Pantanal Wetlands
Context: The world’s largest wetland, the Pantanal in South America, is at the risk of collapse due to legal land-use decisions and proposals. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: About Pantanal Significance of Pantanal About Pantanal The Pantanal is a natural region encompassing the world’s largest tropical wetland area, and the […]
State of the World’s Birds Report
Context: The State of the World’s Birds, an annual review of environmental resources published recently 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 is declining. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology ( Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation) Dimensions of […]
Level of Ethanol Blending
Context: The level of ethanol blending in petrol in India has reached 9.99%. Relevance: GS-III: Environment and Ecology, GS-III: Industry and Infrastructure Dimensions of the Article: What is Ethanol fuel? Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme (EBP) Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India by 2025 Advantages of Ethanol Blending What is Ethanol fuel? Ethanol fuel is ethyl […]
Project Elephant
Context: At the 16th Steering Committee meeting of Project Elephant, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched a field manual named-Field Manual for Managing Human-Elephant Conflicts (HEC) in India-to guide forest staffers dealing with HEC in major elephant range states. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: Details about the manual Current Elephant Population in India […]
Sloth Bear
Context: Forest officers recently rescued two sloth bears from a village in Jharkhand by the People for Animals organisation. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: About Sloth bear Protection Status About Sloth bear Sloth bears can be found in lowland parts of Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, and Nepal. Sloth bears consume termites […]
India Must Use Markets To Decarbonize
Context Climate change is bound to impact human lives and the global economy at an exceptionally high scale in the not-so-distant future. The solution to the problem calls for government intervention. Relevance GS-III: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Dimensions of the Article Carbon intensive nature of India’s Energy Ecosystem Climate change as […]
Criteria for Heat Waves
Context: India is gripped in the wrath of a long spell of heatwaves that too in the early month of April. Relevance: GS III- Environment (Climate change) Dimensions of the Article: About Heat Wave Criteria for Heat Waves Health Impacts About Heat Wave A heat wave is a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal […]
Gahirmatha witnesses Arribada
Focus: GS-III: Environment and Biodiversity Context 2.45 lakh Olive Ridley sea turtles crawled ashore on the Nasi-II beach of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary along the Odisha coast for laying eggs, marking one of the largest opening day arrivals of turtles at the site. Olive Ridley Turtles The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known […]
Carbon Pricing
Context: Recently, Pennsylvania becomes the first major fossil fuel-producing state in the US to adopt a carbon pricing policy to address climate change. It joins 11 states where coal, oil and natural gas power plants must buy credits for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the […]
GO 111
Context: Environmentalists and activists are criticising the Telangana government for withdrawing an over 25-year-old government order protecting the historic Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs in Hyderabad, which they say will destroy the fragile surrounding ecosystem. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: About GO111 When and why were these reservoirs constructed? Government’s stand […]