Regulator’s guidelines on Rajasthan power lines ‘flout’ Supreme Court orders, threaten the Great Indian Bustard Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: High tension power lines in Rajasthan and Gujarat, from solar plants, often lay in the flight path of the bird causing them to collide, often fatally, into them. More on the […]

    Too many deer at Delhi’s Deer Park, some may be moved to leopard territory Subject: Environment Section: Places in news Context: According to a senior forest department official, the department intends to move between 300 and 400 deer to the wildlife sanctuary to promote ecotourism and curb the possibility of inbreeding depression at […]

    U.N. global high seas biodiversity pact Subject: Environment Section: International  Convention Context: Governments meeting at the United Nations (UN) in New York City reached agreement on key substantive issues for a new Treaty to protect marine life in the high seas. U.N. global high seas biodiversity pact Negotiators from more than 100 countries […]

    Phytoplankton blooms see two-decade surge along world’s coastlines Subject :Environment Section: species in news Context: Huge blooms of phytoplankton microscopic algae floating on the ocean’s surface have become larger and more frequent along the world’s coastlines, according to new research. Phytoplankton: Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a […]

    Seahorse Subject: Environment Section: species in news Context: Extensive fishing off the Coromandel coast could be forcing the great seahorse to migrate laboriously toward Odisha. More on the News: Fishing is less intense in the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coastline. But the shallow coastal ecosystem of the eastern Indian State may […]

    Frog endemic to the higher altitudes of Western Ghats ‘rediscovered’ Subject :ENVIRONMENT Section: Species in news Context: After 89 years, frog endemic to the higher altitudes of Western Ghats ‘rediscovered’ More on the News: The Jerdon’s narrow-mouthed frog (Uperodon montanus) could once be spotted leaping over slippery pebbles or peeping from behind rocks […]

    Forest certification in India Subject :ENVIRONMENT Section: Ecosystem   Context: The certification industry offers a multi-layer audit system that seeks to authenticate the origin, legality, and sustainability of forest-based products. More on the News: Large-scale destruction of forests has always been a concern for the environment, but with climate change, deforestation has become […]

    African dryland trees store less carbon than believed earlier Subject: ENVIRONMENT Section: Ecosystem Context: Study by team including NASA scientists estimates carbon stocks of trees in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa; calculates 840 million tonnes of carbon locked up. More on the News: There are far more trees spread across semi-arid regions of Africa than […]

    Ornamental fish aquaculture to help women in Lakshadweep islands Subject : Environment Section:  Places in news Concept : Community-based ornamental fish aquaculture with the use of local resources is expected to help women in the Lakshadweep islands take a step towards self-reliance. In a first-of-its-kind experiment, about 82 islanders (77 of them being […]

    Global CO2 emissions rose less than initially feared in 2022 Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: Clean energy growth offset much of the impact of greater coal and oil use, according to the IEA analysis. More on the News: Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose by under one per cent in 2022 […]