{"id":18202,"date":"2026-08-12T12:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18202"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:31:06","slug":"bws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bws\/","title":{"rendered":"Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a tiger was sighted near Zero Point in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttarakhand.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kumaon-himalayas\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Kumaon region<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Himalayas, in the state of <\/span><b>Uttarakhand.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated at an altitude ranging <\/span><b>from 900 to 2,500 meters.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is named after the <\/span><b>Bineshwar Mahadev temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 16th-century temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Western Himalayan sub-alpine coniferous forests; Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: From Zero Point, also known as <\/span><b>Jhandi Dhaar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this is the highest point in the sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from protecting wildlife, the sanctuary was established with an aim to conserve the <\/span><b>broadleaf oak forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, mainly located in the Central Himalayan region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is covered by oak and <\/span><b>rhododendron forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at higher altitudes and by chir pine forests at a lower height.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to Barking Deer, Himalayan bear, leopard, fox, musk deer, langur, porcupine, flying squirrel, chital, jungle cat, etc.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been declared an <\/span><b>Important Bird Area by Bird Life International<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as there are more than 200 species of birds in the sanctuary, including Fork tail, Blackbirds, Laughing Thrush, Pheasant, Nuthatches, Parakeets, and Monal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/india\/2026\/Aug\/11\/tiger-sighting-at-8000-ft-binsar-wildlife-sanctuary-in-uttarakhand-prompts-heightened-vigil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas, in the Almora district of Uttarakhand. 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