Elephant Reserves of India — Project Elephant UPSC Notes
Elephant Reserves of India | Project Elephant | DNA Census 2025 | UPSC | Legacy IAS UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · Current Affairs 2024–2025 Elephant Reserves of India 🐘 33 Elephant Reserves · 14 States · 80,778 sq km · Project Elephant 1992 · SAIEE DNA Census 2025: 22,446 elephants (first-ever DNA-based census) […]
Biosphere Reserves of India & World Heritage Sites – UPSC Notes
Biosphere Reserves of India | Natural World Heritage Sites | UPSC | Legacy IAS UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · Biodiversity · WHC · Current Affairs 2025 Biosphere Reserves & Natural World Heritage Sites 🌍 India: 18 Biosphere Reserves · 13 UNESCO-recognized (as of Sept 2025) · Cold Desert BR = India’s 13th UNESCO […]
Wildlife Sanctuaries of India — UPSC Notes 2025
Wildlife Sanctuaries of India | 573 WLS 2025 | UPSC | Legacy IAS Bangalore UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · Biodiversity · Current Affairs 2024–2025 Wildlife Sanctuaries of India 🦚 573 Wildlife Sanctuaries as of March 2025 · 1,23,762 sq km · 3.76% of India’s land · WPA 1972 Chapter IV · IUCN Category […]
Tiger Reserves of India — Project Tiger UPSC Notes
Tiger Reserves of India | Project Tiger | NTCA | 58 Reserves 2025 | UPSC | Legacy IAS UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · GS Paper III · Current Affairs 2024–2025 Tiger Reserves of India 🐯 58 Tiger Reserves as of March 2025 · 84,500 sq km · 2.3% of India’s land · Project […]
National Parks of India — State-Wise UPSC Notes 2026
National Parks of India | State-Wise | UNESCO WHC | 107 Parks 2025 | UPSC | Legacy IAS UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · Geography · Current Affairs 2024–2025 National Parks of India 🌿 107 NPs as of April 2025 · Similipal = 107th NP (Odisha, April 2025) · Sikhna Jwhwlao = new Assam […]
Conservation Status of Flora & Fauna India – UPSC Notes
Conservation Status of Flora & Fauna of India | IUCN Red List | UPSC | Legacy IAS Bangalore UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · Biodiversity · Current Affairs 2024–2025 Conservation Status & Range of Major Flora & Fauna of India 🦅 IUCN Red List (9 categories) · Red Data Book · Critically Endangered Mammals, […]
National Environmental Legislation Part II – UPSC Notes
National Environmental Legislation Part II | FRA 2006 | NGT | CRZ | NAPCC | UPSC | Legacy IAS UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · Governance · Current Affairs 2024–2025 National Environmental Legislation — Part II 🏕️ Forest Rights Act 2006 (SC case 2025, MoTA defence, 77 lakh hectares) · NGT Act 2010 (only […]
National Environmental Legislation Part I — UPSC Notes
National Environmental Legislation Part I | EPA 1986 | EIA | Wildlife Act | Forest Laws | UPSC | Legacy IAS UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · Polity · Governance · Current Affairs 2022–2025 National Environmental Legislation — Part I ⚖️ Constitutional Provisions (Articles 21, 48A, 51A(g)) · Water Act 1974 · Air Act […]
International Environmental Conventions Part II UPSC Notes
International Environmental Conventions Part II | Net Zero | REDD+ | Arctic Council | UPSC | Legacy IAS UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · Climate Change · Current Affairs 2024–25 International Environmental Conventions — Part II 🌿 Net Zero & Carbon Neutrality · India’s Panchamrit (2070 Net Zero) · NDC vs INDC · European […]
International Environmental Conventions — UPSC Notes
International Environmental Conventions | UNFCCC | Paris Agreement | COP28 COP29 COP30 | Kyoto | UPSC | Legacy IAS UPSC Prelims + Mains · Environment · International Relations · Current Affairs 2023–2025 International Environmental Conventions — Part I 🌍 Stockholm 1972 · UNEP · GEF · Earth Summit 1992 · Agenda 21 · SDGs · […]