Category: Environment
Global Declaration for River Dolphins
11 nations from Asia and South America have just ratified a landmark document known as the “Global Declaration for River Dolphins.”
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) | UNCCD’s 1st data dashboard
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) launched first data dashboard compiling national figures from 126 countries recently.
Red Tides
National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) has started the investigation on the issue of sea turning red in Puducherry.
Stubble Burning & Bio-Decomposer
Delhi Government has initiated the spraying of a Bio-Decomposer to tackle Stubble Burning.
Marine Cloud Brightening
Context: Several Australian organisations are investigating the potential of cloud brightening as a means to mitigate coral bleaching. About Marine…
State of Global Water Resources 2022 Report
State of Global Water Resources 2022 report which offers an overview of water resources worldwide was released by WMO recently.
Record spike in aerosol in Hindu Kush region
Hindu Kush-Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau region has been witnessing an alarming increase in aerosol levels, a new analysis by the ISRO’s Physical Research Laboratory.
Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP)
As Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh is nearby Government is pushing Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) to secure the final forest clearance, six years after it got the provisional nod.
Kolleru Lake
Andhra Pradesh Forest Department to prepare an inventory of land use adjacent to the Kolleru Wildlife Sanctuary for declaring it an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) for conservation of the Kolleru Lake ecosystem.
How Tiger Reserves are notified?
Bihar to get Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary as the state’s 2nd tiger reserve after the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR).
UN Framework to Protect Environment from Harmful Chemicals
“Global Framework on Chemicals – For a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste” was adopted at Fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in Bonn, Germany.