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OECMs for Achieving KMGBF 2022 Targets

For Prelims: Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), International Union for Conservation of Nature, World Commission on...

29 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

Strengthening India’s Environmental Governance

This editorial is based on “ Burrow tragedy: On the coal mining tragedy in Assam’s Dima Hasao” which was published in The Hindu...

28 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

Rat-Hole Mining

For Prelims: Rat-Hole Mining, National Green Tribunal (NGT),  Article 371A, Rat-Hole Mining, Coal  For Mains: Article 371A limitations...

28 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

Sustainable Nitrogen Management: FAO

For Prelims: Food and Agriculture Organization, Nitrogen Pollution, Nitrogen, Livestock, Haber-Bosch Process, Ammonium, Air Pollution, Greenhouse...

24 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

Conservation vs Greening

This editorial is based on “Conservation and Greening” which was published in Economics and Political Weekly on 18/01/2025. The article...

22 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

2025 as International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation

For Prelims: United Nations, Glaciers, Equator, Andes, Greenhouse Gas, Phytoplankton, Aquatic Food Chain, Marine Biodiversity, UN Environment,...

18 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

Record Global Warming and its Effect on India

For Prelims: World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Paris Agreement, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Arctic Region, Albedo Effect,...

15 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

India's Groundwater Crisis

This editorial is based on “Make country’s groundwater sustainable” which was published in The Hindustan Times on...

13 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

CGWB Report on Groundwater Contamination

For Prelims: Central Groundwater Board, Fluoride, Uranium, Central Ground Water Authority, Waterborne Diseases, Blue baby syndrome, Jal Shakti...

02 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

IPBES Transformative Change Assessment

For Prelims: IPBES, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme,  Carbon-neutrality, National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP), Swachh...

01 Jan 2025 Biodiversity & Environment

Impact of Climate Change on Water and Energy Demand

For Prelims: Greenhouse Gases, International Energy Agency, Air Pollutants, Biofuel, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Bioenergy, United...

31 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

India’s E-Waste Management

For Prelims: E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, Groundwater contamination, Air pollution, Soil degradation, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR),...

30 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Reviving India’s Forests

This editorial is based on “ Canary in the canopy: on the India State of Forest Report 2023” which was published in The Hindu on...

28 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Biodiversity Credits for Environment Conservation

For Prelims: Biodiversity Credit, World Economic Forum, Biodiversity Credits Initiative, Carbon Credits, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity...

27 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

18th India State of Forest Report 2023

For Prelims: India State of Forest Report, Forest Survey of India, Carbon Stock, Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Areas, Mangrove, Nationally Determined...

23 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Agricultural Expansion Threatens Biodiversity

For Prelims: Biodiversity, Chytridiomycosis, Western Ghats, Biodiversity Hotspot, Wetlands, Nadukani-Moolamattom-Kulamavu Tribe, Ecosystem,...

17 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Strengthening Wetland Protection

For Prelims: Wetlands, Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), carbon sequestration, The...

17 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

COP16 of UNCCD

For Prelims: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Great Green Wall (GGW) Initiative, Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership,...

16 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Rapid Expansion of Himalayan Glacial Lakes

For Prelims: National Green Tribunal (NGT), glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs),  EWS, Hindu Kush Himalayas, Synthetic-Aperture Radar...

11 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Tackling Soil Degradation in India

This editorial is based on “Nourishing our soil” which was published in The Financial Express on 09/12/2024. The article brings into...

09 Dec 2024 Biodiversity & Environment