Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India Subject : Environment Section :Places in news About Cold Desert Cultural Landscape: The Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India is situated in the Himalayas and stretches from Ladakh (J&K) in the north to Kinnaur (H.P.) in the south. The region constitutes a Cold Desert biome with harsh […]
Lead poisoning Subject :Environment Section: Pollution Context: Lead poisoning is a huge public health concern for India. More on the News: Half the children in India report high blood lead levels, reveals a 2020 report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Pure Earth, a US-based environmental health non-profit. In terms of average […]
G20 for greater climate finance support for farmers, suggests incentives Subject : Environment Section: Climate Change Context: The G20 meeting also discussed the impact of climate change on agriculture and its productivity. The G-20 members have stressed on the need to boost climate finance to support farmers who make an effort to mitigate […]
Green finance Subject: Environment Section : Climate change Context: Green finance is fast emerging as a priority for public policy. Green finance Green finance refers to the financial arrangements that are specific to the use for projects that are environmentally sustainable or projects that adopt the aspects of climate change. Environmentally sustainable projects […]
Farmers accuse a pesticide production company for distorting their crops Subject: Environment Section : Pollution Context: Cotton farmers of Bharuch district in Gujarat have accused Meghmani Organics Limited for causing deformities and distortions to their crops. More on the News: During the cotton farming season of 2021, over 18000 farmers from 280 villages […]
Debt-for-nature swaps Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: With many developing nations facing a triple whammy of rising debt loads, climate change and nature loss, conservationists say the answer could lie with a financial instrument enabling them to tackle all three at once: “debt-for-environment swaps”. More on the News: The world’s poorest countries […]
Himalayan plunder: Ecology changing for the worse due to loss of forest cover, drying springs Subject : Environment Section: Ecosystem Context: Whether caused by natural forces or due to human activities, land subsidence, landslides, soil erosion, drying springs and changing river courses have relegated the Himalayan ecology from being pristine to perishing and […]
Industrial aerosols contribution to global cooling Subject : Environment Section :Pollution Context: How much do industrial aerosols contribute to global cooling? New study offers clues. More on the News: Inactive volcanoes contributed 66 per cent of sulphate emissions, known to cool the planet, in the preindustrial era, suggesting they were more abundant than […]
As a heatwave spectre hangs again over India’s wheat harvest, its home-grown crop simulation model can help Subject :Environment Section: Agriculture Context: InfoCrop, available for free on IARI’s website, can forecast climate impact on farm yield in real time. More on the News: Currently, the country does not have a system to forecast […]