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4th Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation

In News  Recently, the Union Environment Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change highlighted various aspects of India’s successful tiger conservation effort at the 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on tiger conservation. About  The Government of Malaysia and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) has organized the 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on tiger conservation. It is an important […]

Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA)

In News  Recently, the Kerala Bird Atlas (KBA) created solid baseline data about the distribution and abundance of various bird species across all major habitats giving an impetus for futuristic studies. About  It is the first-of-its-kind state-level bird atlas in India. It is arguably Asia’s largest bird atlas in terms of geographical extent, sampling effort […]

Ranking of states on faster green nods

In News  Recently, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)has decided to “incentivise states” by ranking them through a star-rating system based on “efficiency and timelines in the grant of environmental clearances”. About  MoEF&CC issued an office memorandum defining criteria for a rating of State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAA).  The evaluation […]

India State of Forest Report 2021

In News  Recently, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2021’  About India State of Forest Report  It is published every two years by the Forest Survey of India under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.  The first survey was published in 1987, and ISFR 2021 […]

Red Sanders

In News  Red Sanders (Red Sandalwood) has fallen back into the ‘endangered’ category in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.  It was classified as ‘near threatened’ in 2018. It was a moment of celebration when the species was lifted off from the endangered category for the first time since 1997. About […]

Green Hydrogen

In News The government is planning to blend 15 per cent green hydrogen with piped natural gas (PNG) for domestic, commercial and industrial consumption.  About The move is in line with India’s ambitious target of reducing greenhouse emissions and becoming carbon neutral by 2070. This initiative will be part of the government’s National Hydrogen Energy […]

Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting at Furious Rate

Context  Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an “extraordinary ” rate according to new research. About research The research published in the journal Scientific Reports found that mass ice loss from nearly 15,000 ice sheets in the Himalayas is rapid compared with other parts of the world. The vast ice sheets shrank 10 times […]

Desertification of the Thar region

In News  Recently, the Central University of Rajasthan conducted a study on desertification of the Thar region. Thar Desert The Thar Desert, also called the Great Indian Desert, arid region of rolling sandhills on the Indian subcontinent. It is located partly in Rajasthan state, northwestern India, and partly in Punjab and Sindh (Sind) provinces, eastern […]

Samudrayaan Project

In News  Under the Deep Ocean Mission, a manned scientific submersible has been proposed to be developed for deep ocean exploration.   The project is named Samudrayaan. About Samudrayaan Project It is a part of the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ pilot project for deep ocean mining for rare minerals. National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) […]

Standalone Fuel-Cell based Micro-grid

In News  Recently, NTPC awarded a project of “Standalone Fuel-Cell based Micro-grid with hydrogen production using electrolyser in NTPC Guest House at Simhadri (near Visakhapatnam)”.  About Project It is India’s first Green Hydrogen based Energy Storage Project.  It would be a precursor to large scale hydrogen energy storage projects and in various off-grid and strategic […]