Sandalwood Spike Disease (SSD): The disease is caused by phytoplasma (bacterial parasites of plant tissues) which are transmitted by insect vectors… Continue Reading

The Chief Minister of Punjab has appealed to farmers not to burn crop residue because the practice could make the situation worse helping COVID-19 to … Continue Reading

Toxins in water, produced by cyanobacteria (cyanobacterial neurotoxins) killed more than 300 elephants in Botswana this year. Cyanobacteria Cyanob… Continue Reading

A report brought out by the World Wildlife Fund notes that on average, wildlife populations dropped by 68% between 1970 and 2016. Latin America and… Continue Reading

The Environment Ministry has rejected a plea from the Ministry of Mines for exemption from forest penalty The Ministry of Mines has requested an ex… Continue Reading

Bt Cotton: It is a genetically modified cotton. It contains the pesticide gene from bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). It has now been grown in the… Continue Reading

Environment Performance Index: India secured the 168th rank out of 180 countries in the 12th edition of the biennial Environment Performance Index … Continue Reading

GS3- Environmental Impact Assessment- Issues with ignoring environmental concerns. Issues with draft EIA : UAPA usage upon criticism MAINS QUEST… Continue Reading

Gs3- Conservation- Issues with Project tiger Does india emphasize more on tiger conservation at the cost of others? Prelims info : 1) Global … Continue Reading

NEWS: Prakash Javadekar, MoEFCC launched the booklet on “Best practices of Human-Elephant Conflict Management in India” to strengthen coexistence… Continue Reading

Context: Collaborative citizen science initiative provides database, helps identify species and lists rescue centres. Details: *The application,… Continue Reading

Context: Bid to turn Shivalik forest into tiger reserve. Details: *The Saharanpur Divisional Commissioner has sent a proposal to the State gover… Continue Reading

Context:Assessment of OIL well blowout impact on environment begins. Details: *A team of The Energy and Research Institute and an accredited pri… Continue Reading

Context:A Division Bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor was hearing a petition filed by one Kirti Nipankar, raising concerns over the lake wa… Continue Reading

Context:Guwahati redefines the term “urban jungle” with 334 and counting free-ranging faunal species living in the green spaces within concrete st… Continue Reading

Details: A news channel in India alleged recently that several private hospitals in the country were “exposed” by a “sting operation” to be… Continue Reading

Details: The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change has issued an advisory saying people importing “exotic live species” will have t… Continue Reading

Details: During 2015, the baseline was 523 lions. Moreover, the distribution of the lions expanded from 22,000 sq. As soon as the State shared the … Continue Reading

Details: The news last week about a pregnant elephant having her mouth blown caused outrage on social media. It’s impossible not to empathise wit… Continue Reading

Details: It points out that reports of poaching for consumption and local trade have more than doubled during lockdown. The report, however, mentio… Continue Reading

Details: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a state of emergency and criticised a subsidiary of metals giant Norilsk Nickel afte… Continue Reading

Details: Whether the booby-trapped pineapple that took its life was intended for elephants or other animals matters little, because such traps litt… Continue Reading

Details: Flooding caused by the south-west monsoon led to 26 lakh displacements, while Cyclone Fani alone led to 18 lakh displacements, followed by… Continue Reading

Details: It said the Rs50 crore in compensation, deposited by the company, would be spent on restoration. It also constituted a committee to prepar… Continue Reading

Details: He said they completly ignored non-chemical measures. Chaudhary said a number of effective non-chemical remedies were suggested by experts… Continue Reading

Details: On May 27, District Forest Officer Nandani Salaria and Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board -Kakinada Executive Engineer A. “On the si… Continue Reading

Details: Surveys show the presence of the Charru mussel in the Kadinamkulam, Paravur, Edava-Nadayara, Ashtamudi, Kayamkulam, Vembanad, Chettuva and… Continue Reading

Details: The threat of locusts, which have invaded vast swathes of land in Rajasthan and entered neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, is bigger this year i… Continue Reading

Details: With wheat harvesting over in the key grain producing State of Punjab, there has been a spike in incidents of stubble burning compared wit… Continue Reading

Details: Among the rare trees that have fallen include the only full-grown kalpabriksha tree in the garden, the mad tree , the para rubber tree , t… Continue Reading

