CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA), the first-of-its-kind state-level bird atlas in India, has created solid baseline data about the distribution and abundance of various bird species across all major habitats giving an impetus for futuristic studies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA) was an ambitious citizen science project to map the distribution and abundance of birds in an entire Indian state for the first time. A group of birdwatchers, in 2015, took up the challenge as a five-year activity.

Detailed explanation-3: -UPSC Mains Q. Which state/UT has released India’s first citizen-driven state-level Bird Atlas? Notes: The Kerala Bird Atlas released recently is said to be Asia’s largest bird atlas in terms of geographical extent, sampling efforts, and species coverage.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Kerala Bird Atlas, as per reports, is Asia’s largest bird atlas in terms of geographical extent, sampling efforts, and species coverage derived from the aggregation of 25, 000 checklists.