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Why in News The construction of several dams along the Brahmaputra river (known as Yarlung in China) on the Chinese side has become a repeated cause...
23 Nov 2020 Conservation
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This article is based on “Writing on the water” which was published in The Indian Express on 19/11/2020. It talks about the need for a...
21 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News Recently, Karnataka has announced that it would declassify 6.64 lakh hectares (nearly 67%) of the 9.94 lakh hectares of deemed forests...
19 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Anakkayam Small Hydro Electric Project
Why in News Recently, various green collectives and environmental organisations have come together to protest against the Anakkayam Small Hydro...
18 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is making efforts to get recognition of a geopark for Visakhapatnam...
18 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched a Vulture Action Plan 2020-25 for the conservation...
17 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News Recently, the Meteor lake at Lonar in Buldhana district of Maharashtra and the Soor Sarovar at Agra have been declared Ramsar sites, a...
16 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News Recently a group of scientists has reported a new genus of treefrog from the Andaman Islands called Striped Bubble-nest frog. Key...
13 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News The Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, is organising the 2nd...
11 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News Recently, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has included the Panna Biosphere Reserve (PBR)...
11 Nov 2020 Conservation
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High Biodiversity in Ganga River
Why in News Recently, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in its survey of the Ganga river (the main river without its tributaries), has found...
10 Nov 2020 Conservation
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This article is based on “Biodiversity governance” which was published in The Down to Earth on 06/11/2020. It talks about the issues...
09 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Petition for Declaring ESA Unconstitutional
Why in News Recently, a Kerala-based NGO for farmers has moved the Supreme Court (SC) to declare the draft notification on the Western Ghats...
09 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News Recently six blue or hyacinth macaws and two capuchin monkeys were released in the Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden in...
09 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Covid-19 Insurance to Green Soldiers: PTR
Why in News Recently, Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Arunachal Pradesh has become the first in the eight-State northeast to provide insurance cover...
07 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Why in News Recently, the Ganga Utsav 2020 has begun which celebrates the glory of the National river Ganga. Ganga was declared as the National...
03 Nov 2020 Conservation
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Shivalik Elephant Reserve: Uttarakhand
Why in News The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has asked the Uttarakhand government to consider avoiding sensitive...
31 Oct 2020 Conservation
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Translocation of Corals in Mumbai
Why in News The National Institute of Oceanography will carry out the translocation of 18 coral colonies from the coast of Mumbai for the Mumbai...
31 Oct 2020 Conservation
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Habitat Loss of Himalayan Brown Bear
Why in News Recently, a study conducted by scientists of the Zoological Survey of India on the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) has...
31 Oct 2020 Conservation
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Commission for Air Quality Management in the NCR
Why in News Recently, the President of India has signed ‘The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining...
30 Oct 2020 Conservation