Deep Sea Mining
Focus: GS III- Environment and Ecology Why in News? Recently, the Minister of State of Science & Technology presented a national science award to Indian scientists who conducted the world’s first locomotive trials of a deep-sea mining system in the central Indian ocean. About Deep Sea Mining The deep sea is the region of the […]
The Destiny of the Lions and The History of the Cheetas
Context Beginning in August 2022, four male and four female African cheetahs will be imported from Namibia, and another 12 from South Africa. These cheetahs are intended for soft release in a compartmentalised enclosure (500 hectare) ready at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh (carrying capacity of 21 cheetahs) to reintroduce the cheetah into its […]
Forest Rights Act 2006
Context: While many States are nowhere near completing implementation of the historic Act, Odisha is aiming for a full rollout by 2024. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology Dimensions of the Article: About Forest Rights Act, 2006 Importance of Forest Rights Act, 2006: Challenges About Forest Rights Act, 2006 Schedule Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers […]
5 New Ramsar Site In India
Context: India has added five more Ramsar sites, or wetlands of international importance, bringing the number of such sites in the country to 54 These are the Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest and Pichavaram Mangrove in Tamil Nadu, the Sakhya Sagar in Madhya Pradesh and the Pala Wetlands in Mizoram. Relevance: GS III- Environment […]
Human-Elephant Conflicts
Context: As per the data released by the Minister of State for Forest, Environment and Climate Change, between 2018-19 and 2020-21, 222 elephants were killed by electrocution across the country, 45 by trains, 29 by poachers and 11 by poisoning. Among tigers, too, 29 were killed by poaching between 2019 and 2021, while 197 tiger […]
About The Snow leopard
Context: A recent study by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) on snow leopard (Panthera uncia) has thrown up interesting insights on the elusive mountain cat and its prey species. The study under the National Mission on Himalayan Studies revealed a strong link between habitat use by snow leopard and its prey species Siberian ibex […]
Environmental Impact Assessment
Context: The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has notified amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Rules, making several exemptions to gaining environmental clearance. In order to analyse (and subsequently mitigate) a project or activity’s possible negative consequences on the ecology of a region, the MoEFCC promulgated a new EIA Notification in […]
Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022
Context The Lok Sabha postponed consideration and passage of the Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022, because the Opposition benches were empty due to ongoing protests outside Parliament. Relevance GS Paper 3- Environment conservation Mains Question Do you know about India’s two operational research stations in Antarctica, Maitri and Bharati? Answer in the context of the Antarctic […]
European Heat Waves
Context The United Kingdom experienced its highest temperature ever recorded, surpassing 40°C. Temperatures in parts of France, Spain, and Portugal ranged from 42 to 46 degrees. Relevance GS Paper 3: Climate Change Mains Question Heat waves are among the most dangerous natural hazards, and their frequency and intensity will increase in the twenty-first century as a […]
Heat Wave In Eupore
Context: Large swathes of Europe, the U.K. and the U.S. are sweltering under extreme heat wave conditions. Devastation due to extreme weather has been particularly acute in western Europe, which has been hit by raging wildfires, drought, and hundreds of heat-related deaths, ringing alarm bells about a looming climate emergency. Relevance: GS III- Environment and […]