- According to the data tabled in the Lok Sabha on July 19, 2019 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, four species of fauna and 18 species of flora have gone extinct in India in the past few centuries.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
