{"id":18202,"date":"2026-05-13T16:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18202"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:25:36","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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The forest department has begun preparations for a scientific wildlife census in Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary to assess the population and movement of key species, including tigers, leopards, bears, deer, and foxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated in the <\/span><b>Kumaon region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Himalayas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the Almora district of <\/span><b>Uttarakhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is perched at an altitude ranging from 900 to 2,500 meters.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From <\/span><b>Zero Point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also known as <\/span><b>Jhandi Dhaar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is the <\/span><b>highest point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the sanctuary, the <\/span><b>Himalayan peaks <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Kedarnath, Chaukhamba, Shivling, Trisul, and Nanda Devi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are <\/span><b>visible <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among many others.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from protecting wildlife, the sanctuary was <\/span><b>established with an aim to conserve <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>broadleaf oak forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, mainly located in the <\/span><b>Central Himalayan region.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Binsar was the <\/span><b>erstwhile summer capital <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>Chand Dynasty <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rulers, who <\/span><b>ruled Kumaon from the 7th to 18th century AD.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was later converted to a <\/span><b>summer retreat for British bureaucrats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is named after the <\/span><b>Bineshwar Mahadev temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a <\/span><b>16th-century temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated to Lord Shiva.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is covered by <\/span><b>oak and rhododendron forests at higher altitudes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and by <\/span><b>chir pine forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at a <\/span><b>lower height.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to <\/span><b>Barking Deer, Himalayan bear,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leopard, fox, musk deer, langur, porcupine, flying squirrel, chital, jungle cat, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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 <\/span><b>Fork tail, Blackbirds, Laughing Thrush, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pheasant, Nuthatches, Parakeets, and Monal.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/dehradun\/scientific-wildlife-census-begins-in-binsar-sanctuary\/articleshow\/131020427.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TOI<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/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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