SC Judgement On Eco Sensitive Zone: The Supreme Court directed that every protected forest, national park and wildlife sanctuary across the country should have a mandatory eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of a minimum one km starting from their demarcated boundaries. Environment Ministry guidelines show that the purpose of declaring ESZs around national parks, forests and sanctuaries […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Posidonia australis (The ribbon weed) : World’s Largest Plant
Posidonia australis (The ribbon weed) : World’s Largest Plant The world’s largest plant has recently been discovered off the West Coast of Australia: a seagrass 180 km in length. The ribbon weed, or Posidonia australis, has been discovered in Shark Bay by a group of researchers from Flinders University and The University of Western Australia. […]
New Biomass-Based Boiler Technology Launched In India Kurukshetra, Haryana
New Biomass-Based Boiler Technology Launched In India Kurukshetra, Haryana: A new biomass-based boiler technology was launched in India (Kurukshetra, Haryana) that claims to accommodate all kinds of agricultural residue as fuel and can be greener and may also help reduce the burden of stubble burning. Biomass-based electricity is gaining the attention of regulators and policy […]
Eublepharis Pictus
Eublepharis Pictus: A gecko found in Visakhapatnam in 2017, then thought to belong to a known species, has now been identified as a member of a new species. The species, Eublepharis pictus, also known as the Painted Leopard Gecko, has been described in the journal Evolutionary Systematics. Researchers had initially identified the specimen, as an […]
Cheetah Relocation In India
Cheetah Relocation In India: India will be soon releasing cheetahs from South Africa and Namibia into the wild at Kuno Palpur in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh. It will initiate India’s ambitious plan of transcontinental relocation of cheetahs. The country’s last spotted cheetah died in Chhattisgarh in 1947 and it was declared extinct in the […]
NTPC’s Biodiversity Policy
NTPC’s Biodiversity Policy: NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated energy producer has issued renewed Biodiversity Policy 2022 to establish a comprehensive vision and guiding principle for conservation, restoration, and enhancement of biodiversity. This Biodiversity Policy is an integral part of NTPC’s Environmental Policy. NTPC was the first PSU to issue Biodiversity Policy in 2018. In the […]
Operation Rakth Chandan
Operation Rakth Chandan: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 14.63 MT of Red Sanders worth Rs. 11.70 crore under Operation Rakth Chandan. Red Sanders is a flora-species that is endemic to a distinct tract of forests in Eastern Ghats region of Andhra Pradesh and fall under ‘endangered list’ in the International Union for Conservation […]
Non CO2 Pollutants
Non CO2 Pollutants: According to a new study, world needs to target both non-CO2 pollutants and CO2 pollutants to achieve climate targets. Global temperatures are likely to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels by 2035 and 2°C by 2050 if the focus is merely on decarbonisation efforts. The Non-CO2 Pollutants include methane, black carbon, […]
Urban Sustainability Assessment Framework
Urban Sustainability Assessment Framework: Posing a challenge for urban planners, UN-Habitat has identified multi-hazard vulnerabilities, urban sprawl, weak urban mobility and “green-blue disconnect” as the pressing issues for Jaipur city. The global body has based its findings on a sustainable cities integrated approach pilot project, as part of which the “sustainable urban planning and management” […]
New Species Of Old World Monkey : Sela macaque
New Species Of Old World Monkey : Sela macaque A new species of old world monkey recorded from Arunachal Pradesh has been named after a strategic mountain pass at 13,700 ft above sea level. Sela macaque (Macaca selai), the new-to-science primate was identified and analysed by a team of experts from the Zoological Survey of […]
