Earth Overshoot Day Subject :Environment Section : Biodiversity Context: This year’s Earth Overshoot Day was observed July 28, a day before it was celebrated last year July 29 and nearly a month earlier than it was celebrated in 2020 August 22. Concept: It marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services […]

    World Nature Conservation Day: These 5 communities of India preserve ecology in their own distinct ways Subject :Environment Section: Agriculture Context: The theme of World Nature Conservation Day 2022 is “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet”. Forest and Trees: At the heart of land degradation neutrality released in 2019 by the United […]

    Hasdeo Aranya forests Subject : Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution July 27, 2022 urging the Centre to cancel allocation of coal blocks in Hasdeo Aranya forests. Tribal communities and activists have been opposing coal mining in the forests for a long time, fearing damage to its biodiversity. There […]

    Approves advisory for management of Human-Wildlife Conflict across the country Subject : Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: The Standing Committee of National Board of Wildlife (SC-NBWL) in its 60th meeting held on 05th January has approved the advisory for management of Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) in the country. Causes for Human-Wildlife Conflict: Loss of habitat Growth […]

    Africa Protected Areas Congress Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: The first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress has convened in in Kigali, Rwanda to discuss the role of protected areas in conserving nature. Content: A $200 billion trust fund has been initiated to conserve around 8,600 protected areas covering 26 million square kilometres in Africa. The […]