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Demand for Declaration of Goa Sanctuaries as Tiger Reserve
Why in News Activists and politicians from Goa have demanded that certain areas in wildlife sanctuaries of the state be notified as a tiger...
10 Jan 2020 Conservation
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Panel Approves Scheme to Trade in Forests
Why in News Recently, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has approved the Green Credit Scheme. It will allow the Forest Department to outsource the...
10 Jan 2020 Conservation
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Why in news? Kerala has decided to use the Japanese Miyawaki method of afforestation. Earlier, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana and some other...
10 Jan 2020 Conservation
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Mandatory Re-grassing After Mining: SC
Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court of India ordered the government to include re-grassing of mined areas as a mandatory condition in every...
09 Jan 2020 Conservation
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Railways Plans Hydrogen-Powered Engine by 2021
Why in News During the 107th Indian Science Congress, the Indian Railways has announced that it will build a hydrogen-powered rail engine by the end...
08 Jan 2020 Conservation
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The Great Indian Bustard is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world. Scientific Name: Ardeotis nigriceps Habitat: Dry grasslands and...
07 Jan 2020 Conservation
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This article is based on “Art of Science Diplomacy” which was published in The Indian Express on 04/01/2020. It talks about the...
04 Jan 2020 Conservation
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Reduced Tiger Mortality in 3 Years
Why in News According to the Ministry of Forest Environment and Climate Change (MoEFCC), the number of tiger deaths in 2019 has decreased for the...
03 Jan 2020 Conservation
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Kerala to Curb Alien Plants’ Growth
Why in News The Kerala Government is planning to arrest the rampant growth of invasive plants, especially Senna spectabilis, in the forest areas of...
02 Jan 2020 Conservation
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One-fifth of the Country’s Forests Prone to Fire
Why in News Recently, the 2019 report by Forest Survey of India (FSI) was released. It states that about 21.40% of forest cover in India is prone to...
01 Jan 2020 Conservation
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25th Conference of Parties- Madrid Talks
This article is based on “Saving the planet - in three acts” and “Why ‘carbon market’ is debated”. It talks...
31 Dec 2019 Conservation
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India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019
Why in News The Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change has released the India State of Forest Report (ISFR), 2019. ISFR is a...
31 Dec 2019 Conservation
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Why in News Recently, a red sand boa snake (Eryx johnii), worth around ₹1.25 crore, was rescued from five persons, who were trying to sell it in...
30 Dec 2019 Conservation
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Elephant Colony in Bandhavgarh
Why in News For the first time, Bandhavgarh Reserve forest located in Madhya Pradesh (MP), has a colony of elephants who migrated from Chhattisgarh...
30 Dec 2019 Conservation
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The tailless Hoolock Gibbon is the only ape found in India. The primate is native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India and Southwest China. The...
26 Dec 2019 Conservation
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Amur falcons, the world’s longest travelling raptors start travelling with the onset of winters. The raptors breed in southeastern Siberia...
26 Dec 2019 Conservation
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Bar-headed Goose Spotted in Kerala
Why in News A Bar-headed Goose has been spotted in the wetlands of Karingali Puncha in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala. In general, large...
26 Dec 2019 Conservation
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Why in News The first annual meeting of the State Nodal Agencies implementing the National Green Corps Ecoclub programme was recently organized by...
24 Dec 2019 Conservation
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Assessment of Plastics Along the West Coast of India
Why in News Recently, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) conducted a study which states that beaches in Maharashtra are more polluted with...
23 Dec 2019 Conservation
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Why in News In the background of the failure of the global community to reach any agreement in the recently concluded COP 25, the European Union (EU)...
21 Dec 2019 Conservation
