Environment Ecology Science

2021-06-24 08:40:06 Manas National Park

Manas National Park is a national park, UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve in Assam, India

It is located in the Himalayan foothills,

It is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan

The Manas river flows thorough the west of the park and is the main river within it. It is a major tributary of Brahmaputra river

The Manas river also serves as an international border dividing India and Bhutan Open / Comment

2021-06-23 15:30:02 Forest Fires in India

According to the report of the Forest Survey of India, between 2003–2017, a total of 5,20,861 active forest fire events were detected in India.

About 54% of the forest cover in India is exposed to occasional fire.

Most fire prone regions - Northeast India, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Western Himalaya have shown a sharp increase of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and ozone during high fire activity periods.

The occurrence of high fire intensity at the low altitude Himalayan hilly regions may be due to the plant species (pine trees) in the area and proximity to villages.

Villages make them more susceptible to anthropogenic activities like forest cover clearance, grazing and so on.

The sharp increase in average and maximum air temperature, decline in precipitation, and change in land-use patterns have caused the increased episodes of forest fires in most of the Asian countries. Open / Comment

2021-06-21 09:30:02 CGWA

CWC was earlier known as Central Waterways, Irrigation and Navigation Commission i.e. CWINC.

It was established in 1945 by the Government on the advice of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Member (Labour) in Viceroy’s Executive Council.

The organization currently functions as an office attached to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, under the Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation. Know in detail about the Jal Shakti Ministry on the given link. Open / Comment

2021-06-20 09:30:02 #Pollution

Benzene Pollution

The major sources of benzene exposure are tobacco smoke, automobile service stations, exhaust from motor vehicles, and industrial emissions.

Benzene is present in both exhaust and evaporative emissions. Motor vehicles account for approximately 85% of the total benzene emissions.

However, ingestion and dermal absorption of benzene can also occur through contact with contaminated water. Open / Comment

2021-06-19 09:30:06 #Ramsar_Sites_India

Asan Conservation Reserve

It is located on the banks of river Yamuna near Dehradun district in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.

It is home to species such as the white rumped vulture (critically endangered), the ruddy Sheldak (List Concern), the red headed vulture (critically endangered), the Asiatic woolly neck (weakly) among other species.

Spread across 4.44 square km area Open / Comment

2021-06-18 09:30:01 Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra in Morigaon district in Assam, India.

Wildlife Sanctuary holds one of the largest Indian rhinoceros populations in Assam

Under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV 2020) which is a joint programme of the Department of Environment & Forests, Govt of Assam, WWF India, the International Rhino Foundation and the US fish & wildlife service, six rhinos were translocated from Pobitora and re-introduced into the Manas National Park between December 2010 and January 2011. Earlier, under the same programme, two rhinos were similarly translocated from Pobitora to Manas National Park in 2008. Open / Comment

2021-06-17 18:00:02 Manas National Park

Manas National Park is a national park, UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve in Assam, India

It is located in the Himalayan foothills,

It is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan

The Manas river flows thorough the west of the park and is the main river within it. It is a major tributary of Brahmaputra river

The Manas river also serves as an international border dividing India and Bhutan Open / Comment

2021-06-15 18:00:02 #WILD_Life_sancturies

Dachigam National Park

Location -Jammu and Kashmir and Established In 1910

The sanctuary is located in the western Himalayas and is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna with grasslands, pastures, meadows with rocky cliffs and rocky outcrops.

Leopard, Musk Deer, Himalayan Black Bear, Himalayan Brown Bear and Otter etc. are few of the many species that are found here. Open / Comment