Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) Subject – Environment Context – On New Year, fourth incident of a tiger straying into the islands Concept – Sundarban is the largest deltaic region of the world and encompasses over hundreds of islands (105), with a maze of innumerable rivers, rivulets, and creeks. The name ‘Sundarban’ means “beautiful […]
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Subject – Environment Context – Policemen on duty at the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve police station faced an unusual threat on Wednesday night when a female elephant and her calf raided the premises. Concept – Name Location Features Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Located in the Palakkad District of Kerala. It is a […]
Cropland Expansion Subject – Environment Context – Half of global cropland expansion replaced natural vegetation and tree cover: Study Concept – Cropland area across the world increased 9 per cent and cropland net primary production (NPP) by 25 per cent from 2003-2019, according to a new study. The growth was primarily due to […]
Pulicat Lake Subject – Environment Context – Lime shell mining activities carried out in and around Pulicat Lake are destroying the wetland’s mudflat habitats. Concept – Pulicat Lake is a unique waterbody that is situated along the east coast of India and sprawls across Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It lies majorly in […]
Lantana Subject – Environment Context – Plans afoot to uproot lantana from BRT reserve, Bandipur Concept – It is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous […]
Mangroves Subject – Environment Context – Deepen understanding of Indian mangrove ecosystems, says mangrove scientist Concept – Mangroves are the plant communities occurring in inter-tidal zones along the coasts of tropical and subtropical countries. Mangrove forests perform multiple ecological functions such as production of woody trees; provision of habitat, food, and spawning grounds […]
Forest Rights Act (FRA) Subject – Environment Context – The Forest Rights Act (FRA) has been in existence for 15 years Concept – History of forest laws In the colonial era, the British diverted abundant forest wealth of the nation to meet their economic needs. While procedure for settlement of rights was provided under statutes such as the Indian Forest Act, 1927, these were hardly […]
Ozone Layer Subject – Environment Context – Ozone-destroying greenhouse gas emissions from China increased significantly: Study Concept – Emissions of industrially produced chlorocarbon, dichloromethane (CH2Cl2), increased in China from 2011-2019, a new study established. Short-lived halogenated substances (VSLS) such as dichloromethane have an atmospheric lifetime shorter than six months. Dichloromethane has been identified […]