WMO provisional report on the State of the Climate 2020 Subject : Environment Context : This year is also second hottest year on record after 2016, as per WMO’s provisional report on the State of the Climate 2020 published on December 2, which collected data from January till October 2020. Concept : State […]
TADOBA ANDHARI TIGER RESERVE Subject : Environment Context : A woman was killed in yet another attack by a tiger in Gadchiroli on Friday, taking the annual tally of human victims of tiger attacks in the district to six. Concept : TadobaAndhari Tiger Reserve is located in Chandrapur district in Maharashtra. It is […]
Opposition to inclusion of the areas around Statue of Unity under eco-sensitive zone. Eco sensitive Zones Subject: Environment Context: Former BJP MLA Motilal Vasava has written to the sarpanches of 121 villages around the Statue of Unity in Narmada district, urging them to oppose the inclusion of the areas under eco-sensitive zone as per a […]
Subject : Environment Context : The Rajaji Tiger Reserve is set to welcome the first big cat from Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve on Thursday, in the first such relocation in Uttarakhand aimed at tiger population management. Concept : Rajaji National Park It is nestled between the Shivalik ranges and the Indo-Gangetic plains. Broadleaved deciduous forests, […]
Subject: Environment Context: The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative published a scientific paper on Tuesday on the health and economic impact of air pollution in Lancet Planetary Health, which documents the trends in health loss due to air pollution and its economic impact in every state of India. Concept: As many as 1.7 million deaths […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Ministry of Environment along with the Wildlife Conservation Society, India, has come up with a unique initiative — a “firefly bird diverter” for overhead power lines in areas where Great Indian Bustard (GIB) populations are found in the wild. Concept: The GIB is one of the most critically threatened species in […]
Subject : Environment Context : Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday announced that a 60 per cent increase has been recorded in the population count of leopards in India from 2014 estimates according to status of leopard report. Concept : The leopard population has been estimated using camera trapping method. There are 12,852 leopards […]
Subject : Environment Context :The first rescue and rehabilitation centre for monkeys in Telangana was inaugurated at Gandi Ramanna Haritavanam near Chincholi village in Nirmal district. Concept : Monkeys that venture into human habitations would be caught in a phased manner, brought to the centre where they would be operated on for birth control and […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Greater Chennai Corporation will develop Miyawaki urban forests at 1,000 locations across the city, said Corporation Commissioner. Concept: The Miyawaki method, developed by a Japanese botanist after whom it is named, involves planting saplings in small areas, causing them to “fight” for resources and grow nearly 10 times quicker. It originated […]
Subject: Environment / Social Issue Context: Any exploitation of the North Sentinel Island of the Andamans for commercial and strategic gain would spell the death knell for its occupants, the Sentinelese, a most secluded, particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) who reside in complete isolation on the island, the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) has said. […]