Category: Environment Current Affairs

Forest Fires: In France, Greece, Portugal and Spain, wildfire destroys thousands of hectares of land, forces thousands from their homes and kills several emergency personnel. A wildfire is a major fire that breaks out unpredictably in combustible environments such as dry forests or bush and often burns uncontrollably over a large area and length of […]

Great Indian Bustard: Only four Female Great Indian Bustards (GIB) are left in Gujarat. According to a 2018 count, India has fewer than 150 GIBs, of which 122 are in Rajasthan Great Indian Bustard: It is the State bird of Rajasthan and is considered India’s most critically endangered bird. It is considered the flagship grassland […]

Changes In Forest Conservation Rules (FCA) 1980: The Forest Conservation Rules deal with the implementation of the Forest Conservation Act (FCA), 1980. They prescribe the procedure to be followed for forest land to be diverted for non-forestry uses such as road construction, highway development, railway lines, and mining. Aim of FCA: The broad aims of […]

District Climate Change Missions: The Tamil Nadu government has established District Climate Change Missions in all 38 districts. The missions will be headed by the Collectors as Mission Directors. The District Forest Officers will function as Climate Officers. The missions will help strengthen the government’s climate response at the grassroots, said Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief […]

India Has Achieved Clean Energy Targets: India has achieved clean energy targets nine years ahead of schedule, Union Power Minister R.K. Singh said at the Sydney Energy Forum in Sydney. India has installed 162 GW (1 GW is 1,000 MW) of renewable energy capacity, which is 41% of the 402 GW of electricity installed. “We […]

Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF): The Union Minister for Environment, Shri Bhupender Yadav, represented India at the virtual meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), hosted by U.S. President Joseph Biden. The Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) was launched on March 28, 2009. The MEF […]

Azooxanthellate Corals: Scientists have recorded four species of corals for the first time from Indian waters. These new species of azooxanthellate corals were found from the waters off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. All the four groups of corals are from the same family, Flabellidae. Truncatoflabellum crassum (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848), T. incrustatum (Cairns, […]

Open Acreage Licensing Programme (OALP):   Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas launches Open Acreage Licensing Programme Bid Round-VIII Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) along with the National Data Repository (NDR) was launched in June 2017 as the key driver to accelerate the Exploration and Production (E&P) activities in India. Under OALP, companies are given […]

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986: On July 1, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, put out a note, proposing amendments in the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The EPA establishes the “framework for studying, planning, and implementing long-term requirements of environmental safety and laying down a system of speedy and adequate response to situations threatening […]

Red Pandas: The Singalila National Park in West Bengal, will soon get new red pandas. A zoo in the picturesque Darjeeling Hills has started an ambitious programme to augment the wild red panda population. In the first rewilding programme of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in India, the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park will release 20 […]