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Global Climate Resilience Fund

Context The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) along with the SEWA, and other organisations announced a 50 million-dollar Global Climate Resilience Fund for women.  About Global Climate Resilience Fund: The fund will empower women and communities to fight climate change and help provide new livelihood resources and education. It aims to provide solutions to the problems […]

Save Wetlands Campaign

In News The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’ in Goa. About The Save Wetlands Campaign aims to enable  affirmative actions for wetlands conservation by taking a “whole of society” approach.  Activities involved:   sensitizing people of the value of wetlands increasing the coverage of wetland mitras  building citizen […]

Smuggling of Red Sanders

In  Context A Fact Sheet prepared by TRAFFIC, a global wildlife trade monitoring organisation has revealed  the issue of Red Sanders illegal trade. TRAFFIC was established in 1976 by WWF and IUCN as a wildlife trade monitoring network to undertake data collection, recommendations on wildlife trade. About The CITES trade database has recorded 28 incidents […]

Nobel’s Helen Butterfly

In News Recently, Arunachal Pradesh yielded India’s newest butterfly. About Myanmar, China to India:  A swallowtail butterfly disappearing from its previously known ranges from Myanmar and southern China to Vietnam has been recorded for the first time in India.  It is found from three locations in the Namdapha National Park of Arunachal Pradesh between September […]

Methane Emission

Context The Australian startup Rumin8 is developing a dietary supplement that inhibits the production of the methane using red seaweed as a source of synthetic material. The firm is expected to conduct research on food supplements of livestock to lower methane emissions, which is the highest produced greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. What is Methane? […]

Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) 2023

In News The Asian Waterbird Census 2023 was conducted recently. About  The census was initiated in 1987 in the Indian subcontinent, and has grown rapidly to cover 26 countries of South Asia, East Asia, South East Asia, Pacific, as well as Russia Far East.   It is a citizen-science event that is a part of the […]

M-Sand Projects

In Context  Coal India Ltd to launch M-Sand Projects. About the projects   Need:  Due to high demand, regulated supply, and a complete ban on sand mining during monsoon to protect the river ecosystem, finding alternatives to river sand became necessary. Overview: Sand Mining Framework (2018) prepared by the Ministry of Mines envisages alternative sources of […]

Prospective Renewable Power in India

In News The recent data by the Global Solar Power Tracker and the Global Wind Power Tracker rank India among the top seven countries in terms of prospective renewable power. Key Highlights of Report India plans to add 76 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar and wind power by 2025 which could save up to $19.5 […]

Human-Animal Conflict

Context Kerala forest officials  captured a wild elephant code-named Palakkad Tusker-7 (PT 7), which had been terrorising several villages in Palakkad district since two years.  About Facts Figures Elephant: India has the largest number of wild Asian Elephants, estimated at 29,964 according to the 2017 census by Project Elephant, i.e. about 60% of the species’ […]

Crisis in the Himalayas

In News Recently, Uttarakhand’s hill town Joshimath experienced rapid subsidence (or ground sinking). More about the news Significance of the town: Joshimath serves as a gateway to popular pilgrimage sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib as well as the popular international skiing resort of Auli. Issue: Despite a population of only about 23,000, it has […]