IUCN declares Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Gurugram as India's first OECM site

IUCN declares Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Gurugram as India's first OECM site

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: February 05 2022

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  • The Aravalli Biodiversity Park in Gurugram, Haryana, has been declared as India’s first “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECM) site.
  • This was informed by the Union ministry of environment, forest, and climate change on the occasion of World Wetlands Day on February 02, 2022.
  • The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) gives OECM tag to those areas that are not protected but support rich biodiversity.
  • The tag designates the area as a biodiversity hotspot on the international map.
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