World Wildlife Day Today
Inking history for generations, Wildlife rules skies, land & water in Madhya Pradesh
MP is Tiger state, Leopard state, Gharial state, Vulture state & ready for Cheetah reintroduction!
Madhya Pradesh has inked history with its achievements in supporting wildlife and earning various titles including the latest title for ‘Gharial State of India’ after recording the highest Gharial population. Further, MP is Vulture State of India, Leopard state and Tiger state.
With 2,176 gharials recorded in the state in 2021 survey, the number climbed up by 317 gharials in a year. In 2020 survey, 1,859 were recorded in MP.
The cherry on top for MP on the eve of World Wildlife Day was the possible initiation of detailed survey of Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary for reintroduction of Cheetah in India starting this week.
In a recent meeting of forest officials, MP was even labelled as the wildlife hub for the country, where wildlife soar the skies, finds its comfort in deep waters and rules the land with majestic wildcats.
In its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed March 3 as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.
World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in 2021 under the theme "Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet", as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas.
MP becomes Gharial State of India
Right before World Wildlife Day, MP kept up its title of Gharial state of India. The survey was completed on Feb 16, where the state recorded 2,176 gharials as collated by the department. This number accounts for 85 percent gharials found in the entire country.
A state forest department official said in 1980s, only about 200 gharials were left in the world. At that time, their number in India was 96, including 46 in the Chambal river that flows across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Cheetah’s reintroduction detailed survey by WII begins this week
Experts from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) will begin a detailed survey of Kuno wildlife sanctuary for implementation of the Cheetah project this week. The study would last in a month or may take more time.
WII had in its earlier report concluded that cheetahs can be reintroduced at all the surveyed sites in Madhya Pradesh with appropriate ‘investments’ — some more than others — and management. Kuno National Park is “ready” for immediate reintroduction, with the least investment needed, WII had observed.
It was also chosen for the Gir lion translocation earlier. Some sites have the potential to achieve the full range of objectives for the cheetah reintroduction project, says a technical note by the experts.
Inking history for generations, Wildlife rules skies, land & water in Madhya Pradesh
MP is Tiger state, Leopard state, Gharial state, Vulture state & ready for Cheetah reintroduction!
Madhya Pradesh has inked history with its achievements in supporting wildlife and earning various titles including the latest title for ‘Gharial State of India’ after recording the highest Gharial population. Further, MP is Vulture State of India, Leopard state and Tiger state.
With 2,176 gharials recorded in the state in 2021 survey, the number climbed up by 317 gharials in a year. In 2020 survey, 1,859 were recorded in MP.
The cherry on top for MP on the eve of World Wildlife Day was the possible initiation of detailed survey of Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary for reintroduction of Cheetah in India starting this week.
In a recent meeting of forest officials, MP was even labelled as the wildlife hub for the country, where wildlife soar the skies, finds its comfort in deep waters and rules the land with majestic wildcats.
In its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed March 3 as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.
World Wildlife Day will be celebrated in 2021 under the theme "Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet", as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas.
MP becomes Gharial State of India
Right before World Wildlife Day, MP kept up its title of Gharial state of India. The survey was completed on Feb 16, where the state recorded 2,176 gharials as collated by the department. This number accounts for 85 percent gharials found in the entire country.
A state forest department official said in 1980s, only about 200 gharials were left in the world. At that time, their number in India was 96, including 46 in the Chambal river that flows across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Cheetah’s reintroduction detailed survey by WII begins this week
Experts from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) will begin a detailed survey of Kuno wildlife sanctuary for implementation of the Cheetah project this week. The study would last in a month or may take more time.
WII had in its earlier report concluded that cheetahs can be reintroduced at all the surveyed sites in Madhya Pradesh with appropriate ‘investments’ — some more than others — and management. Kuno National Park is “ready” for immediate reintroduction, with the least investment needed, WII had observed.
It was also chosen for the Gir lion translocation earlier. Some sites have the potential to achieve the full range of objectives for the cheetah reintroduction project, says a technical note by the experts.