Keibul Lamjao National Park

15 Nov 2024 15:02:20 pm

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Topic: Protected Areas

Why in the news?

18 species of ducks found in Manipur’s Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP).
The survey was made to identify major northern wintering and waterbird congregation sites in KLNP by identifying five major congregation sites

Source: Hindustan Times

About Keibul Lamjao National Park:

It is the world’s only floating national park.
It is located in the Bishnupur district in Manipur, in the southwestern part of the Loktak Lake, which is well known for the floating biomass called phumdis.
This is the last natural habitat of the endangered brow-antlered deer (Sangai deer), the dancing deer of Manipur.
It encompasses a combination of wetland, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Flora:
- It comprises Khoimom, Wild Rice, Singnang, Tinthou, Phumha etc.
- Another kind of aquatic flora, phumdis, can be found in two types phumdi aruppa (sinking) and phumdi ataoba (floating).
Fauna:
- Wild boar, Hog deer, common otter, Large Indian jungle cat, fox, Bay bamboo rat, golden cat, etc. are commonly found here.

Sangai deer:

It is also known as Brow antlered deer or Dancing Deer.
It is found only in Keibul Lamjao National Park.
It is a medium-sized deer, with uniquely distinctive antlers, with extremely long brow tine, which forms the main beam.
It has a dark reddish-brown winter coat, which turns paler in summer.
Conservation Status:
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule 1
- IUCN Red List: Endangered

Loktak Lake:

It is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India.
It is famous for the phumdis floating over it.
It was designated as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention in 1990.
It is also listed under the Montreux Record in 1993, \"a record of Ramsar sites where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring or are likely to occur\".

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