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Panna Tiger Reserve

Panna Tiger Reserve

Panna Tiger Reserve The devastating impact of the Ken-Betwa river linkage project on the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh. Panna Tiger Reserve: Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh, a popular tourist spot for wildlife lovers has been declared as a…

Melghat Tiger Reserve

Melghat Tiger Reserve

Melghat Tiger Reserve The Government of India in consultation with the State Government and in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force appointed on the matter of Tiger Conservation, by the Indian Board of Wildlife established nine Tiger reserve…

Galathea Bay

Galathea Bay UPSC

Galathea Bay The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) denotified the entire Galathea Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to allow for the port there. The NBWL committee seemed unaware that India’s National Marine Turtle Action Plan that was under…

6 tigers missing in Ranthambore

6 tigers missing in Ranthambore

6 tigers missing in Ranthambore Six tigers — four adults and two sub-adults — have been unaccounted for since March 2020 in the Ranthambore tiger sanctuary, Rajasthan. Independent wildlife groups such as Tiger Watch have alleged that the tigers have…

Kanjli Wetland

Kanjli Wetland UPSC

Kanjli Wetland Kanjli wetlandas Kali Bein Conservation Reserve will pave way for conservation of area which functions as water sponge by recharging ground water and meeting the water requirement for drinking and irrigation purpose for local people. Kanjli Wetland was formed in…

Pong Dam

pong dam UPSC

The Pong Dam The number of migratory birds dying at the Pong Dam wetland in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district on the rise for a week, the ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Disease has confirmed H5N1 virus as the cause…

Asian Waterbird Census commences in A.P

Asian Waterbird Census commence upsc

Asian Waterbird Census commences in A.P Two day Asian Waterbird Census 2020 commenced in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday under the aegis of experts from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), covering at least two dozen sites, including Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary,…

Deepor Beel

Deepor beel upsc

Deepor Beel The Expert Team constituted by the Planning Commission, Government of India, to review the status of implementation of the National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme (NWCMP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, by visiting selected wetlands in…

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary The Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is one of the oldest in India, Kanchipuram district – 86 kms from Chennai About 250 years ago the locals noticed that this area comprising several lakes and ponds attracted a large number…