Current Affairs Question - 05 August 2020

Explanation :

• The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) defined the EEZ as a zone in the sea over which a sovereign nation has certain special rights with respect to the exploration and usage of marine resources, which includes the generation of energy from wind and water, and also oil and natural gas extraction.
• The EEZ is an area that is adjacent to and beyond the territorial sea.It can extend to a maximum of 200 nautical miles from the baseline. The baseline is normally measured as the low-water line along the coast as indicated on large-scale charts officially approved by the coastal state.
• The EEZ does not include the territorial sea and the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.
• The EEZ includes the contiguous zone.

Rights of a country in the EEZ

• Explore and exploit, conserve and manage the natural resources (living or non-living).
• Produce energy from wind, currents and water.
• Establish and use artificial islands, structures and installations.
• Conduct marine scientific research.
• Protect and preserve the marine environment.

Explanation :

• The Hoolock Gibbons are three primate species of genus Hoolock in the Gibbon family and are native to Eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar and Southwest China.
• North-eastern India is home to two ape species: eastern and western Hoolock Gibbons.
• Gibbons are diurnal (active during the day) and arboreal (live on trees).
• They live together in monogamous pairs.

Eastern Hoolock Gibbons

• Inhabits specific pockets of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in India, and southern China and north-east Myanmar.
• Eastern Uoolock is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ in the IUCN Red List.

Western Hoolock Gibbons

• Found in all the states of north-east India, restricted between the south of the Brahmaputra River and east of the Dibang River.
• Also found in Bangladesh and north-west Myanmar.
• Western Hoolock is listed as ‘Endangered’ in the IUCN Red List.