{"id":125901,"date":"2021-08-13T17:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=125901"},"modified":"2021-09-08T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T11:22:09","slug":"fourth-edition-of-dragonfly-census-across-delhi-ncr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fourth-edition-of-dragonfly-census-across-delhi-ncr\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth edition of dragonfly census across Delhi-NCR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The Fourth Edition of the Dragonfly Census 2021 will start from Delhi-NCR.<\/span><\/p>\n

DragonFly Census 2021:<\/b><\/h5>\n
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  1. Conducted by<\/b>: World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF-India) in partnership with Bombay Natural History Society(BNHS), United Nations Environment Programme, Zoological Survey of India and others.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Aim: <\/b>To spread awareness about the importance of the Dragonfly species to the overall ecosystem.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. First Census<\/b>: <\/span>The first Dragonfly census was carried out in 2018 which revealed a total of 51 different species of these insects in New Delhi and NCR.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Dragonfly<\/b><\/h5>\n
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    1. Dragonfly <\/b>is an insect belonging to the order Odonata. They are <\/span>most commonly found near freshwater habitats throughout most of the world.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Significance:<\/strong> Dragonflies act as important bio-indicators of the ecological health of an area. As they feed on mosquitoes and other insects that are vectors to life-threatening diseases like Malaria and Dengue.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Bioindicators:<\/b><\/h5>\n
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      1. Bioindicators<\/b> are living organisms such as plants, plankton, animals and microbes which are used to assess the health of the natural ecosystem in the environment. For instance,<\/span>\n