Natural Heritage of India stamps and special cover

 NATURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA STAMPS, FIRST DAY COVER AND SPECIAL COVER

India is a megadiverse country, rich in biodiversity. With just 2.4% of the world's land area, India holds about 7-8% of the global biodiversity. The wide diversity in physical features and climatic situations have resulted in a variety of ecosystems such as forests, grasslands, wetlands, coastal and marine and desert. Forests ecosystems in particular exhibit tremendous variability ranging from temperate alpine to tropical wet evergreen forests. There are 16 major forest types in India. India is also one of the eight primary centres of the origin of cultivated plants and is rich agricultural biodiversity.

This rich diversity is being lost at a greatly accelerate rate largely because of human activities. Ecosystems are  being fragmented and degraded and several species are in decline posing a threat to biodiversity. The loss in biodiversity impoverishes us all, and weakens the ability of the living systems on which we depends to resist growing threats, such as climate change. The loss of biodiversity is inextricably linked to and exacerbates many of the key challenges the world faces in the 21st century, from provisioning of freshwater and sustainable agricultural production, to climate change, regional conflicts and migration due to shortage of resources. Maintaining biodiversity is critical for ensuring sustainable development and human welfare.

INDIA STAMPS & MINIATURE SHEETS

Himalayan Ecology, Date of issue, 10th May 1996

Endangered Species - Turtles, Date of issue, 29th January 2000

Waterfalls of India, Date of issue, 3rd October 2003

Aldabra Tortoise - Alipur Zoo, Kolkata, Date of Issue, 2nd August 2008

Silent Valley - Nilgiri Hills, National Park in Kerala, Date of issue, 15th November 2009

Miniature Sheet

XI Conference of the Parties to the convention on Biological Diversity, Hyderabad. Date of issue 16th October 2012

Siachen Glacier, Date of Issue, 25th October 2019

UNESCO World Heritage Site in India, Date of Issue, 16th March 2020

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

Great Himalayan National Park

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park

Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park

Western Ghats

First Day Covers

International Year of Biodiversity

Beaches of India - Gopalpur Beach (Orissa State), Kovalam (Kerala State), Anjuna & Bogmalo (Goa State), Date of issued on 11th August 1997

Himalayan Lakes

India Special cover

Journey of the Ganga from Gangoti to Sea, Cover issued from Lucknow on the occasion of Fifth UP Philatelic Exhibition, Date of issue, 8th February 1987

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