Category: Environment Current Affairs

Amrit Brikshya Andolan : Assam Government The Assam Government organized a campaign called “Amrit Brikshya Andolan” aimed at increasing the state’s green cover by planting saplings, primarily of commercial trees. The campaign set out to achieve nine world records during this massive tree-planting drive. The primary objective of the campaign was to plant one crore […]

International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day, 2023: On 16 September 2023, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day, 2023 across all Coastal States and UTs. Since 2006, the day has been held worldwide on the 3rd Saturday of September, annually, under the aegis of the UNEP and South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme […]

Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary: As part of the Surya Regional Water Supply Project, the work on the 4.6 km long underground tunnel for crossing the Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary was recently completed. Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, 75 km away from Mumbai. It forms a corridor between Sanjay Gandhi National Park […]

Red-Necked Phalarope : Spotted A group of birders who visited Kurichi Tank in Coimbatore spotted a Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). Red-necked phalarope is a fairly small shorebird known for spinning frantically on water to stir up small invertebrates. It has a circumpolar distribution and is found in both boreal and tundra zones between 60 and […]

Broadnose Sevengill Shark: Ecologists are naturally concerned when record-setting rain this year altered the Broadnose Sevengill shark nursery grounds in San Francisco Bay. Broadnose Sevengill Shark is a large seven-gilled with a wide head and short, blunt snout shark. It is related to sharks that lived in the Jurassic Period about 300 million years ago. […]

Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary: India is preparing to import a fresh batch of cheetahs from South Africa and introduce them into Madhya Pradesh’s Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary. Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated on the northern boundary of the Mandsaur and Nimach districts in Madhya Pradesh. It is spread over an area of 368.62 km2 […]

Banning Glue Pads For Rodent Control : Delhi Govt The Delhi government has banned the manufacture, sale, and use of glue pads for rodent control, joining several Indian states in taking this step. The ban follows an advisory by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) in 2011 and a subsequent one in 2021 Glue […]

Leopard Sterilisation: The Maharashtra Government has decided to sterilize Leopards for the sustainable management of population for leopards in the State. Gujarat’s forest department has also proposed sterilisation of leopards, especially in and around Gir National Park. In 2019-20 alone, Maharashtra saw 58 human deaths due to leopards—over half the 97 casualties in 2010-18. Maharashtra […]

Red Fire Ants : World’s Most Invasive Species The red fire ant, one of the world’s most invasive species, has been recently found in Europe for the first time, according to a new study. Red Fire Ants commonly known as fire ants, are a species of stinging ants native to South America. Scientific Name: Solenopsis […]