What are Dugongs? The dugongs (Dugong dugon), also called the sea cow, are the largest herbivorous marine mammal in the world thriving primarily on seagrass beds, a major carbon sink of the oceans. They can grow upto 3 meters long, …
What’s the news? The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) founder has warned that the first generation of the reintroduced cheetahs in India may have to be monitored for their entire life and “success will take a lot of time” as bringing …
What is Micro Algae? Microalgae are microscopic organisms found in both seawater and freshwater. They are unicellular species which exist individually, or in chains or groups. They can be classified as eukaryotic microorganisms or prokaryotic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) These microorganisms …
About The Central Zoo Authority was established as a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change by the Government of India in 1992. The Authority consists of a Chairman, ten members and a Member Secretary. The …
About Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on December 17, 2021. The Bill amends the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. …
About Coral reefs Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral. The coral species that build reefs are known as hermatypic, or “hard,” corals because they extract calcium carbonate (CaCO3) from seawater …
About Environmental Performance Index(EPI)? The EPI is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health. It is a biennial index, first started in 2002 as the Environment Sustainability Index by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with …
What’s the news? The country’s delegates expressed a strong intervention at the ongoing climate conference in Bonn, Germany regarding Loss and damage due to climate change is now a lived reality in India that requires massive funding to prepare for …
About Ramsar Convention Ramsar Convention is the Convention on Wetlands that was signed in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar is an intergovernmental environmental treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. It is the only global treaty …
What’s the news? According to the Union Environment ministry, the Central government will for the first time this year present a unified count of the tiger, leopard and elephant populations of the country. News in detail The tiger survey is …