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Strengthening India's Disaster Safety Net
This editorial is based on “Two decades after the Indian Ocean tsunami: reflecting on a global turning point in disaster management”...
27 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Biodiversity Credits for Environment Conservation
For Prelims: Biodiversity Credit, World Economic Forum, Biodiversity Credits Initiative, Carbon Credits, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity...
27 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Source: TH Why in News? Recently, California and Washington have approved bans on octopus farming. Hawaii is considering similar action...
24 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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For Prelims: Anoxic Marine Basins, Carbon sequestration, Holocene extinction, Ocean acidification, Coral Reef, Paris Agreement For...
24 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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18th India State of Forest Report 2023
For Prelims: India State of Forest Report, Forest Survey of India, Carbon Stock, Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Areas, Mangrove, Nationally Determined...
23 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Flowers Pollination by Large Carnivore
Source: DTE The Ethiopian wolf, a rare and endangered species, acts as an unexpected pollinator, challenging traditional views on...
23 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Marine Heat Wave Killed 4 Million Murre Seabirds
Source: BBC A marine heatwave (MHW) nicknamed “the Blob” killed 4 Million of Alaska’s Common Murre Seabirds between 2014 and...
20 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Source: PIB Recently, the Ministry of Science & Technology unveiled Kisan Kavach, India's first anti-pesticide bodysuit, that prevents...
19 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Towards Unified ESG Framework for India
This editorial is based on “Lack of regulatory clarity could drive away private ESG finance for India” which was published in Business...
18 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Source: PIB Recently, India's Union Commerce Minister emphasised on the need for equitable responsibilities in sustainable development during...
18 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Agricultural Expansion Threatens Biodiversity
For Prelims: Biodiversity, Chytridiomycosis, Western Ghats, Biodiversity Hotspot, Wetlands, Nadukani-Moolamattom-Kulamavu Tribe, Ecosystem,...
17 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Strengthening Wetland Protection
For Prelims: Wetlands, Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), carbon sequestration, The...
17 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Source: TOI Recently, a significant wildfire, known as the Franklin Fire, erupted in Malibu, California, prompting the evacuation of...
17 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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For Prelims: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Great Green Wall (GGW) Initiative, Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership,...
16 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Manganese Contamination Causing Cancer
Source: DTE A recent study links manganese (Mn) contamination in groundwater to rising cancer cases in Bihar’s Gangetic plains. Elevated...
16 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Source: DTE Why in News? A recent report titled the 2024 Arctic Report Card by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
16 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Source: PIB Why in News? Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) highlighted the steps being taken to...
11 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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For Prelims: UNCCD COP16, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), winter monsoons. For Mains: Issue of...
10 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Source: TH World Soil Day is held annually on 5th December focussing on healthy soil and advocating for the sustainable management of soil...
09 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Reimagining Plastic Waste Management in India
This editorial is based on “A cut in time: On the plastic pollution problem” which was published in The Hindu on 05/11/2024. The...
05 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
