{"id":6335,"date":"2025-07-03T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6335"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:33:15","slug":"namdapha-national-park-and-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/namdapha-national-park-and-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The elusive and endangered white-eared night heron has been camera-trapped in Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namdapha, a national park and tiger reserve,\u00a0 lies on the <\/span><b>international border between India and Myanmar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within Changlang District in the state of <\/span><b>Arunachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of 1985.23 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located at the<\/span><b> junction of the Indian subcontinent and Indo-China biogeographic Regions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is nestled <\/span><b>between the Dapha Bum ridge of the Mishmi Hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the northeastern Himalayas and the <\/span><b>Patkai Ranges.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>common boundary with Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Arunachal Pradesh).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The <\/span><b>Namdapha Rive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r (a <\/span><b>tributary of Noa-Dihing River) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flows right across in a north-south direction of this reserve, and hence the name Namdapha has been given.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It consists of <\/span><b>Northern Tropical Evergreen Forest,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> North Indian Tropical <\/span><b>Moist Deciduous Forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>East Himalayan Moist Temperate Forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, <\/span><b>Moist Alpine Scrub Forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of species like <\/span><b>Pinus Merkusi and Abies Delavavi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being <\/span><b>exclusive to the park.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>home to the Blue Vanda,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is a rare and <\/span><b>endangered orchard.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also consists of <\/span><b>medicinal plants like Mishimi Teeta (Copti teeta),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is <\/span><b>used by the local tribes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to treat different types of diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Elephants, Himalayan Black Bear, Himalayan Sun Bear, Hoolock Gibbon (only ape in India),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Slow Loris, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the o<\/span><b>nly park in the world to have the four feline species of big ca<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ts, namely the <\/span><b>Tiger <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Panthera Tigris), <\/span><b>Leopard <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Panthera Pardus), <\/span><b>Snow Leopard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Panthera Uncia), and <\/span><b>Clouded Leopard (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neofelis Nebulosa) and numbers of Lesser cats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Key Facts about White-Eared Night Heron<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>medium brown heron<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a <\/span><b>brown-streaked breast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a w<\/span><b>hite patch on the side of the head.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Oroanassa magnifica<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>primarily found in southern China and northern Vietnam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has an estimated global population of fewer than <\/span><b>1,000 individuals.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Known for being <\/span><b>extremely secretive and nocturnal,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the white-eared night heron is rarely observed in the wild. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">It is listed as <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Endangered on the IUCN Red List.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/arunachal-pradesh\/elusive-white-eared-night-heron-camera-trapped-in-namdapha-park-second-sighting-in-india-3613110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Namdapha Tiger Reserve is in Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, near the Myanmar border, known for rich biodiversity and rare flora and fauna. 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