Details: First such invasion since 1992-93: Six swarms of locust entered Madhya Pradesh on May 17 from Rajasthan but have caused minimal crop da… Continue Reading

Details: The invasion of locusts had started from the India-Pakistan border on April 11 and they have now crossed the Thar desert and affected 16 o… Continue Reading

Details: The dissolved oxygen concentration, a measure of the amount of free oxygen available in river systems, “rose marginally” from March 22… Continue Reading

Details: Under a lockdown with summer approaching and with the injunction of constant hand washing as a preventative for the spread of COVID-19, ho… Continue Reading

Details: Forest department warns public against harming bats. We should remember that all wild animals harbour viruses and it is very biased and… Continue Reading

Details: He recommended a “cautious approach” for preserving the “basic integrity of this forested hill slope” that is a part of the elepha… Continue Reading

Details: The Union Department of Biotechnology has allotted Rs.143.89 lakh for JNTBGRI to take up the project. The whole genome sequencing of 1,… Continue Reading

Details: The name given to diseases transmitted from animals to humans is “zoonoses”, based on the Greek words for “animal” and “sickness… Continue Reading

Details: The quality of water in the Yamuna has improved along the Delhi stretch during the nationwide lockdown, compared to April last year, accor… Continue Reading

Details: Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba will hold a videoconference on Wednesday with Chief Secretaries of all States to discuss the future road map… Continue Reading

Details: The quality of water in the Delhi stretch of the Yamuna has increased due to “complete reduction in industrial pollutants” in the rive… Continue Reading

Details: Entomologists say the caterpillar feeds on more than 80 species of plants: A pest attack, albeit confined to a district, has added to t… Continue Reading

Details: The warning came after the advisory issued by the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Wildlife Division of the Ministry of Envir… Continue Reading

Details: I chaired the meeting of standing committee of NBWL through videoconference and approved wildlife clearance for a number of developmental … Continue Reading

Details: The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across the world has focused attention on the seemingly invisible processes that help pathogens o… Continue Reading

Details: The fate of other rivers was not different from the Cauvery. These rivers were flowing with hazardous elements such as lead, fluoride, fae… Continue Reading

Details: The fate of other rivers was not different from the Cauvery. These rivers were flowing with hazardous elements such as lead, fluoride, fae… Continue Reading

Details: Day-time nesting: Later in the day, the unusual phenomenon of day-time mass nesting took place at the coast. As a large number of mothe… Continue Reading

Details: Even during the economic crisis more than a decade ago, the decrease in NO2 levels “was more continuous in time,” according to EEA air… Continue Reading

Details: President will decide whether the planet goes over the climate cliff or pulls back from the brink. The gravity of this moment is not refle… Continue Reading

The Union Ministry of Railways has informed about the applications of Greenco Ratings on Workshops and Production Units of Indian Railways. GreenCo… Continue Reading

Details: “Till onset of southwest monsoon or occurrence of a system in the Bay of Bengal the extended beachfront will continue. This is mainly be… Continue Reading

Details: The Supreme Court has declined to interfere in an appeal filed by the Kerala chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associ… Continue Reading

Details: This is more than 12 times the number who would have been affected without industrial era global warming Stress from extreme heat and h… Continue Reading

Detail: “Every city has different pollutants and the sources also vary,” Mr. Replying to another question, he said water bodies in the country … Continue Reading

Details: A set of key updates to India’s Environment Impact Assessment Act, the law that governs how the threat posed by large infrastructure pro… Continue Reading

Details: “The news is both good and bad for the red panda, whose survival is crucial for the eastern and north-eastern Himalayan subalpine conife… Continue Reading

Detail: • It typically conceives a new embryo days before delivering the newborn from its previous pregnancy. • Female wallabies have two ut… Continue Reading

Detail: Being a pristine zone far from sources of pollution, the measurements are critical to establishing a baseline for pollution loads Black … Continue Reading

A study by scientists at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) states that the black carbon concentrations near the Gangotri glacier rose 40… Continue Reading

News: Protest marking the anniversary of the Punjab Land Preservation Act amendments by the Haryana Government. Details: The event ‘Aravall… Continue Reading

