Background: According to the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released in 2019 by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the main global drivers of biodiversity loss are …
What’s the news? The State of the World’s Birds, an annual review of environmental resources published by nine natural sciences and avian specialists across the globe, has revealed that the population of 48% of the 10,994 surviving species of birds …
What’s the news? Palli village in Jammu’s Samba district has become the country’s first panchayat to become carbon neutral, fully powered by solar energy and with all its records digitized and saturation of benefits of all the Central schemes. News …
What are Invasive Alien Species Invasive alien species are plants, animals, pathogens and other organisms that are non-native to an ecosystem, and which may cause economic or environmental harm or adversely affect human health. In particular, they impact adversely upon …
What is the Air Quality Database? The air quality database is a compilation of data on air quality and the concentrations of particulate matters in the air. It was started in 2011 and has since then been periodically updated. The …
Background: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has been constituted under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. NTCA has been at the forefront of tiger conservation work in India. It’s work domain extends from on the ground protection initiatives to science based …
What’s in the news? The Centre has launched a ₹19,000–crore project to rejuvenate 13 major rivers by planting trees. The rivers are the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Luni, Narmada, Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna and Cauvery funded by the …
What’s the news? On World Pangolin Day (celebrated every third Saturday in February), Wildlife organization ‘Traffic’ that works to help study, monitor, and influence action to curb illegal wildlife trade, has compiled data that shows over 1,141 Pangolin confiscations involving …
What is Mangrove? Mangrove swamps are coastal wetlands found in tropical and subtropical regions. Mangroves belong primarily to the families Rhizophoraceae, Acanthaceae, Lythraceae, Combretaceae, and Arecaceae. They are characterized by halophytic (salt loving) trees, shrubs and other plants growing in …
What’s the news? According to some experts, Wetlands in the country will continue to remain vulnerable to degradation unless the government notifies all of them. A “Wetland atlas” prepared by the Space Applications Center of Indian Space Research Organization and …