- Eight cheetahs from Namibia have acclimatized & adapted well to their new home at Kuno National Park in India in a month since their translocation.The recently constituted Cheetah Task Force will hold a virtual meeting with officials and Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia on Monday to take a decision on shifting of cheetahs to larger soft release enclosures free of predators.
- The Mississippi river is drying amidst a prolonged drought. Many sunken ships and artifacts are surfacing and water transport is being disrupted.
- Tamil Nadu has notified India’s first sanctuary for the nearly threatened Slender Loris in Karur & Dindigul Districts. Slender Lorises are small nocturnal primates, which are classified as endangered by the IUCN.
- India lost $ 159 B due to heat caused by emissions. According to a report by Climate Transparency, India is the worst affected among G20 nations by carbon emission-induced rise in temperatures, losing 5.4% of its GDP in 2021 due to Labour capacity reduction caused by extreme heat.
As a result of climate change Cameroon is betting on its gorillas for ecotourism. Cameroon planning habituation of their Gorillas to familiarize them to human presence.
