Category: Environment Current Affairs

The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) Initiative: At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, India joined the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) as an Observer, welcoming it as a major step in global efforts to conserve tropical forests through innovative, market-driven finance. The TFFF is a blended-finance mechanism aimed at incentivising countries to prevent deforestation and degradation […]

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary: The Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary has come alive with the arrival of thousands of migratory birds marking the start of the season. It is located in the Chengalpattu District of Tamil Nadu It is one of the oldest bird protected areas in the country as well as in the State of Tamil Nadu. […]

Striped Hyena : Spotted A rare striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) was spotted in the Kali Tiger Reserve in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. The Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is a mammal belonging to the family Hyaenidae. The Hyaenidae family has four members: Striped hyenas, Spotted hyenas, Brown hyenas, and the aardwolf (which is not a wolf) […]

Puducherry’s Innovative Green Transformation: Puducherry has launched innovative, community-driven greening initiatives under IFS officer Dr. P. Arulrajan, integrating science, spirituality, and citizen engagement to double its green cover by 2030.A holistic environmental program led by Dr. P. Arulrajan (IFS, 2009 batch), blending scientific forestry, administrative innovation, and spiritual engagement to expand Puducherry’s Forest and tree […]

Bihar’s Gogabeel Lake – 94th Ramsar Site of India: Gogabeel Lake in Katihar district, Bihar, has been officially added to the list of Ramsar Sites, becoming India’s 94th Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. Gogabeel is a natural oxbow lake—a crescent-shaped waterbody formed by the meandering of rivers—located between the Ganga and Mahananda […]

Khangchendzonga National Park: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently rated Khangchendzonga National Park as “good” in its latest global review of natural World Heritage sites. Khangchendzonga National Park is located in the north of Sikkim. It is a part of the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR). KBR is India’s first “mixed” UNESCO World […]

Black-headed Ibis: A flock of rare White Ibis, commonly known as Black-headed Ibis, was recently sighted in the salt pan regions of Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu. The black-headed ibis, also known as the Oriental white ibis, Indian white ibis, and black-necked ibis, is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae. Scientific Name: […]