About the Park Location: The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is a protected area in Uttar Pradesh that stretches mainly across the Lakhimpur Kheri and Bahraich districts. It shares the north-eastern boundary with Nepal, which is defined to a large extent by …
About Indian Sunderbans The Sundarbans forest is about 10,000 sq km across India and Bangladesh, of which 40% lies in India. The forest in India is divided into the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve and 24 Parganas (South) Forest Division, and together …
About the Turtle It is a freshwater turtle and one of the rarest species in India. It is also called the Asian giant softshell turtle. Cantor’s giant softshell is found across Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the …
About kraits Kraits (genus Bungarus) are distributed throughout Asia from Pakistan to southern China and southward into Indonesia. The genus consists of 12 species. Krait venom contains β-bungarotoxin, a presynaptic blocker which causes muscle paralysis. They are terrestrial, feeding mainly …
Indian ocean The Indian Ocean is located between Africa and Austral-Asia and the Southern Ocean. The Indian Ocean is the world’s third largest ocean and covers 20% of the Earth’s surface, after the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. Suez Canal …
About MEE MEE is a joint effort of Wildlife Institute of India and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. Protected Area (PA) management effectiveness evaluation (MEE) is defined as the assessment of how well National Parks and Wildlife sanctuaries …
Salim Ali Centre For Ornithology and Natural History The Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) is one of the centres of excellence of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It is named after famous Indian …
What is it? Every January, thousands of volunteers across Asia and Australasia visit wetlands in their country and count waterbirds. This citizen science programme is the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC). It is an annual exercise conducted since 1987. The AWC …
About Indian Skimmers Indian Skimmers are water bird species which fly low over the water bodies with beak open. They are found along large rivers like the Chambal river, near the sand-bars. Indian skimmers are mainly found along large rivers …
Why in the news? The West Bengal Forest Department and WWF-India funded by ICICI foundation have started this project to radio-coller Sundarban Tigers to study Human-Tiger Interaction. How will radio-collaring a tiger help? The radio-collared tiger will provide crucial information …