{"id":6525,"date":"2020-02-24T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T10:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2020-02-24T16:29:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T10:59:56","slug":"appendix-i-of-un-convention-on-migratory-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/appendix-i-of-un-convention-on-migratory-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Relevance: Prelims\/Mains: G.S paper III: Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/appendix_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6526\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/appendix_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/appendix_1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/appendix_1-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/appendix_1-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/appendix_1-768x386.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India\u2019s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species was unanimously accepted at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) in Gandhinagar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Asian Elephant:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Government of India has declared Asian elephant\/Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) as National Heritage Animal.<\/li>\n<li>Indian elephant is also provided highest degree of legal protection by listing it in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection)<br \/>\nAct, 1972.<\/li>\n<li>The challenges confronting Asian elephant conservation in most elephant Range States are habitat loss and fragmentation, human elephant conflict, and poaching and illegal trade of elephants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Great Indian Bustard:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Great Indian Bustard is a Critically Endangered species with a small population of about 100\u2013150 individuals that is largely restricted to Thar desert in Rajasthan, India.<\/li>\n<li>The species has disappeared from 90% of this range; their population has reduced by 90% within 50 years (six generations); and their threats are expected to increase in future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Bengal Florican:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bengal Florican, a critically endangered species, exhibits transboundary movements. Its migration exposes it to threats such as land use changes and collision with power transmission line at boundary area of India-Nepal.<\/li>\n<li>As a result, populations have declined and the species no longer breeds outside Protected Areas in the Indian subcontinent, except in a few areas of Assam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apendix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6527\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apendix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apendix.jpg 255w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apendix-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims\/Mains: G.S paper III: Environment Why in news? 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