India is home to largest number of Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros: Prakash Javadekar
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- Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said India is home to the largest number of Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros in the world with population in the range of 3000 animals in Assam, West Bengal and UP.
- Mr Javadekar said Environment Ministry has launched a National Conservation Strategy for Indian One-Horned Rhino.
- He added that the conservation initiatives for rhino has also enriched the grassland management which help in reducing the negative impacts of climate change through carbon sequestration.
- The National Rhino Conservation Strategy for India was launched last year to conserve the greater one-horned rhinoceros.
- This is a first of its kind for the species in India which aims to work for the conservation of the species under five objectives.
- The objectives include strengthening protection, expanding the distribution range, research and monitoring, and adequate and sustained funding.
- It is the only large mammal species in Asia to be down-listed from endangered to vulnerable in the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red list in 2008.
Source: AIR
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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is an Indian government ministry.
- Founded: 1985
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Jurisdiction: India
- Officeholders: Prakash Javadekar (Minister)