Kanger Ghati National Park Subject: Environment   Context: Bird watchers and forest department officials counted 200 types of birds in Chhattisgarh’s first-ever inter-state bird survey conducted in the Kanger Valley National Park Concept: Kanger Ghati National Park (also called Kanger Valley National Park) in Chhattisgarh state  was declared a national park in 1982 […]

    Regenerative Agriculture Subject: Environment Context: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on “Climate Change and Land” listed Regenerative agriculture as a ‘sustainable land management practice’ that focused on ecological functions and “can be effective in building resilience of agroecosystems.” Concept: Regenerative agriculture is a holistic farming system that focuses on soil health, […]

    The battle to bring freshwater turtles back from the brink Subject: Environment What is Turtle Survival Alliance: The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) was formed in 2001 as an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) partnership for sustainable captive management of freshwater turtles and tortoises. The TSA arose in response to the rampant […]

    ‘India will keep importing fertilizers from Russia as long as possible’ Subject : Environment PM Promotion of Alternate Nutrients for Agriculture Management Yojana (PM PRANAM)- Objectives: To encourage the balanced use of fertilisers in conjunction with biofertilisers and organic fertilisers. Aim: To bring down the subsidy burden on chemical fertilisers, which is estimated […]

    Man-animal conflict mitigation team selected for the Wildlife Trust of India award Subject : Environment In the news- An eight-member team from Chinnakkanal that comes under the Munnar forest division, which has been instrumental in bringing down the incidents of man-animal conflict in the region, has won the Wildlife Trust of India award. […]

    India improves maternal mortality ratio, but poorer states yet to make progress Subject : Environment In the news- India has improved its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) — number of deaths per 100,000 live births — to 97 deaths per lakh in 2018-2020 from 103 deaths per lakh in 2017-2019. This is a considerable […]

    COP15 Montreal: Asia must speed up its protected area coverage 6 times to meet the 30X30 goal Subject : Environment Context- Asia is not likely to meet the ambitious 30X30 goal proposed under the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), according to new research released November 29, […]

    Life of Plastic: Uruguay talks inch towards last two days; final decision still awaited Subject : Environment In the news- Representatives from 175 countries endorsed a landmark resolution on plastic pollution at the United Nations Environment Assembly. As a result, an intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-1) was formed for the negotiations and the first […]

    Supreme Court floats idea of ‘Project GIB’: What is this endangered bird Subject :Environment Context- Hearing a plea to protect the endangered bird Great Indian Bustard (GIB), the Supreme Court asked if a ‘Project GIB’, on the lines of ‘Project Tiger’, could be launched. What is the Great Indian Bustard? One of the […]