Posted in National Parks River Tiger Reserves

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.

Posted in Environment Geography Lakes Protected Sites Ramsar Sites

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.

Posted in Environment Protected Sites Tiger Reserves

How Tiger Reserves are notified?

Bihar to get Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary as the state’s 2nd tiger reserve after the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR).

Posted in Environment Treaties and Conventions

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.

Posted in Environment Geography Landmarks Ramsar Sites

Sundarbans as global commons

Experts from India and Bangladesh believe that climate change triggered loss and damage in the Sundarbans, should be seen as a “global commons”.

Posted in Environment Environment Schemes and Initiatives

Offshore Wind Energy

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued tender for construction of India’s First Offshore Wind Projects in Tamil Nadu.

Posted in Environment Protected Sites Tiger Reserves

Tiger Reserves of India – Statewise

Posted in Environment Protected Sites Ramsar Sites Species in news

Cabomba furcuta

Cabomba furcuta, popularly called as Pink Bloom due its massive flowering, has been a new threat to the kole fields, in addition to water hyacinth and Salvinia molesta.

Posted in World Affairs Environment Environment Schemes and Initiatives

UN High Seas Treaty

A new U.N. treaty to protect the world’s oceans was signed by 67 countries to reverse the damage done to fragile marine environments by overfishing and other human activities.

Posted in Environment Environment Schemes and Initiatives Species in news

Nilgiri tahr

Tamil Nadu and Kerala will join hands to count endangered Nilgiri tahr, as the animal is only found in select habitats in the two States.

Posted in Environment Species in news

State of the Rhino, 2023 Report

Recently, the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) published the report, State of the Rhino, 2023 which documents current population estimates and trends for the five surviving rhino species in Africa and Asia.

Posted in Protected Sites Environment

Elephant Reserves in India – State wise Map