indian birds
Taking serious note of alarming extinction of two Indian birds namely Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican, the Supreme Court of India has constituted a High Powered Committee to urgently frame and implement an Emergency Response Plan for protection of these species, considering the approaching monsoon and breeding season. Both the birds are protected under ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: bombay natural history society • Emergency Response Plan • Great Indian bustard • kharmore • Lesser Florican • Species Extinction • Supreme Court of India • Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972