{"id":366630,"date":"2026-07-03T15:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366630"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:09:33","slug":"borjuli-wetland-and-oryza-rufipogon-and-biodiversity-heritage-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/borjuli-wetland-and-oryza-rufipogon-and-biodiversity-heritage-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Borjuli Wetland and Oryza Rufipogon and Biodiversity Heritage Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-item\">\n<div class=\"post-item-cntnt content-box-green\"><strong>News: <\/strong>The Borjuli wetland in Assam, known for harbouring a Oryza Rufipogon variety of wild rice, has been notified as a Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS).<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad_div_maincls ad_div_ads_article_after_featured\">\n<div class=\"ad_div_incls amp_Ad_ads_article_after_featured\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1737632888622-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CIKoz63ltZUDFf7_OAYdAokM2A\">\n<h2 id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/58180893\/After_Third_para_0__container__\" class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Borjuli Wetland<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOIAy_7gdJIHQAV9nB3ZMSfnUDaQxQgIskjt_xFBOzF8MzNNj20-9myWs&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Borjuli Wetland and Oryza Rufipogon and Biodiversity Heritage Site\" width=\"237\" height=\"298\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: News on Air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-description\">\n<div id=\"story-detail\" class=\"story_detail2724429 headlessuser hldAlpha\" data-guid=\"2724429\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> The Borjuli wetland is located in <strong>Assam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Area:<\/strong> It has spread across an <strong>area of 0.41 hectares.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Feature:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is known for harbouring <strong>a disease- and pest-resistant variety of wild rice<\/strong> known as <strong>Oryza rufipogon.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Recently, it has been designated as a <strong>Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS)\u00a0under the \u2018In-situ Conservation and Management of Wild Rice (Oryza rufipogon)\u2019 Project.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The recognition is an important step <strong>towards conserving India\u2019s rich wild rice diversity and promoting climate-resilient agriculture.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"green-h2-box red-h2-box\"><strong>About Oryza Rufipogon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ars.els-cdn.com\/content\/image\/1-s2.0-S0168952507003046-gr1.jpg?resize=250%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Oryza Rufipogon\" width=\"250\" height=\"308\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Science Direct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Oryza rufipogon is a <strong>perennial plant and a wild progenitor<\/strong> of cultivated rice,\u00a0<strong>Oryza sativa.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It is commonly found in <strong>marshes and other aquatic habitats<\/strong> across eastern and southern Asia.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>photosensitive in nature<\/strong> and <strong>flowers during short days<\/strong> in November and December.<\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>seeds have a tendency to shatter as soon as they mature. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is<strong> resistant to pests and diseases and can tolerate flooding and saline conditions<\/strong>, making it a valuable genetic resource for developing climate-resilient crop varieties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Biodiversity Heritage Site<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS)<\/strong> refers to a<strong>\u00a0unique and fragile ecosystem<\/strong> that can include <strong>marine ecosystems, coastal and inland waters, or terrestrial areas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Criteria:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Richness of wild as well as domesticated species or intra-specific categories.<\/li>\n<li>High endemism.<\/li>\n<li>Presence of rare and threatened species, keystone species, species of evolutionary significance.<\/li>\n<li>Wild ancestors of domestic\/cultivated species or their varieties.<\/li>\n<li>Past pre-eminence of biological components represented by fossil beds and having significant cultural, ethical or aesthetic values are important for the maintenance of cultural diversity with or without a long history of human association with them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notified by: Under Section-37 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002<\/strong>,<strong> the State Government, in consultation with local bodies,<\/strong> may notify areas of <strong>biodiversity importance<\/strong> as Biodiversity Heritage Sites(BHS).<\/li>\n<li><strong>First notified BHS:<\/strong> India\u2019s <strong>first<\/strong> notified Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS) is the <strong>Nallur Tamarind Grove in Bengaluru, Karnataka, <\/strong>which was declared in <strong>2007.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest site: <\/strong>The<strong> Borjuli wetland is located in Assam<\/strong> has been latest notified as BHS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total numbers: <\/strong>India has<strong> 55 <\/strong>Biodiversity Heritage Sites (BHS) as of July 3rd, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Borjuli wetland in Assam, known for harbouring a Oryza Rufipogon variety of wild rice, has been notified as a Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS). About Borjuli Wetland Location: The Borjuli wetland is located in Assam. Area: It has spread across an area of 0.41 hectares. Feature: It is known for harbouring a disease- and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/borjuli-wetland-and-oryza-rufipogon-and-biodiversity-heritage-site\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Borjuli Wetland and Oryza Rufipogon and Biodiversity Heritage Site<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-366630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}