The 2020 year was earlier announced as “BioDiversity Super Year”. Theme: Sustaining all Life on Earth The theme includes use of natural re… Continue Reading

Details: The Eastern Ghats are spread across 75,000 sq. km. from Odisha to southern Tamil Nadu.The region receives an annual average rainfall of 1,… Continue Reading

Details: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met leading experts in the field of environment and sustainability for suggestions on making a … Continue Reading

Details: The CPCB has pulled up the UPPCB for its inability to prevent drains in Kanpur from polluting the Ganga. The inspection revealed the insu… Continue Reading

Politically prioritized the issue of water quality in India. Details: India is on the verge of a severe water crisis. India has witnessed a g… Continue Reading

A team of experts from the UK (United Kingdom), Switzerland and India have discovered the world’s largest species of cave fish in Jaintia Hills, Meg… Continue Reading

In the 2019 World Air Quality Report-Region & City PM2.5 Ranking” compiled by IQAir AirVisual India ranked 5th as the most polluted country in the … Continue Reading

News: A fact sheet has called for long-term coastal planning to preserve intertidal habitats in the region The monsoon in Sunderbans is likely t… Continue Reading

News: No man-animal conflict foreseen on account of water, say officials There was no incident of wild animals straying into human habitations f… Continue Reading

Indian Tent Turtle (kachuga tecta tecta) is a species of turtle that gets its name from its tent-like appearance. Kachuga tecta is found in parts o… Continue Reading

State of India’s Birds 2020 State of India’s Birds 2020’ report has been produced by 10 globally influential organizations. The Environmen… Continue Reading

News: The Musk deer occurs in northern India such as in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. It inhab… Continue Reading

Below is attachment related to Current Affairs of Subject: Environment and Ecology Month: June 2019 to December 2019.… Continue Reading

News: The Gudalur Forest Division’s efforts to track and monitor every elephant in the range has led to a fall in fatalities An elephant is ch… Continue Reading

News: The Indian pangolin, which resembles an ant-eater but dons a thick scaly skin, is hunted for meat and use in traditional Chinese medicine. Ra… Continue Reading

News: It started in 1971 with the noble objective of improving the state of the world, but now serves as a platform for world leaders, billionaires… Continue Reading

News: Five global risks that have the potential to impact and amplify one another in ways that may cascade to create global systemic crisis, have b… Continue Reading

The year 2019 was the second warmest year ever, with 2016 being the warmest, which had experienced a strong El Nino. The global average surface temper… Continue Reading

The United States will monitor air quality in multiple locations across North India to help control pollution levels. The initiative will cover bot… Continue Reading

Context: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister stating the government’s intention to declare the Cauvery Delta region as a Protected Special Agriculture Zone… Continue Reading

Context: Meghalaya’s Directorate of Mineral Resources granting coal mining licence. Details: The National Green Tribunal had prohibited bio… Continue Reading

Context: Scientific study on Leopards. Details: A logical consider on the hereditary examination of panthers (Panthera pardus fusca) over the… Continue Reading

NEWS: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a 490-metre-long barrage over the Baitarani river at Anandapur in Keonjhar district on Frida… Continue Reading

Context: The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan delivered the keynote address at the TERI’s World Sustainable … Continue Reading

Context: 4 of the 11 hydropower projects along the upper reaches of Ganga are violating the e-flow norms prescribed by CWC . Background: E-Flow … Continue Reading

News: • Supreme Court(SC) has allowed the govt. to introduce African Cheetah in a suitable wildlife habitat in India including Kuno-Palpur (Kuno … Continue Reading

• India has successfully achieved the complete phase out of Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141 b, which is a chemical used by foam manufacturing ent… Continue Reading

The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi addressed the 3rd edition of the Global Potato Conclave at Gandhinagar, Gujarat through video conferenc… Continue Reading

Who are straight-tusked elephant? • The straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of elephant that inhabited Europe… Continue Reading

What is International Shark Attack File? • The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) is the world’s only scientifically documented, comprehens… Continue Reading

News: • The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), with help from Gujarat’s forest department, is attempting for the first time a process to restore… Continue Reading

• Country’s first e-waste clinic is being opened in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. About: • It would enable segregation, processing and disposal of… Continue Reading

