Context At the 26th Conference of Parties (CoP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow, 141 countries got together to sign the Declaration on Forests and Land Use…
Context The Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA), the first-of-its-kind state-level bird atlas in India, has created solid baseline data about the distribution and abundance of various bird species across all major…
Context Recently, the Union minister of state for environment, forests and climate change said the second tiger reserve in Bihar would be set up in Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary. After Valmiki…
Context Environmental factors like human environmental damage and natural resource crisis were also believed to be among the top 10 risks in the period, the Global Risks Report 2022 stated. Key Findings…
Context Recently, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2021’ prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) which has been mandated to…
The baton of forest restoration in the net zero race Context For carbon sequestration, India must revisit its policy framework and reverse fading participation of local communities. India and Forest…
Context Recently, Two new plant species discovered in western ghats regions in Thiruvananthapuram and Wayanad districts. About Fimbristylis sunilii and Neanotis prabhuii Collected from the grasslands of Ponmudi hills, Thiruvananthapuram, Fimbristylis sunilii has been…
Context The Kazhuveli wetland located near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu has been declared a bird sanctuary by the Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department, and will henceforth be called the…
Context The rare rescue mission led by the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department is an exemplary story of marine conservation like whale shark with the active involvement of the local community.…
Context Recently, the Indian government referred the Biological Diversity Amendment Bill 2021 to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). About Biological Diversity Amendment Bill 2021 The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 was enacted for the…
