Category: Environment Current Affairs

Pench Tiger Reserve: Researchers released the long-billed vulture named J132 in the Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. It is located in the southern reaches of the Satpura hills in the Seoni and Chhindwara districts in Madhya Pradesh and shares the southern boundary with Maharashtra. It has been declared a National Park and a tiger reserve. […]

Exclusive Economic Zone: Fisher-folk recently urged the Centre to include their representatives in policymaking bodies so that their practical expertise can be utilized, without which the goal of responsible fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) cannot be achieved. An EEZ is an area of the ocean, generally extending 200 nautical miles (230 miles) beyond […]

Dulhasti Stage-II Hydropower Project: A panel under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently approved the 260-megawatt Dulhasti Stage-II hydropower project on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. It is a 260-megawatt hydropower project proposed on the Chenab River in the Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir. It is an […]

Vallanadu Wildlife Sanctuary: The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) population at the Vallanadu sanctuary has witnessed a surge, recording a total of 300. Vallanadu Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Tamil Nadu. It was established to protect blackbuck antelopes. It is a scrub forest Fauna: Blackbuck, Spotted Deer, Bonnet Macaque, Jungle Cat, Small Indian Civet, Black-naped Hare; Rose-ringed […]

Gujarat Became a Tiger State After 33 Years NTCA Declares: Gujarat has been officially reinstated as a tiger bearing state after a gap of 33 years. The decision was taken by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which has confirmed Gujarat’s inclusion in the All India Tiger Estimation (AITE) 2026 following sustained evidence of tiger […]

Long-billed Vulture: The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), along with the Maharashtra Forest Department, successfully carried out the tagging of 15 long-billed vultures at Melghat Tiger Reserve. It is an old World vulture native to the Asian region. They are also known as Indian long-billed vultures due to their comparatively longer beak. It is a […]

Godavari Estuary to Witness 40th Asian Waterbird Census: The 40th Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) along with the 60th International Waterbird Census (IWC) will be conducted in January 10 and 11, 2026. The Census will conducted at the Godavari estuary, including the ecologically rich Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh. This large scale biodiversity exercise highlights […]

Armenia Introduces Official Butterfly Logo for COP17 Conference: Armenia has officially unveiled the logo for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity. At the centre of the emblem is a rare blue butterfly Polyommatus eriwanensis, commonly known as the Erivan Anomalous Blue, a species found only in and around […]

Most Polluted Monitoring Stations of 2024 Located in Delhi-NCR: A new study has once again highlighted the severe air pollution crisis in Delhi-NCR. According to an analysis by the Health Effects Institute (HEI) all of the top 20 most polluted air quality monitoring stations in India in 2024 were located in Delhi and the National […]