🦁 India to Get 8 Cheetahs from Botswana under Project Cheetah 🦁

Madhya Pradesh’s cheetah conservation efforts are set to roar louder! 8 cheetahs will be brought from Botswana 🐆✈️ — 4 arriving by May 2025, rest in Phase 2 . Talks are also on with South Africa and Kenya for future collaboration 🌍🤝.

Currently, 26 cheetahs 🐆🐾 live at Kuno National Park 🏞️

A proposal to train 400 ‘Cheetah Mitras ’ 👥📚 from 80 villages 🏘️ in Sheopur with support from IIFM Bhopal 🎓🌱 is also in motion. With ₹ 112 crore 💰 invested, MP is racing ahead 🏃‍♂️💨 in conservation!

Famous Books & Authors in Forestry

📚 Genera Plantarum (1862–83) – Bentham & Hooker
🌲 General Silviculture of India – Champion & Seth
🐦 On the Origin of Species – Charles Darwin
💥 The Population Bomb – Paul R. Ehrlich
🌳 Principles and Practices of Silviculture – L.S. Khanna
🪴 Species Plantarum – Carl Linnaeus
🌿 The Forests of India – E.P. Stebbing
☀️ Tropical Forestry in India – D.N. Tewari
🦠 An Introduction to Forest Pathology – S.S. Negi
🌼 Flora of India – Joseph Dalton Hooker
🌳 Forest Ecology – J.B. Lal
🧭 Forest Management – Ram Prakash

Similipal Declared India’s 107th National Park!
🌳 Odisha’s largest forest, spread over 845 sq . km, is now a national treasure!
🐅 Home to the world’s only wild melanistic tigers 🐘 25% of Odisha’s elephant population🦜 360+ bird species & 🌸 104 unique orchids

🌿 This living, breathing forest is also guarded by resilient tribal communities like the Birhor, Ho, Santhal, Mankidia & more.

Similipal is more than a forest — it’s a symbol of hope, harmony & heritage .

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Total Wildlife Sanctuaries :- 573

Total National Parks :- 107

Total Bird Sanctuaries in India :- 72

Total Biosphere reserves in India : 18

Total Tiger Reserves In India :- 58

Total Elephant Reserves In India : 33

Total Ramsar Sites ( wetlands) :- 89

Total Biodiversity Hotspot 🇮🇳 :- 4
World :- 36

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10 elephants from Rajaji trek to Kalesar, biggest herd to have made the journey

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International Leopard Day – May 3rd 🐆🌿 to raise awareness about leopard conservation and the threats these magnificent big cats face in the wild.

Leopards are the most widely distributed large felidae species, found in 63 countries.

Leopards are solitary cats and are mainly nocturnal.

📊 In 2022, India had an estimated 13,874 leopards.
🏞️ Madhya Pradesh is home to the largest population of leopards in the country — 3,907 leopards!

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India is set to send six Royal Bengal tigers 🐅 to Cambodia 🇰🇭 after the monsoon, marking a big step in global wildlife conservation 🌍. Tigers have been extinct there since 2016, but with help from India’s WII and NTCA 🇮🇳, Cambodia has restored habitats 🌳, curbed poaching 🚫, and increased prey. The tigers will be released in Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary and the Cardamom Mountains ⛰️. This move could boost ecotourism 🌿 and inspire more global reintroductions in the future.

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India celebrates National Agroforestry Day on 8th May 📅, and in 2025, the day holds special significance. Agroforestry plays a key role in meeting the demand for fuel, fodder, and timber 🌿, while supporting livelihoods, women empowerment 👩‍🌾, and poverty reduction 💪.

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Agroforestry System around the Globe

Father of Agroforestry: P. K. Ramachandran Nair 👨‍🏫

Attributes of Agroforestry: Productivity 🌾 | Sustainability ♻️ | Adoptability ✅

Agroforestry systems can be categorized on the basis of four criteria: Structural, Functional, Socio-economic, and Ecological⚖️

The first seminar on Agroforestry by ICAR was held at Imphal in 1979 🗓️

India is the first country in the world to adopt a comprehensive agroforestry policy 🇮🇳✨

The National Agroforestry ka Policy (NAP) was launched by the President of India in February 2014 during the World Agroforestry Congress 🌱🎉

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Forest organization

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International Day for Biological Diversity - 22 May 🐝🦋

The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. 🌱📖🌏

The theme of the 2025 edition: "Harmony with nature and sustainable development" 🌿🌍

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In 2000, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) officially proclaimed 22nd May as IDB. 🗓️🌍

UNCBD is a legally binding treaty to conserve biodiversity. 🧬✅
India is a party to the convention and enacted the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. 📜🇮🇳

Important Initiatives in India:

✅ Biological Diversity Act, 2002 📘
✅ National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) established in 2003 🏛️
✅ People's Biodiversity Registers (PBRs) to document local biodiversity 📄🌿
✅ Eco-sensitive Zones and Wildlife Corridors 🐅🌲
✅ Mission LIFE (Lifestyle for Environment) and Namami Gange for biodiversity conservation ♻️🌊

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𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

🎯 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: “𝗣𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻”

🌱 Celebrated every year on 𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲, World Environment Day is the 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 for environmental outreach — led by 𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗣 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯, with participation from 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝟬 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.

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🌍 Big News from Rajasthan on World Environment Day! 🌿

🚨 The Khichan area in Phalodi and Menar in Udaipur have been included in the Ramsar Sites list! 🐦🌊
On this achievement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the people of Rajasthan. 🎉

📈 With this, the total number of Ramsar Sites in India has now reached 91 ! 🇮🇳

🗣️ Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav shared this news on social media platform X, and in response, PM Modi wrote:

💬 “ Wonderful news ! This recognition will boost India's efforts in environmental conservation and reflects the important role of public participation.” 🙌🌱

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Primary Succession: Succession that occurs in a barren area where no life previously existed.

Secondary Succession:
Succession that occurs in an area where life existed earlier but was destroyed.

1. Sere – The entire series of communities during succession.
2. Hydrosere – Succession in
freshwater.
3. Halosere –. Succession in
salty water.
4. Oxalosere – Succession in
acidic water.
5. Xerosere –. Succession in
dry region.
6. Lithosere – Succession on
rock.
7. Psamosere – Succession on
sand.
8. Mesosere – Succession at
moistened region.
9. Serula –. Succession of
microbes on decomposed matter.