Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy
Context: Ministry of Power notified Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy. Relevance: GS II- Government Policies and Interventions, GS III- Environment Dimensions of the Article: About the Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy Benefits under policy About the Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy: Hydrogen and Ammonia are envisaged to be the future fuels to replace fossil fuels. […]
India Lacks Solar Waste Handling Policy
Context: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimated that the global photovoltaic waste will touch 78 million tonnes by 2050, with India expected to be one of the top five generators of such waste. Relevance: GS III- Environment and Ecology, GS II- Government policies and Interventions Dimensions of the article: Details Solar waste management by […]
Why Australia Has Listed Koalas As Endangered Species
Context: Once found in abundance, Australia’s much-loved koalas have now been officially classified as ‘endangered’ after widespread bushfires, drought and land clearing destroyed much of their eucalyptus-rich habitat. Australia’s environment minister announced that the government was upgrading the conservation status of the marsupials from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘endangered’ in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, […]
Kaziranga National Park
Context: Recently a research published, which showed that Kaziranga National Park in Assam, is releasing more carbon than it is absorbing. It also showed that as the planet warms further, the ability of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to absorb carbon would further decrease. Researchers found that Kaziranga absorbed the most amount of carbon dioxide during the pre-monsoon season of March, […]
Electric Vehicles Can Lower Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds in India by 2030
Context: India can slash emissions of volatile organic molecules (VOC) by 76 per cent in the next eight years by swapping all two- and three-wheelers with electric vehicles and all diesel-fuelled ones with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), a new study has predicted. Relevance: GS Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Dimensions of […]
Golden Langurs
Context: Neighbours of a golden langur habitat in western Assam’s Bongaigaon district have opposed a move by the State government to upgrade it to a wildlife sanctuary. Kakoijana Reserve Forest is one of the better-known homes of the golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) found only in Assam and Bhutan and a Schedule-I species under the Wildlife […]
World Wetlands Day 2022
Context: World Wetlands Day celebrated at Sultanpur National Park . Two new Ramsar sites, Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in U.P were announced on the occasion of World Wetlands day 2022. On the occasion, “National Wetland Decadal Change Atlas” prepared by the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad was also released highlighting the changes which have […]
SNOW LEOPARD CONFLICT CASES RISE IN LADAKH
Why in news? There have been around nine snow leopard conflict cases reported in Ladakh during the April and May months of national lockdown where the Snow Leopards have killed or attacked livestock in village corrals, according to the wildlife protection department of Jammu and Kashmir. Snow Leopards getting closer Snow leopards and Himalayan brown […]
LOCUST INVASION
Why in news? Swarms of crop-munching desert locusts entered deeper into Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh over the weekend and are now close to the national capital. Officials have put farmers on high alert and deployed insecticide spraying devices through drones, SUVs and tractors, on 25th May. Why is it serious this time? Locust invasions […]
THE LOCUST PROBLEM
Even as India battles the coronavirus pandemic, four Indian states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat — are facing another challenge : a desert locust attack. While many districts in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are battling the scourge; Punjab and Gujarat have warned farmers that they could be the next. Reports suggest that the […]