Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has started five long-term monitoring plots in the Himalayas to document the impact of climate change on animal world. <br/><br/>The project, funded by the Ministry for environment, forest and climate change, will monitor indicators in species like fish, butterflies, bees and other insects to find how their distribution has been affected by climate change. <br/><br/>ZSI director, Shri Kailash Chandra said, they have very old records and will compare the distribution of species in the past and present to come out with a study report on the impact of climate change on their survival. <br/><br/>The project will run for three years in West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and more than two crore rupees have been earmarked for the purpose. Last year, 262 new animal species were discovered from India out of which 70 have been credited to ZSI scientists. India is home to 94,515 species from the animal Kingdom as on 31st December 2015.