Wildlife Crime Control Bureau Subject – Environment Context – Protecting wildlife: 2,054 cases registered in three years Concept – Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) is a statutory body established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to combat organised wildlife crime. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment […]
Ken-Betwa Project Subject – Environment Context – Cabinet nod for KenBetwa project Concept – Ken Betwa Link Project (KBLP): The Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) is the River interlinking project that aims to transfer surplus water from the Ken river in MP to Betwa in UP to irrigate the drought-prone Bundelkhand region. The region […]
Two plant species now extinct in wild Subject – Environment Context – ‘Two plant species now extinct in the wild’ Concept – Two species of plants first collected by botanists more than 125 years ago from Meghalaya and the Andaman Islands are now extinct in the wild. Classified under the genus Boesenbergia, the […]
Coonoor Ghat Subject – Environment Context – Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife MadhulikaRawat, an Army Brigadier, and 10 others were killed when an Indian Air Force helicopter carrying them crashed into a heavily wooded area of the Coonoor ghat in the Nilgiris in western Tamil Nadu Concept […]
Ambergris- The Floating Gold Subject – Environment Context – The Crime Branch of the Pimpri Chinchwad police has arrested two persons in Pune and seized 550 grams of ambergris, also known as ‘floating gold’ Concept – It is generally referred to as whale vomit. It is a solid waxy substance that floats around […]
Kasturirangan Committee on Western Ghats Subject – Environment Context – Karnataka Chief Minister informed the Centre that the state is opposed to the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats. Concept – Recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee report The Kasturirangan committee report proposes 37 per cent of the total area of Western Ghats, which […]
Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary Subject – Environment Context – Kazhuveli notified as 16th bird sanctuary in Tamil Nadu Concept – The ecologically important Kazhuveli wetlands in Villupuram district is the 16th bird sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. The area has adequate ecological, faunal, floral and geomorphological significance for the purpose of protecting, propagating and developing wildlife and its environment. As many as […]
Limiting Antibiotics Use In Crops Subject – Environment Context – The registration committee (RC) under the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) August 2021 approved the recommendation for phasing out the use of streptomycin and tetracycline, according to the availability of alternatives. Concept – The registration committee (RC) under the Central Insecticides […]
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Subject – Environment Context – The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) has so far disbursed ₹48,606 crore to 32 States Concept – Whenever forest land is diverted for non-forest purposes, it is mandatory under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 that an equivalent area of […]