Tadoba­Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) Subject – Environment Context – ₹15 lakh compensation for kin of forest guard killed by tigress in TATR. Concept – Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is located in Chandrapur district in Maharashtra. It is Maharashtra’s oldest and largest national park. It is one of India’s 50 “Project Tiger” – Tiger reserves. Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve was established as the second […]

    Carbon Credits Subject – Environment Context – The Glasgow pact recently signed at COP26 deals with many issues of the Paris Agreement, such as finance, reporting of climate actions, transparency in climate actions, and rules for creating global market for trading in carbon offsets (carbon credits). Concept – Carbon credit is a financial […]

    Amazon Rain forests Subject – Environment Context – Amazon deforestation surges to worst in 15 years Concept – To know more about Amazon Rain Forests, please refer July 2021 DPN.

    Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal Subject – Environment Context – Ahmedabad: Vessel containing ‘hazardous substances’ intercepted, brought to Mundra Port Concept – The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal first came into force in 1992. The […]

    The 1999 Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone Subject – Environment Context – Rising ammonia levels in West Africa linked to biomass burning Concept – The Protocol sets national emission ceilings for 2010 up to 2020 for four pollutants: sulphur (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ammonia […]

    Ammonia Subject – Environment Context – Rising ammonia levels in West Africa linked to biomass burning Concept – Its chemical formula is NH3. It is a colourless gas and is used as an industrial chemical in the production of fertilisers, plastics, synthetic fibres, dyes and other products. More than 80 per cent of […]

    Assam notified Raimona and Dihing Patkai National Park Subject – Environment Context – Assam has become the second state in the country to have the highest number of National Parks after Madhya Pradesh. Raimona and Dihing Patkai National Parks have been formally notified, adding to Assam’s total tally of seven National Parks. The […]

    COP26 Coal Reference Subject – Environment Context – Unfairly blamed for diluting COP26 coal reference: Official Concept – India said it was being “unfairly blamed” for getting a reference to a “phase out” of coal in the COP26 final agreement changed to “phase down”, claiming that all it had done was to borrow […]