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Adaptation Gap Report, 2023

For Prelims: United Nations (UN), Adaptation Gap Report, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), World Bank...

06 Nov 2023 Conservation

Global Declaration for River Dolphins

Source: WWF Why in News? Recently, 11 Asian and South American countries signed a landmark deal in Bogota, Colombia to save the world’s six...

06 Nov 2023 Conservation

International Biosphere Reserve Day 2023

For Prelims: Biosphere Reserve, World Biosphere Reserve Day, Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme For Mains: Biosphere Reserves Main Zones,...

04 Nov 2023 Conservation

WJC Report Links Wildlife Trafficking to Organized Crime

For Prelims: Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade, Illegal Sand Mining, Organized Crime, Pangolin, Rhino Poaching For Mains: Organized...

02 Nov 2023 Conservation

Coastal Adaptation

For Prelims: India’s Coastal Ecosystems, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2019, Coastal Management Information System, Mangroves. For...

31 Oct 2023 Conservation

Ammonia as a Automotive Fuel

For Prelims: Ammonia, Battery Electric Vehicles, Energy Density of Ammonia, Haber-Bosch process, Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy. For Mains:...

30 Oct 2023 Conservation

Rashtriya Gokul Mission

For Prelims: Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Sahiwal, Tharparkar, Red Sindhi, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Krishi Vigyan Kendra , White...

28 Oct 2023 Conservation

Atal Bhujal Yojana and Ground Water Management

For Prelims: Atal Bhujal Yojana, Groundwater Management, World Bank, Water Security Plans, Central Sector Scheme, Ministry of Jal Shakti,...

28 Oct 2023 Conservation

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Data

For Prelims: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Data, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Land Degradation,...

27 Oct 2023 Conservation

EU's Carbon Border Tax: Impact on India's Exports

This editorial is based on “India must strategise against EU carbon tax” which was published in The Hindu Business Line on 22/10/2023....

26 Oct 2023 Conservation

Biomass Co-Firing In Thermal Power Plants

For Prelims: Crop Residue Management (CRM), Biomass Co-Firing, National Capital Region (NCR), Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), Thermal...

25 Oct 2023 Conservation

Implementing Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

For Prelims: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem...

25 Oct 2023 Conservation

Marine Cloud Brightening

For Prelims: Marine cloud brightening, Coral bleaching, Global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. For Mains:...

24 Oct 2023 Conservation

SDG Summit 2023

For Prelims: SDG Summit 2023, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Addis Ababa Action Agenda, Debt Swaps, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk...

23 Oct 2023 Conservation

Reimagining EIA For Himalayan Region

This editorial is based on “The Indian Himalayan Region needs its own EIA” which was published in The Hindu on 17/10/2023. It talks...

21 Oct 2023 Conservation

Drought in the Amazon Rainforest

For Prelims: Amazon Rainforest, El Niño, Greenhouse gases, Amazon river dolphins For Mains: Environment Pollution and Degradation,...

21 Oct 2023 Conservation

Arabian Leopards and Wolves

Source: DTE Why in News? At present times, both the Arabian wolf and Arabian leopard are critically endangered, with the leopard having lost 98% of...

17 Oct 2023 Conservation

Methane Mitigation to Combat Global Warming

For Prelims: Methane, International Energy Agency, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition For...

17 Oct 2023 Conservation

Large Ozone Hole Detected Over Antarctica

For Prelims: Ozone hole, Volcanic eruptions in Tonga, Greenhouse gas effect, Montreal Protocol, World Ozone Day For Mains: Mechanism Behind Ozone...

16 Oct 2023 Conservation

Dancing Frogs

Source: DTE Why in News? Recently, the Wildlife Trust of India has assessed the 2nd edition of the Global Amphibian Assessment coordinated by the...

12 Oct 2023 Conservation