• 9964432222
  • Mail Us
  • Appointment
  • Locate Us
  • Chat Now
  • Courses
  • Login
  • Register
Manifest IAS
JournalsOfIndia
Manifest Learning Academy
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
JournalsOfIndia
No Result
View All Result
Home Environment

Guide for safe rescue of Ganges River Dolphins

November 3, 2021
in Environment
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Guide for safe rescue of Ganges River Dolphins
133
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on Facebook
image_pdfMake PDF

In news- Recently, the Ministry of Jal Shakti has released a guide for the safe rescue and release of stranded Ganges River Dolphins.

Guide to Safe Rescue and release of Stranded Gangetic Dolphins-

  • The document is the detailed description of the methods of a safe capture and translocation established to rescue stranded dolphins and return them to their original habitats.
  • It has been prepared by the Turtle Survival Alliance, India Program and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department (EFCCD), Uttar Pradesh. 

About Ganges River Dolphins (GRDs)

  • These Dolphins have been designated the National Aquatic Animal of India since 2010.
  • It can be found throughout the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems of Nepal, India and Bangladesh.
  • The Ganges river dolphin can only live in freshwater and is essentially blind. 
  • They hunt by emitting ultrasonic sounds, which bounces off of fish and other prey, enabling them to “see” an image in their mind.
  • Its population is estimated at 4,000, and nearly 80% is found in the Indian subcontinent. 

Threats-

  • Wide-scale habitat degradation from pollution, hydroelectric and development projects and industrial run-off, 
  • Accidental deaths via entanglement in fishing nets, opportunistic poaching for meat and oil in certain pockets of the country
  • They often accidentally enter canal channels in northern India and are often entrapped, and die as they are unable to swim up against the gradient, eventually getting stressed and harassed by the locals. 

Conservation status- 

  • ‘Endangered’ under IUCN Red List.
  • Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act (1972).
  • Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA)-

  • It was formed in 2001 as an IUCN partnership for sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises.
  • It arose in response to the rampant and unsustainable harvest of Asian turtle populations to supply Chinese markets, a situation known as the Asian Turtle Crisis.
image_pdfMake PDF
Source: The Hindu
Tags: News PaperPrelims

Related Posts

Nairobi flies

Nairobi flies

July 6, 2022
Mayurbhanj’s ‘ant chutney’

Mayurbhanj’s ‘ant chutney’

July 5, 2022
Species added to India’s floral and faunal database in 2021

Species added to India’s floral and faunal database in 2021

July 5, 2022
Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022

Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022

July 2, 2022
2022 United Nations Ocean Conference

2022 United Nations Ocean Conference

July 1, 2022
Ban on single use plastics

Ban on single use plastics

July 1, 2022
India Forum for Nature-based Solutions

India Forum for Nature-based Solutions

July 1, 2022
EU’s Nature Restoration Law

EU’s Nature Restoration Law

June 30, 2022
Oceans Great Dying 2.0

Oceans Great Dying 2.0

June 29, 2022
Menar bird village to be declared wetland

Menar bird village to be declared wetland

June 28, 2022
Please login to join discussion

Our Offline Classroom Student

PRELIMS 2021 POLITY QUESTIONS ANALYSED

https://youtu.be/5q8hBcRGhAs

PRELIMS 2021 HISTORY QUESTIONS ANALYSED

https://youtu.be/v0SIZ7SUybg

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2021 TOPPERS !!!

Rank 171 Kumar Shivashish
Rank 250 Sahithya
Rank 263 Sumit Kumar Thakur
Rank 311 Deepak Ramachandra Shet
Rank 455 Ravinandan B M

July 2022
MTWTFSS
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Jun    

Browse by Category

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tags

AIR BBC Business Standard CNN Deccan Herald DownToEarth Down to Earth DTE Economic Times ET GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express India today Indiatoday Kurukshetra LiveMint Mains News Newspaper News Paper PIB PIB & The Hindu pre Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The Hindustan Times The India Express The Indian Express The New Indian Express Times of India TOI TOPPERS UNDP website Wikipedia Yojana
JournalsOfIndia

Our vision is to orient the readers to grasp the facts objectively and analyse critically. In the rush of reaching first to the readers, the websites miss the balanced opinion, which is the need of the hour. We aim to reach the readers with more crispness, preciseness and relevance. We bring the articles in UPSC way for the civil services aspirants and the Wisest Way for general readers.

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tag

AIR BBC Business Standard CNN Deccan Herald DownToEarth Down to Earth DTE Economic Times ET GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express India today Indiatoday Kurukshetra LiveMint Mains News Newspaper News Paper PIB PIB & The Hindu pre Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The Hindustan Times The India Express The Indian Express The New Indian Express Times of India TOI TOPPERS UNDP website Wikipedia Yojana

Newsletter

The most important UPSC news and events of the day.

Get Journals daily newsletter on your inbox.

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • SNIPPETS
  • ARTICLES
  • BROWSE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In