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Reimagining Land Management for Sustainable Development

This editorial is based on “An expansive land management policy is overdue” which was published in The Hindu on 27/02/2024. The article...

27 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Concerns Raised on Plastic Waste Pollution

For Prelims: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Plastic Waste,...

22 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Gupteswar Forest as Biodiversity Heritage Site

For Prelims: Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS), ‘Biological Diversity Act, 2002 For Mains: Biodiversity-Heritage Site (BHS), Environmental...

20 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

CMS COP14

For Prelims: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Conservation of Migratory Species, Bonn Convention. For Mains:...

20 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Tripling Renewables by 2030

For Prelims: Tripling Renewables by 2030, Renewables Energy, COP (Conference of Parties) 28, Net Zero emissions by 2070. For Mains: Tripling...

17 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Challenges of Sustainable Fashion

For Prelims: Challenges of Sustainable Fashion, Biodegradable, United Nations, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). For Mains:...

16 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Marine Heatwaves in Arctic Ocean

For Prelims: Greenhouse Gas (GHG), Arctic Ocean, Marine Heatwave, Food Chains. For Mains: Marine Heatwaves in Arctic Ocean, Environmental...

16 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

UN World Restoration Flagships

For Prelims: United Nations, World Restoration Flagship Award, Restoring Mediterranean Forests Initiative, Living Indus initiative, Terai Arc...

14 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Perspective: India’s Green Energy Transition

For Prelims: Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana, UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals, Net-Zero...

08 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Gentoo Penguins

For Prelims: H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus, Falkland Islands, World Health Organisation (WHO). For Mains: Gentoo Penguin, Environmental pollution and...

03 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

National Conference on Promotion of Seaweed Cultivation

For Prelims: Seaweed, Medical Food of the 21st Century, Kelp forests, Red algae, Blue algae, Major Seaweed Beds in India, Commercialised Seaweed...

03 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

2500-year-old Solution to Fight Climate Change

For Prelims: 2500-year-old Solution to Fight Climate Change, Isotopes and Radiocarbon, Monsoon Rains. For Mains: 2500-year-old Solution to Fight...

03 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Radioactive Discharges from Indian Nuclear Plants

For Prelims: Minimal Radioactive Discharges from Indian Nuclear Plants, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Nuclear Fission, Implications of...

01 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Acid Rain

For Prelims: Fossil Fuels, Acid Rain, Air Pollution, flue-gas desulphurisation, Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET). For...

01 Feb 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Wild Life Licensing Rules 2024

For Prelims: Wild Life (Protection) Licensing (Additional Matters for Consideration) Rules, 2024, Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, CITES For Mains:...

24 Jan 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Forest Fires in the Himalayas

For Prelims: Himalayan Region, Forest Survey of India (FSI), Precipitation. For Mains: Forest Fires in the Himalayas, Government Policies and...

20 Jan 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Towards Decarbonising Transport 2023

For Prelims: NITI Aayog, EU, G20, Decarbonizing transport, carbon dioxide (CO2) , Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, Nationally, Determined...

18 Jan 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

IUCN Assessment of the Himalayan Wolf

For Prelims: Himalayan Wolf, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List, Ladakh and Spiti Valley, Sustainable...

16 Jan 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Green Hydrogen: Enabling Measures Roadmap for Adoption in India

For Prelims: Net Zero by 2070, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), Gray Hydrogen, Fossil Fuels, National Green Hydrogen...

16 Jan 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Project Tiger

For Prelims: Project Tiger, Tiger Reserves, Pug-mark method, Tiger Census, Camera-trap method, The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, National Parks,...

13 Jan 2024 Biodiversity & Environment