Subject: Environment Context: According to the latest Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) report, India has ranked third among the top 10 countries that have gained in forest areas in the last decade. Concept: Food and Agriculture Organization has brought out this comprehensive assessment every five years since 1990. This report assesses the state of forests, their conditions […]
Subject: Environment Context: Temperatures exceeded 38C in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June, the highest temperature ever recorded north of the Arctic circle. Concept: This new record breaks the Arctic town’s 32-year record it set on 25 July 1988, which was a sweltering 37.3 degrees Celsius set on 25 July 1988. The town of […]
Subject: Environment Context: With increasing biomedical waste like PPE ,Centre needs to stitch together a national protocol that combines The Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, with the recently released Environment Ministry guidelines on ‘extended producer responsibility’ (EPR) for producers of plastic. Concept: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach under which producers are given […]
Subject: Environment Context: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned India to remain on high alert against locust attack for the next four weeks. Concept: The FAO has three categories of Desert Locust situations: Outbreak: It is common occurence Upsurge: current locust attack (2019-2020) has been categorised as an upsurge. Plague Upsurges and plagues do not occur overnight; […]
Subject: Environment Context: Eco-Development Committees in Nilgiris biosphere reserve are restoring native Shola habitats in places overrun with invasive species. Concept: Cestrum nocturnum plants have encroached on native Shola habitats and do not allow any native flora to thrive. The Cestrum plants, unless completely removed with their roots, will keep sprouting and keep taking over Shola and native […]
Subject: Environment Context: According to a recent World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report, average global temperature can rise by 1.5°C in next 5 years. Findings This is significant as the countries under 2015 Paris Agreement had agreed to try and limit the average global temperature rise to below 2°C by the end of the century. If […]