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Why in News Recently, the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted an interim stay on felling of coconut trees on Agatti...
03 Aug 2020 Forest Resources
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Sunderbans Damaged in Cyclone Amphan
Why in News Recently, the Chief Minister of West Bengal highlighted that about 28% of the Sunderbans has been damaged by Cyclone Amphan and launched...
06 Jun 2020 Forest Resources
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Why in News According to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 (FRA 2020) report, the rate of forest loss has declined in the period of...
15 May 2020 Forest Resources
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MSP Hiked for Minor Forest Produce
Why in News Recently, the Central government has revised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP). The MSP is the rate at...
04 May 2020 Forest Resources
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Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park
Why in News Bengaluru’s Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBBP), Karnataka has come out with the Animal Adoption Programme to conserve wildlife...
02 May 2020 Forest Resources
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Webinar on Covid-19 Response by TRIFED
Why in News Recently, the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) organized a Webinar in collaboration with the United...
10 Apr 2020 Forest Resources
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Government to Launch Mahua-based Alcoholic Drink
Why in News The central government is set to launch a mahua-based alcoholic beverage ‘Mahua Nutribeverage’ in the market for the first...
11 Mar 2020 Forest Resources
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Why in News Recently, rejuvenation camp for captive elephants was inaugurated inside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR). Mudumalai Tiger Reserve...
07 Feb 2020 Forest Resources
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Why in News Australia is in the grips of a nationwide bushfire emergency which has severely affected wildlife. It’s been estimated that...
23 Jan 2020 Forest Resources
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Species-rich Forests Offer Stable Carbon Capture
Why in News Surveys conducted inside Anamalai Tiger Reserve has shown that carbon storage was highest in species-rich evergreen forest. The study...
18 Jan 2020 Forest Resources
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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 Forest Resources
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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 Forest Resources
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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 Forest Resources
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According to the data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the Amazon Forests in Brazil has experienced 74,155 fires since...
23 Aug 2019 Forest Resources
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The Andhra Pradesh Government has constituted a seven-member committee for fulfilment of norms required for proposing the Godavari Mangroves (Mada...
19 Jun 2019 Forest Resources
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Status of Conservation of Tigers
According to data released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), poaching and electrocution were behind tiger deaths reported in the...
07 May 2019 Forest Resources
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Exclude Tree Cover from Forest Surveys
A high-power committee of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) recommended that Forest Surveys should explicitly demarcate...
09 Mar 2019 Forest Resources
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The Supreme Court has ordered the forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribal and other forest-dwelling households from forestlands across 16...
22 Feb 2019 Forest Resources
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Exotic Trees Eating up Western Ghat’s Grasslands
As per the study published recently in the international journal Biological Conservation, the Western Ghats have lost almost one-fourth of...
03 Jan 2019 Forest Resources
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Living Planet Report released by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature documents the state of the earth in terms of biodiversity and indicates the...
29 Dec 2018 Forest Resources
