Rhinocerous Subject – Environment Context – Assam to destroy nearly 2,500 rhino horns; to preserve few as exhibits Concept – The Assam cabinet decided to destroy over 2,000 rhino horns which have been preserved in government treasuries across the state during the past four decades. The horns, which were seized from poachers and […]
Mura-Drava-Danube (MDD) Subject – Environment Context – UNESCO declares world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve in ‘Amazon of Europe’ Concept – The UNESCO September 15, 2021, designated Mura-Drava-Danube (MDD) as the world’s first ‘five-country biosphere reserve’, according to a statement by the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature. The biosphere reserve covers 700 kilometres […]
Climate Change Subject – Environment Context – Climate change is real: India received 129% over normal rainfall September 14 Concept – Some 48 per cent of India’s total geographical area received ‘large excess’ rainfall September 14, 2021 according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) rainfall data. The country, as a whole, received 129 […]
Forest Rights Act 2006 Subject – Environment Context – Finally, J&K tribal population to get their due Concept – After a long delay, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to implement the Forest Rights Act, 2006, which will elevate the socio-economic status of a sizeable section of the 14 lakh population of […]
Bandipur Tiger Reserve Subject – Environment Context – Tiger, injured in fight with porcupine, dies of wounds caused by snare in Bandipur reserve Concept – To know about Bandipur Tiger Reserve, please click here.
Black Tigers Subject – Environment Context – NCBS study of ‘black tigers’ has shed light on genetic mystery. Concept – Black tigers — the tigers whose stripes are almost fused together in patches threatening to obliterate parts of their burnished orange coats. An estimated 37% of Panthera tigris in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (in eastern India) are pseudomelanistic, characterised by […]
Groundwater Contamination Subject – Environment Context – Not just groundwater, flouride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal. Concept – West Bengal has been grappling with groundwater contamination for decades. About 12 per cent of the population in eight of the state’s 23 districts is impacted by water contaminated by fluoride. Groundwater in […]
Thawing Permafrost Subject – Environment Context – Thawing permafrost cause another pandemic Concept – The latest IPCC report has warned that increasing global warming will result in reductions in Arctic permafrost and the thawing of the ground is expected to release greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide. Defined as ground (soil, rock […]