district has been found as the first known breeding site of the blue-cheeked bee-eater (merops persicus) in peninsular India.
It was mostly bred in areas like Nile Delta, Pakistan and Iran with parts of Africa being its wintering grounds.
Breeding burrows of the bird were finally discovered along the saltpans of Pazhayar river basin.
Aravali safari park project
The ambitious Haryana state government project is the Aravali safari park (3,858 hectares).
It is considered to be the largest safari park in the world.
The Aravali safari park will include animal cages, guest houses, hotels, restaurants, auditoriums, animal hospital, children parks, botanical gardens, aquariums, cable cars, a tunnel walk with exhibits, open-air theatre and eateries.
Out of around 80,000 hectares of the Aravali hills in Haryana, most is conserved by numerous pieces of legislation, and the orders of the Supreme Court and the NGT.
IUCN OECMs report
IUCN published report on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) report.
Here is the critical guidance on saving land, water and coastal areas with the help of OECMs, given in this report.
It will be supportive enough to meet the KMGBF 2022 Target 3 to preserve 3 out of every 10 areas by 2030.
The OECMs are not the official safeguarded regions (PAs) but they play a role in conserving biodiversity.
In India there are approximately 14 Other Effective Area-Based Conservation area.
New Phytopathogenic Fungus
One more species of phytopathogenic fungi which has recently been discovered by the Researchers is epicoccum indicum.
It is linked to a leaf spot disease that is emerging in Chrysopogon zizanioides (vetiver).
The pathogenic fungi causes the diseases in the plants, which results in the huge losses in agriculture and horticulture.
New Phytopathogenic Fungus
Recently, The Researchers have also made a new discovery of phytopathogenic fungi, which is also known as epicoccum indicum.
It is linked with a developing leaf spot disease in Chrysopogon zizanioides (vetiver).
Phytopathogenic fungi induce diseases to the plants hence the high economic losses in agriculture and horticulture.
Mauna Loa carbon dioxide prediction of 2025.
It is a prediction of Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.