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Gangetic Dolphin Annual Census
Recently, the annual Ganges river Dolphin census was undertaken by the World Wide Fund for Nature- India in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh...
11 Oct 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Centre is mulling an ambitious plan to create a 1,400km long and 5km wide green belt from Gujarat to the Delhi-Haryana border. The plan is...
10 Oct 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Big Picture: Eliminating Single Use Plastic
Government of India has laid great emphasis on eradicating single use plastic which has become one of the biggest sources of pollution. During...
05 Oct 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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15 Point Directive to Clean Ganga
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) recently has issued a 15-point directive to the 11-Ganga basin states to prevent idol immersion into...
04 Oct 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Special Report on Climate Change: IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made public ‘The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’...
26 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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At the 74th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the Prime Minister of India addressed the United Nations (UN) Climate Action Summit...
24 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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This article is based on “Is ozone layer depletion a ‘solved problem’?” which appeared in Down to Earth on 17 spetember...
23 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Natural Sources of Unpolluted Water
This article is based on “Pipe dreams, ground reality” which appeared in The Hindu on 18/09/2019. It talks about leveraging natural...
18 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Uranium Mining in Nallamala Forest
Recently Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has granted in-principle approval to the Department of Atomic Energy to survey and...
17 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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India is home to nine species of vultures, but most of them face the danger of extinction. The nine species of vultures & their International...
16 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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UN Convention to Combat Desertification: COP 14
The 14th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) ended on 13th September 2019. Held...
14 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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13 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in the news? India is holding the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to combat...
13 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Big Picture- Rising Oceans, Sinking Cities
Oceans act as a sponge for the ill effects of climate change. They absorb the heat and CO2 generated by greenhouse gas emissions. However, the same...
12 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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National Conference on Crop Residue Management
Recently, National Conference on Crop Residue Management was held for the farmers from the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh &...
10 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat
Recently, an international conference on Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat (ANGAN ) commenced in New Delhi. The conference focuses...
10 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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According to the Centre for Science & Environment (CSE), the three-year average levels of PM 2.5 atmospheric particulate matter (with a diameter...
07 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Recently, the Government has identified 130 wetlands for priority restoration in the next five years and asked states to submit their respective...
07 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Union government in a bid to free India of single-use plastics by 2022, has laid out a multi-ministerial plan to discourage the use of single-use...
05 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Global Tiger Forum (GTF), in partnership with the Governments of Bhutan, India and Nepal, and along with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is...
04 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
