Cyclopean Wall listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site
Context Bihar government has sent a fresh proposal to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to get Cyclopean wall, a more than 2,500 years old structure at Rajgir, listed in…
Neyyar and Peppara wildlife sanctuaries
Context Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued a draft notification to declare an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) that will encompass large swathes of human-inhabited areas around…
Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter
Context Kaziranga National Park in Assam, home to the largest-population of the one-horned rhinoceros in the world, is releasing more carbon than it is absorbing. What is Carbon Sinks A forests,…
What are Ramsar Sites?
Context On the eve of the World Wetlands Day, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands designated Khijadia Bird Sanctuary near Jamnagar in Gujarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh as wetlands of…
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Context Recently, An endangered Fishing Cat recorded in the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary in East Godavari district. In 2002, Asia’s freshwater lake, Kolleru in Andhra Pradesh, was designated as Ramsar site…
Basai Wetlands
Context The Basai wetlands in Gurugram has shrunk to a quarter of its original size over the years. About Basai Wetlands Basai wetland, located in Basai village in Gurgaon tehsil in Gurgaon district in Haryana. Home to…
Aravalli Biodiversity Park declared as India’s first OECM site
Context The Aravalli Biodiversity Park was declared India’s first “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECM) site on the occasion of World Wetlands Day. About OECM Site The OECM tag is…
Two more Ramsar sites announced
Context Two new Ramsar sites — Khijadiya wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat and Bakhira wildlife sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh — were announced on the occasion of World Wetlands Day at Sultanpur…
Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
Context The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas the famed Hoysala temples of Belur, Halebid and Somananthpura in the State has been finalised as India’s nomination for consideration as World Heritage…
Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
Context Recently, the Union minister of state for environment, forests and climate change said the second tiger reserve in Bihar would be set up in Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary. After Valmiki…