{"id":14017,"date":"2023-08-15T11:55:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T06:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14017"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:44:06","slug":"about-corbett-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-corbett-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"About Corbett Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Key findings of the Survey:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As per the report, two species, namely <strong>white-rumped vulture and red-headed vulture, considered critically endangered <\/strong>by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list, have been documented in the survey,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two endangered species<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>Pallas\u2019s fish-eagle<\/strong>, <strong>Egyptian vulture<\/strong> were also counted by the researchers in the survey.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Four vulnerable bird species<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>great hornbill<\/strong>, great slaty <strong>woodpecker, grey-crowned prinia and river tern <\/strong>\u2014 have also been counted in the survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>About Corbett Tiger Reserve<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the <strong>Nainital district of Uttarakhand<\/strong> which <strong>encompasses the Patli Dun valley.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Ramganga, Sonanadi, Palain and Mandal, and Kosi rivers<\/strong> form the prominent hydrological resource for the Corbett.<\/li>\n<li>The core area of the reserve contains the Corbett National Park and the Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary is part of its buffer area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> The trees which contribute to the Flora of Corbett consist of evergreen Sal and its combined trees, the Sheesham, and the Kanju found extensively on the ridges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> Tiger, Leopard, Elephant, Hog deer, spotted deer, Samber etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the International Union for Conservation of Nature?<\/h3>\n<p>The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a global organization dedicated to conserving nature and promoting sustainable use of natural resources. It is widely recognized as a leading authority on the status of species and ecosystems, and it plays a crucial role in setting conservation priorities and advocating for environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/two-critically-endangered-four-vulnerable-and-two-endangered-species-found-during-bird-survey-at-corbett-tiger-reserve-in-nainital\/article67197809.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Two critically endangered, four vulnerable, and two endangered species found during bird survey at Corbett Tiger Reserve in Nainital<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corbett Tiger Reserve  is located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand which encompasses the Patli Dun valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}