Sustainable Development Goal 15: World off track on protecting life on land, finds UN report Subject: Environment Context:The overall progress on SDG-15 in at least 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa has reversed and is trending in the wrong direction, according to the Sustainable Development Report, 2022 Sustainable Development Report, 2022: It is a global […]
Does tropical ozone hole exist? Subject: Environment Section: Climate Change Context: According to the recent study, ozone hole is located at altitudes of 10-25 km over the tropics What is tropical ozone hole? A new ozone hole has been detected over the tropics, at latitudes of 30 degrees south to 30 degrees North […]
Ground Water Extraction Guidelines Subject: Environment Guidelines to regulate and control Ground Water Extraction Context :Just over a fortnight after it declared as “illegal” the extraction of groundwater by 2,069 industries, including projects and units of big corporates like Tata Steel, Adani Wilmar and Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) […]
International laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels Subject : Environment Section: Pollution Context: Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent United Nations oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global plastics treaty. An estimated […]
National Decadal Wetlands Change Atlas Subject :Environment Published by the Space Application Center (SAC), the 2022 Atlas provides data on wetland number and extent in 2017-18 and an assessment of change in data since 2006-7 which was recorded in the National Wetlands Atlas 2011. In a marked improvement from the previous iteration, the 2022 […]
Can green technology hurt marine biodiversity? Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: The study, published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution speaks about the negative impacts of green technology adoption that must not be ignored Impact of Green Technology on Environment: There has been an attempt to replace fossil fuel-based plastic with biodegradable […]
A plan that is much more than just planting trees Subject :Environment Section :Conservation The focus now is on ‘forest landscape restoration’, to regain ecological functionality and improve human welfare What is forest landscape restoration the process of regaining ecological functionality and improving human welfare across deforested or degraded forest landscapes The span […]
IPBES 9 Report Subject: Environment Section: Conservation Context: The global assessment stressed that the sustainable use of wild species needed constant negotiation, adaptive management and sustainable use in order to meet the needs of billions. Content: The report stated that about 50,000 wild species globally can meet the needs of billions of people.But, […]