Explanation: Ameenpur Lake – First Biodiversity Heritage Site

Ameenpur Lake gets the status of the first Biodiversity Heritage Site in the country under the biodiversity act, 2002. it is an ancient man-made lake in a western part of Telangana. Biodiversity Heritage Site is areas of biodiversity importance, which harbor rich biodiversity, wild relatives of crops, or areas, which lie outside the protected area network. Biodiversity Heritage sites are managed by a locally constituted Biodiversity Management Committee and get funding for its protection.

Source: Shankar IAS