Gangetic river dolphins
Gangetic river dolphins fall under Schedule I of the Indian Wild Life (Protection) Act and have been declared an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).…
SC directs Centre to declare 10 km area around national parks as eco-sensitive
Context: The Supreme Court directed the Union Environment Ministry to declare 10 km area around 21 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country as ‘eco-sensitive zones’. A Bench led…
Conservation of Species by BNHS
Flamingo Conservation GIANT CLAMS Opisthobranchs Inter‐tidal fauna Mollusca
Blame it on El Nino
The 2015-16 El Nino — one of the largest on record — caused the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years, a NASA…
International environmental agreements
Climate protection 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution 1984 Geneva Protocol on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air…
Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water
The World Health Organization (WHO) on 13 April 2017 published a report, Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2017. This report states that nearly two billion people…
Tropical cyclone- Maarutha
A deep depression in Bay of Bengal has intensified into a tropical cyclone named Maarutha. This cyclone is expected to hit Myanmar on 17 April 2017 and bring heavy rains…
Scientists have discovered a new species of a herbivorous dinosaur
Scientists have discovered a new species of a herbivorous dinosaur that lived about 125 million years ago. The new species belongs to a group of herbivores known as sauropods, which…
Plan for Reduction of Pollution level of Coal based Thermal Power Plants
The Government has taken several steps to modernize and improve the efficiency of coal based thermal power plants and to reduce the pollution level of coal based thermal power plants…
Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world’s coral reefs
Scientists still expect that more than 90 per cent of corals will die by 2050. The world has lost roughly half its coral reefs in the last 30 years. Scientists…
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