State Animal And Bird: Ladakh: Ladakh has adopted Snow Leopard and Black-Necked Crane, as State animal and State bird, two years after it was carved out as a separate Union Territory (UT) from the erstwhile State of J&K (Jammu and Kashmir). Snow Leopard: Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) act as an indicator of the health of […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
State Of The World’s Trees Report: BGCI
State Of The World’s Trees Report Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) launched the State of the World’s Trees Report. The report warns that almost a third of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, while hundreds are on the brink of being wiped out. BGCI is a membership organisation, representing botanic gardens in […]
South Asian Institute For Advanced Research And Development (SAIARD)
South Asian Institute For Advanced Research And Development (SAIARD): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) signed an MoU with South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD) for ‘Capacity Building on Integrated River Basin Management with a focus on Geospatial Technology in Riverine Ecosystem’. It aims to create an academic platform to engage young […]
Deepor Beel: Assam
Deepor Beel In News :Assam: Degradation of Assam’s Deepor Beel due to anthropogenic forces Human activities which have caused this destruction– dumping of garbage, construction of roads and railways, construction of warehouses, tourism activities This degradation has caused death of elephants in railway accidents, fewer elephants visiting the wetland due to deteriorating quality of water […]
Lead Petrol Eradicated Globally: UNEP
Leaded Petrol Eradicated Globally: UNEP: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced that the use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe. The use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe as per the observation made by UNEP Achieving of this milestone will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths and […]
Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary: Eco-sensitive Zone
Eco-Sensitive Zone Of The Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the eco-sensitive zone of the Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the south-western edge of Guwahati. The notification specified an area “to an extent varying from 294 metres to 16.32 km” as the eco-sensitive zone, with the total area […]
Forum For Decarbonizing Transport – NITI Aayog
Forum For Decarbonizing Transport: NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute(WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India as part of the NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) project on August 23, 2021. NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute India Jointly Launch ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India The project aims at bringing down […]
Smog Tower
Smog Tower: Ahead of its infamous smog season, Delhi got a ‘smog tower’, a technological aid to help combat air pollution. Components of smog tower The structure is 24 m high, about as much as an 8-storey building — an 18-metre concrete tower, topped by a 6-metre-high canopy. At its base are 40 fans, 10 […]
PM-KUSUM Scheme And Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II
PM-KUSUM Scheme And Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II: The Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE) has conducted a review of implementation of Prime Minister’s Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme and Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II and suggested measures for expansion of the schemes. The PM-KUSUM scheme was launched by the MNRE in 2019, to […]
[Impacts of Climate Change] Latin America And The Caribbean 2020: WMO
State Of The Climate On Latin America And The Caribbean 2020: WMO: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released a report on the impacts of climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and the Caribbean. 2020 was a year of unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, forest fires, cyclones and food insecurity for the region. The […]
