Salt pan lands

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• Salt pan lands are saline because of natural or artificial depositions of sea-water.

• Salt pan lands play an important role in safeguarding the cities and littoral areas against flooding as these can store water and thus water accumulation will be avoided unnecessarily.

• Salt pan lands birth and natural gas disquisition are only permissible in these places, and other profitable conditioning are banned.

Second largest butterfly species

• Species DiscoveryThe Southern Birdwing, India's second largest butterfly species, has been discovered between Chathirapatti and Kadavur on the New Natham Highway in Madurai quarter.

• literal Status From 1932 to 2020, the Southern Birdwing was India's largest butterfly species,habitat and Size It is mainly established in the Western and Eastern Ghats regions and has a wingspan of 190 mm.

• Rank ChangeThe Southern Birdwing was moved to secondary rank when Brigadier William Harry Evans, a British naturalist, reported a species of butterfly known as the Golden Birdwing with a wingspan of 194 mm.

Miristica Swamp Forest

• Miristica Swamp Forest Miristica Swamp Forest Scientists have discovered a sacred copse called Miristica Swamp Forest in Kumbharla( Maharashtra), which is safeguarded by the indigenous community.

• Species establishment The species Myristica magnifica is established in the wood set up in cornucopia then.

• Sacred Groves Sacred groves are preserved natural areas through indigenous communities' religious and environmental causes. These areas' traditional conservation is usually led by indigenous belief and prohibition.