• Donald Trump, President of the United States, announced that the United States will join the 1 Trillion Trees initiative which was launched at the… Continue Reading

• The prehistoric Wollemi Pine grove, which exists in the Wollemi National Park northwest of Sydney, has been saved from bushfires in Australia. … Continue Reading

• Flagging huge risks to the economy from dangers of biodiversity loss and climate change, a new WEF study on 19 January 2020 said businesses are mo… Continue Reading

News: • Researchers recently reported the discovery of a new virus conceded that the discovery wasn’t a big deal, with new viruses being announ… Continue Reading

News: 146 Irrawaddy dolphins were recently sighted in Chilika Lake of Odisha. The lake has highest single lagoon population of the aquatic mammal i… Continue Reading

News: • India Meteorological Department (IMD) had decided to revise the normal onset and withdrawal dates for the monsoon in some parts of the co… Continue Reading

News: The Environment Ministry has exempted oil and gas firms, looking to conduct exploratory drilling, from seeking an environmental clearance. Th… Continue Reading

News: • The Supreme Court cleared the path for construction of an international airport at Mopa in Goa by lifting the suspension on Environmental… Continue Reading

News: How indigenous fire-prevention techniques are getting popular: Under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conversion Act,… Continue Reading

News: In the Philippines, a volcano called Taal on the island of Luzon; 50 km from Manila has recently erupted. Earlier records of eruption: … Continue Reading

Abstract: The Environment Ministry has relaxed Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules that restrict construction near beaches to help States construct… Continue Reading

Abstract: The Blue Flag Certification is a certification by the Copenhagen-based Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). It is awarded to a b… Continue Reading

Context: A Coonoor-based trust proposal to plant more than 10,000 trees in the Nilgiris. Details: The trust plans to plant trees in order to … Continue Reading

Context: The 2019 wetland bird census. Details: Kaziranga National park has recorded 96 species of wetland birds, which is one of the highest… Continue Reading

Abstract: A waterbird survey conducted in the Upper Kuttanad region has recorded 16,767 birds of 47 continental and local species. The survey, cond… Continue Reading

News: Australia’s catastrophic fire season that began in August last year is unprecedented, and has caused large scale destruction, mainly in New… Continue Reading

Abstract: It allows Forest Department to outsource one of its responsibilities of reforesting to non-government agencies. Forest Advisory Commit… Continue Reading

Abstract: The Ministry of Environment has notified the new Wetland Conservation Rules that prohibit setting up or expansion of industries, and disp… Continue Reading

Once the frontrunner to be named India’s national bird, the Great Indian Bustard has long been on the brink of extinction. The Great Indian Busta… Continue Reading

Overview, A first-of-its-kind rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles will be inaugurated in Bihar’s Bhagalpur forest division in January 20… Continue Reading

Context The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released the data, for the first time in the past three years, the number o… Continue Reading

Context: The Kerala Forest and Wildlife department is adopting steps to arrest rampant growth of invasive alien plants especially tree species like… Continue Reading

The latest India State of Forest Report (ISFR)—these reports have come biennially since 1989—shows forest cover in India has improved by 3,976 sq … Continue Reading

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of December, 2019 is Rs.1,03,184crore of which CGST is Rs. 19,962crore, SGST is Rs.26,792crore, IGST is R… Continue Reading

The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar released the biennial “India State of Forest Report (ISFR)”.… Continue Reading

News: The ‘Tiger State’ of Madhya Pradesh, which in the 2019 census recorded the most number of estimated tigers at 526, thus securing the titl… Continue Reading

Pterocarpus santalinus, known by common names red sanders. Red sandalwood, is a species of Pterocarpus endemic to the southern Eastern Ghats mounta… Continue Reading

Context: Report by the British charity Christian Aid. Details: Assembling its report, from official figures, estimates by NGOs and aid bodies… Continue Reading

Context: The annual flamingo festival in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh. Details: District authorities are planning to conduct the Flamingo… Continue Reading

Context: Crops in Gujarat are under attack from grasshoppers known as locusts that have flown in across the international border Pakistan. Backg… Continue Reading

Context: A six-member team attached to Pathanamthitta Birders has spotted the Bar-headed goose (Anser Indicus) in the wetlands of KaringaliPuncha, … Continue Reading