{"id":131422,"date":"2022-02-07T10:10:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T10:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=131422"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:13:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:13:51","slug":"indias-first-oecm-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/indias-first-oecm-site\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first OECM site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question : Which of the following recently declared as India\u2019s first OECM(other effective area-based conservation measures) site ?<\/strong><br>a. Aravalli Biodiversity Park<br>b. Udaan Biodiversity Park<br>c. Yamuna Biodiversity Park<br>d. Vanaparvam Biodiversity Park<br><strong>Ans. a.<br>Related facts &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Aravalli Biodiversity Park was declared India\u2019s first \u201cother effective area-based conservation measures\u201d (OECM) site on February 02, 2022.<\/li><li>It is notable that OECM tag is given by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to areas that are not protected but support rich biodiversity.<\/li><li>This tag does not bring any legal, financial or management implications, but designates the area as a biodiversity hotspot on the international map.<\/li><li>Background &#8212;<\/li><li>The proposal to declare Aravalli Biodiversity Park(ABP) an OECM site was sent by the National Biodiversity Authority to the IUCN in the last of year 2020.<\/li><li>Significance &#8212;<\/li><li>It is notable that the Aravallis, one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world, are considered the green lungs of Delhi-NCR, a crucial water recharge zone for the region.<\/li><li>The ABP potentially supplies around 7.07% of the oxygen requirement for the Delhi-NCR.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/gurugram-news\/aravalli-biodiversity-park-in-gurugram-declared-as-india-s-first-oecm-site-101643834401345.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/gurugram-news\/aravalli-biodiversity-park-in-gurugram-declared-as-india-s-first-oecm-site-101643834401345.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question : Which of the following recently declared as India\u2019s first OECM(other effective area-based conservation measures) site ?a. Aravalli Biodiversity Parkb. Udaan Biodiversity Parkc. Yamuna Biodiversity Parkd. Vanaparvam Biodiversity ParkAns. a.Related facts &#8212; The Aravalli Biodiversity Park was declared India\u2019s first \u201cother effective area-based conservation measures\u201d (OECM) site on February 02, 2022. It is notable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1137],"tags":[2541],"class_list":["post-131422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mis","tag-miscellaneous-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131424,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131422\/revisions\/131424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}