DIARY Info

Mangrove Day-
26 July

📷: Throwback to 1969, when Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Jr. prepared to walk on the moon.

Thursday is International Moon Day, marking 54 years since humans landed on the moon for the first time.

On , let's remember Nelson Mandela’s legacy and continue to be inspired by his spirit of humanity, dignity and justice.

With the as our guide, we can create a more equal, sustainable and inclusive world, leaving no one behind.

The serow has long been hunted in Japan, especially in northern Japan where, along with bear-hunting, serow-hunting was strongly associated with matagi culture.

Owing to ongoing habitat loss, fragmented population and being hunted for food, the Mrs. Hume's pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of CITES.

As the English name indicates, the wood of this tree is very heavy, hard and strong. The density is 940 to 1,195 kg/m3 (59 to 75 lb/ft3) at 15% moisture content. The colour is deep dark red. It is hard to saw and is mainly used for railroad ties and heavy structural timber.

In Sri Lanka the pillars of the 14th century Embekke Shrine near Kandy are made of iron tree wood.

The flowers, leaves, seeds and roots are used as herbal medicines in India, Malaysia, etc. and in Nag Champa incense sticks.

Renanthera imschootiana, also known as Red Vanda is a species of orchid occurring from the eastern Himalaya to China (southeastern Yunnan) and Vietnam.

The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is a wild cat inhabiting dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through mainland Southeast Asia into southern China. The first clouded leopard known to science was brought to London from China in the early 19th century and described in 1821

Hill mynahs are renowned for their ability to mimic the human voice. It has been claimed that the hill mynah is the best talking bird and the best mimic in the world.

The wood is also used for manufacturing tea chests and general purpose plywood, blackboards, frame core and cross bands of flush door shutters

Unlike most other orchids, slipper orchids have two fertile anthers — they are "diandrous". For that reason, experts have debated whether this clade should be classified within the orchid family (Orchidaceae), or whether they should compose a separate family altogether called Cypripediaceae.Around the year 2000, molecular phylogenetics and DNA sampling have come to play an increasingly important role in classification.

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Sangai is called the dancing deer. While treading through phumdi (grasslands that float on water), the Sangai's hooves sink in the spongy, moist ground which from a distance looks as if it is dancing.
The sangai is an endemic and endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur, India.

It is the state bird of Mizoram and Manipur. Owing to ongoing habitat loss, fragmented population and being hunted for food, the Mrs. Hume's pheasant is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Toona, commonly known as redcedar, toon (also spelled tun) or toona, tooni(in India) is a genus in the mahogany family,
Toona sinensis is used in Chinese traditional medicine and eaten as a vegetable or sauce in China (leaves and shoots).

It is special because it is a species of ground lily found exclusively in the Shirui Hills, located about 18 km from the district headquarters of Ukhrul, which is home to the Tangkhul Naga tribe. In other words, it cannot be transplanted anywhere else in the world.

In the fall of 1968, people in the eastern United States experienced a force of nature unlike anything they'd seen before: grey squirrels, en masse, moving by the thousands out of the woods, crossing mountains, rivers, and highways.

The green imperial pigeon is a large forest pigeon. The large range extends from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka eastwards to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango, is a species of flowering plant in the sumac and poison ivy family Anacardiaceae. Mangoes are believed to have originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India.

The leaves of the banabá and other parts are used widely in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan as a tea preparation. Banabá herb is one of the 69 herbal plants promoted by the Philippine Department of Health (DOH).[3] In Vietnam the plant's young leaves are consumed as vegetables, and its old leaves and mature fruit are used in traditional medicine for reducing glucose in blood.

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June and is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment.

The present-day Kanha area was divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar. Kanha National Park was created in 1955 and in 1973 was made the Kanha Tiger Reserve.
Kanha National Park is the largest National Park in Central India.

The Indian paradise flycatcher is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia, where it is widely distributed. As the global population is considered stable, it has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2004. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia and Myanmar.

The Banyan tree represents eternal life, because of its ever-expanding branches. The country's unity is symbolized by the trees huge structure and its deep roots. ... The Banyan tree is called so, because the Banyan tree has immense medicinal properties and is associated with longevity.

A single flower in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The beak-shaped keel petal gave rise to the name "parrot tree".