Lok Sabha Question No. 4508 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Extinction of Plants and Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4508 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Extinction of Plants and Animals

## 4508. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state

- (a) whether old species of plants and wild animals are gradually becoming extinct from the forests of the country and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the  details  of  bio-diversity  parks  set  up  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) whether rare species of plants and wild animals are found at National Forest located near Satna city in Madhya Pradesh;
- (d) if so, whether there is any proposal to set up a bio-diversity park for the conservation of such rare species; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) As per the information received from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI),  the Pink Headed Duck ( Rhodonessa caryophyllaceai) ,  is  feared extinct since 1950'; the Himalayan  Quail ( Ophrysia supercililios) was last reported in 1876 and is feared  extinct;  and  amongst  mammals,  Cheetah (Acionyx  jubatus )  has  become extinct since the 1940's and the Sumatran Rhinoceros ( Dicerorhinus sumatrensisi) is  considered extinct from India.

As  informed  by  the  Botanical  Survey  of  India  (BSI),  following  18  species  of plants  are  considered  as  possibly  extinct  as  they  have  not  been  collected  from wild for more than last fifty years:

1. Isoetes dixitii
2. Isoetes sampthkumarnii
3. Selaginella cataractarum
4. Lasteropsis wattii
5. Ophiorrhiza brunonis
6. Ophiorhiza caudate
7. Ophiorhiza radicans
8. Wenlandia angustifolia
9. Sterculia khasiana
10. Carex repanda
11. Eragrostis rottleri
12. Eriochrysis rangacharii
13. Dipcadi concanense
14. Dipcadi reidii
15. Urginea polyphylla
16. Corypha taliera
17. Hedychium marinaturm
18. Inula kalapani

Natural  factors  like  competition,  predation,  natural  selection,  and  human induces factors like hunting, habitat degradation, etc. are some of the important factors that lead to extinction of plants and animals from wild.

- (b) Biodiversity  Parks  are  set  up  by  the  State  Governments.  State-wise  details  of biodiversity parks in the country are not maintained in the Ministry. However, as per information received from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), the details of Biodiversity  Parks  set  up  in  the  country,  including  Madhya  Pradesh,  is  at Annexure.
- (c) to (e) As informed by the State of Madhya Pradesh, rare Bryophytes and Pteridophytes are found in Naro Hills located in Satna District of Madhya Pradesh. The State of Madhya Pradesh has also informed that at present, there is no proposal to set up a Biodiversity Park at Satna, however, as per the provisions of Section 37 of the Biological  Diversity  Act,  2002,  preliminary  notification  of  Naro  Hills  under Satna  Forest Division  as 'Biodiversity Heritage  Site' has been  issued  on 22.12.2018.

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## Annexure Annexure Referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.

## 4508  raised by Shri Ganesh Singh due for reply on 19.07.2019

## Details of Biodiversity Parks set up in the country

|   S.No | State          | Name of Biodiversity Park                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|--------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh | AP Biodiversity Park, Vizag                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|      2 | Bihar          | Biodiversity Park, Kusiargaon, Araria District, Bihar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      3 | Chhattisgarh   | Nandanvan Biodiversity Park, Raipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|      4 | Delhi          | Yamuna Biodiversity Park, Wazirabad; Tuglakabad Biodiversity Park                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|      5 | Gujarat        | Biodiversity Park, Mithapur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|      6 | Haryana        | Aravali Biodiversity Park                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|      7 | Jharkhand      | Biodiversity Park, Ranchi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|      8 | Karnataka      | Hennur Lake Biodiversity Park, Bangalore Bamboo Biodiversity Park, Nagawala Biodiversity Park in Madivala lake System                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|      9 | Kerala         | Vanaparvam Biodiversity Park, Kakavyal GCK Biodiversity Park, Kozhikode                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|     10 | Madhya Pradesh | Biodiversity Park, Bhatlo, District Rewa Biodiversity Park Rajghat, District Sagar Biodiversity Park, Hamukhedi, District Ujjain Biodiversity Park, Ujjain, District Ujjain Biodiversity Park, Shahdol, District Shahdol Biodiversity Park, Indore, District Indore Biodiversity Park, Devas, District Devas Biodiversity Conservation Project, Devas, District Devas Biodiversity Park, Burhanpur, District Burhanpur Biodiversity Park, Hoshangabad, District Hoshangabad Biodiversity Park, Amarkantak, District Anuppur |
|     11 | Maharashtra    | Baner Pashan Biodiversity Park, Pune                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|     12 | Manipur        | Chingarel Hill Biodiversity Park, Waiton, Manipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|     13 | Odisha         | CEMDE-SAIL Biodiversity Park                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|     14 | Rajasthan      | Biodiversity Park, Alwar Biodiversity Park, Kotputli Biodiversity Park, Chirwa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|     15 | Sikkim         | Tendong State Biodiversity Park, Namchi, Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|     16 | West Bengal    | Banabidan Biodiversity Park, Salt Lake City, Kolkata                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |