Sustainable shrimp cultivation provides hope for mangrove restoration in Sundarbans Subject :Environment Context: A new initiative of sustainable shrimp cultivation provides hope for mangrove restoration in Sundarbans. There were concerns over unsustainable aquaculture, particularly shrimp collection, after cleaning large tracts of mangrove forests in Sunderbans. Sustainable Aquaculture In Mangrove Ecosystem (SAIME): Under the […]

    Bengal green activist urges PM Modi to save country’s oldest botanical garden from Ganga erosion Subject :  Environment Context: The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanic Garden in Howrah has been highly impacted on its eastern fringe due to erosion by the Ganga River. About Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanic Garden: The Acharya Jagadish […]

    India’s first project to conserve Nilgiri Tahr takes shape Subject: Environment Context: : India’s first Nilgiri Tahr project to conserve the State animal of Tamil Nadu will be taken up at a cost of ₹25.14 crores. About the project: Announced during the Tamilnadu state budget 2022-23. The project will be implemented over the […]

    India is all set to go for its first waste-to-hydrogen project Subject: Environment In the news: Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has partnered with business enterprise The Green Billions (TGBL) to manage its waste and generate it into useable green hydrogen. TGBL’s special purpose vehicle or subsidiary, Variate Pune Waste to Energy Private Ltd, […]

    Water-biodiesel cocktail cuts greenhouse gas emissions Subject : Environment Context: Using biodiesel to run truck engines can help reduce automotive greenhouse gas emissions, but the problem is that biodiesel releases more nitrogen oxide emissions than fossil diesel does. It further has a lower calorific value, which means you need more of it in […]

    Red seaweed promises a green alternative to plastic Subject : Environment Context: National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, holds out hope that biopolymers from red seaweed( Kappaphycusalvarezii) incorporated with nanoparticles could substitute plastic in certain applications. Details: The whole seaweed  Kappaphycusalvarezii(containing carrageenan) was used in preparing the bio-nanocomposite film by blending with […]

    Why India refused to sign Methane Pledge? Subject :Environment Context: A few days back, the government gave a detailed explanation to the Parliament why it refused to sign the methane pledge. It said that fundamentally methane emissions are ‘survival’ emissions and not ‘luxury’ emissions, as in the case of the West. This pledge […]

    Botanical gardens failed to conserve threatened plants despite Rs 48 crore budget: CAG report Subject :Environment Context: A scheme by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) with a budget of over Rs 48 crore was ineffective in conserving threatened and endemic plants in the country said a report by […]