{"id":6219,"date":"2023-03-19T02:23:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T20:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:00:40","slug":"keibul-lamjao-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/keibul-lamjao-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Keibul Lamjao National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Keibul Lamjao National Park:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>world\u2019s only floating national park<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the <strong>Bishnupur district<\/strong> in <strong>Manipur<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The park is located in the <strong>southwestern part of<\/strong> the famous <strong>Loktak Lake<\/strong>, which is well known for the <strong>floating biomass called phumdis.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This is the <strong>last natural habitat of the endangered<\/strong> brow-antlered deer(<strong>Sangai deer),<\/strong> the <strong>dancing deer <\/strong>of Manipur.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation<\/strong>: The park is a <strong>combination<\/strong> of <strong>wetland, terrestrial<\/strong> and <strong>aquatic<\/strong> ecosystems.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It comprises of <strong>Saccharum munja<\/strong> (<strong>Khoimom<\/strong>), Zizania latifolia (<strong>Wild Rice<\/strong>) (Ishing kambong), Eiranthus procerus (<strong>Singnang<\/strong>),\u00a0 S. bengalensis, Cynodon dactylon (Tinthou), Discorea bulbifera (Phumha) etc.<\/li>\n<li>Another kind of <strong>aquatic flora, phumdis,<\/strong> can be found in <strong>two types phumdi<\/strong> aruppa (sinking) and phumdi ataoba (floating).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>: Includes <strong>Wild boar, Hog deer, common otter<\/strong>, <strong>Large Indian jungle cat,<\/strong> fox, Bay bamboo rat, golden cat, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Facts about Sangai deer:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scientific Name: <\/strong><i><strong>Rucervus eldii<\/strong><\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> <strong>Sangai, Brow antlered deer, Dancing Deer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat and Distribution: <\/strong>It is found <strong>only in Keibul Lamjao National Park.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>medium-sized deer<\/strong>, with uniquely <strong>distinctive antlers<\/strong>, with extremely <strong>long brow tine<\/strong>, which forms the main beam.<\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>dark reddish-brown winter coat<\/strong>, which turns paler in summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule-1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List: Endangered<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Facts about Loktak Lake:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>largest freshwater lake in Northeast India.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>famous for the phumdis<\/strong> floating over it.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>designated<\/strong> as a wetland of international importance under the <strong>Ramsar Convention in 1990.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also listed under the <strong>Montreux Record in 1993<\/strong>, &#8220;a record of Ramsar sites where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring or are likely to occur&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Montreux Record?<\/h3>\n<p>The Montreux Record is a register of wetland sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur as a result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference. It is maintained as part of the Ramsar List.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/news\/other\/manipur-centre-advises-state-government-to-take-steps-for-protection-of-loktak-lake-and-keibul-lamjao-national-park\/ar-AA18Oocv?ocid=weather-verthp-feeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Manipur: Centre advises state government to take steps for protection of Loktak Lake and Keibul Lamjao National Park<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keibul Lamjao is the world\u2019s only floating national park, located in Bishnupur district in Manipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6219","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\/6219","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=6219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}