Community Forest Rights
Context: Recently, residents of Karipani and Budra villages in Chhattisgarh carried out a massive afforestation drive over 100 acres, as it was the last-ditch effort of the villagers to secure rights over their forest land. As many as 10 villages in protected areas of the state received the Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) titles on Adivasi Divas observed […]
About Indian Rhinoceros
Context: Three lifeless rhinos have risen from the ashes of the most conspicuous part of the herbivore, at the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. Relevance: Prelims, GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Conservation of Environment and Ecology, Protected Areas, Species in news) Dimensions of the Article: About Indian rhinoceros Status of Rhinoceros in India Indian Rhino […]
International Argo Program
Context: The International Argo Program system to observe carbon concentration in the world’s oceans is extremely inadequate to meet the growing and urgent need for information on oceanic carbon, says a report. Relevance: GS III: Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: What is Argo? What are its aims? How does it work? What is […]
What Is Carbon dating?
Context: A district court in Varanasi allowed a petition seeking carbon dating of the structure inside the Gyanvapi mosque that the Hindu side has claimed is a ‘Shivling’. Relevance: GS II: Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: What is carbon dating? What about non-living things? Is there anything that cannot be dated? What is […]
What is Stubble Burning?
Context: Recently, the Delhi government announced that it would spray Pusa bio-decomposer free of cost over 5,000 acres of paddy fields in the city as this would help in controlling stubble burning and air pollution during winter. Relevance: GS III: Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: About Pusa Bio-Decomposer What is stubble burning? Effects […]
Green Fins Hub
Context: The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has launched the Green Fins Hub, a global digital platform to give sustainable marine tourism a ‘major boost’. Relevance: GS III: Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: Green Fins Hub Membership of Green Fins Hub Green Fins Hub The Green Fins Global Hub will be a first-of-its-kind […]
What Are the Big Seven Cats?
Context: The cheetah, which is being re-introduced to India from Africa, is not to be confused with the leopard, which too has spots that look somewhat similar. Here’s a list of members of the ‘cat’ genus Panthera, Puma, and Acinonyx. Relevance: GS III: Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: Panthera Lion Jaguar Leopard Snow […]
Cheetah Back In India
Context: Over 70 years after it went extinct in India, the cheetah will return to the country. Relevance: GS III: Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: What caused the extinction of cheetahs in India? Why is the cheetah being brought back? How was Kuno National Park chosen for the translocation? What are the future […]
Unseen Consequences Growing Water Crisis of India’s
Context The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022 (UN WWDR 2022) of UNESCO has encapsulated global concern about the sharp increase in freshwater withdrawal from streams, lakes, aquifers, and man-made reservoirs, impending water stress, and water scarcity being experienced in various parts of the world. The report “Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible” describes the […]
Understanding Compensatory Afforestation
Context: The Union Environment Ministry is likely to allow compensatory afforestation (CA) for development projects executed in the Capital in neighbouring States due to shortage of land in Delhi. Relevance: GS-III: Environment and Ecology (Conservation of Environment and Ecology), GS-II: Governance (Governmental Policies and Initiatives) Dimensions of the Article: Understanding Compensatory Afforestation About the CAF […]