G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG)
23-May-2023: G20 India’s 3rd Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting concludes today in Mumbai with a commitment to facilitate tangible outcomes through a consensus driven approach
The 3rd Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency concluded in Mumbai today.
The three day meeting witnessed a participation of 141 delegates from G20 countries and 10 invitee countries. The representatives of 14 international and regional organisations also attended deliberations conducted over the 3 days.
Sustainable Blue Economy Conference
19-May-2023: Scientific challenges and opportunities for a sustainable blue economy discussed at G20 RIIG Conference at Diu
The need for sharing of nations' best practices and policy models for sustainable blue economy were deliberated at the G20 Research Innovation and Initiative Gathering (RIIG) Conference on Scientific Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable blue-economy.
In his opening remarks, Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, Secretary Department of Science and Technology and Chair G20-RIIG, said India has a multi-pronged plan for coastal area development comprising transforming the blue economy, improving coastal infrastructure, and protecting the marine ecosystem.
Royal Bengal Tigers
15-May-2023: Birth of Tiger Cubs
After January 16, 2005 Royal Bengal Tigress has delivered cubs at National Zoological Park ,New Delhi. The Royal Bengal Tigress (RBT) Siddhi delivered five cubs, two alive and three still-born on 04.05.2023. At present both cubs are attended by the mother and completely dependent on mother for feed and are doing well. The mother tigress and her cubs are being kept under the surveillance of CCTV Cameras and regularly monitored by the zoo staff.
National Zoological Park, New Delhi has four adult Royal Bengal Tigers in its collection and the house names of these tigers are Karan, Siddhi, Aditi and Barkha. Tigress Siddhi and Aditi are of wild origin were acquired from Gorewada, Nagpur.
National Zoological Park (Delhi Zoo) is housing tigers since the inauguration on Ist November, 1959. On 14th May 1969, first pair of lion was also received from Junagadh Zoo in exchange of one pair of tiger cubs. From the time of acquisition of tiger Delhi Zoo is maintaining its population for conservation, education and display. Tigers have bred well in Delhi Zoo and also given in exchange too for many zoos of the country and abroad. In 2010 Central Zoo Authority started coordinated planned conservation breeding programme of critically endangered wild animal species as it is the main objective of National Zoo Policy 1998. For this coordinated planned conservation breeding programme 73 critically endangered wild animal species were selected and coordinating & participating zoos were identified for each species. Under this national coordinated planned conservation breeding programme Delhi Zoo has been selected as a participating zoo for Tiger. To maintain genetic heterozygosity among the population of zoo tigers, animal exchange programmes have been undertaken. The current acquisition of Tigers is also a part of national coordinated planned conservation breeding programme to reproduce genetically healthy population of tigers.