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Exotic Trees Eating up Western Ghat’s Grasslands
As per the study published recently in the international journal Biological Conservation, the Western Ghats have lost almost one-fourth of...
03 Jan 2019 Conservation
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Living Planet Report released by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature documents the state of the earth in terms of biodiversity and indicates the...
29 Dec 2018 Conservation
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Fee to Promote Conservation of Groundwater
In a bid to promote conservation of groundwater, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has notified a Water Conservation Fee (WCF) that...
14 Dec 2018 Conservation
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Last Updated: July 2022 What is National Green Tribunal (NGT)? It is a specialised body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act (2010) for...
11 Dec 2018 Conservation
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07 Dec 2018 Conservation
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Last Updated: August 2022 For Prelims: Climate Finance, COP 26, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
07 Dec 2018 Conservation
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Rendering The Perennial Lifeless
(The editorial is based on the article “Rendering the Perennial Lifeless” which appears in EPW on 1st December 2018.) The pollution...
03 Dec 2018 Conservation
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30 Nov 2018 Conservation
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Last Updated: August 2022 For Prelims: Eco Sensitive Zones, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, National Wildlife Action Plan, National Park,...
30 Nov 2018 Conservation
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Andaman & Nicobar Islands’ Rich Faunal Diversity
A recent publication by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) titled Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones: Islands of India, has for the first time...
26 Nov 2018 Conservation
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UN Environment Award for India
Nine institutions and individuals from across Asia have been recognized by the United Nations, USAID, Interpol, and the Freeland Foundation for...
23 Nov 2018 Conservation
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In a first, eight captive-reared critically endangered white-backed vultures will be released with tracking devices. The Vultures were bred in the...
12 Nov 2018 Conservation
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Bannerghatta Park’s Eco-Sensitive Zone Reduced
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) had issued a new draft notification for Bannerghatta National Park (BNP), nearly 2.5 years after the...
10 Nov 2018 Conservation
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The Central Zoo Authority has opposed the move to shift a tigress captured from Odisha’s Satkosia Tiger Reserve to Nandankanan Zoological...
09 Nov 2018 Conservation
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recently released Living Planet Report 2018 along with Living Planet Index. The report also explores three other...
02 Nov 2018 Conservation
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China Lifts Ban on Trade of Tiger Bones and Rhino Horns
China has lifted a 25-year old ban on the scientific and medical use of tiger bones and rhinoceros horn. According to conservationists, this lifting...
02 Nov 2018 Conservation
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The High Cost of Man-Animal Conflict
(The editorial is based on the article “The high cost of man-animal conflict” which appeared in The Hindu on 13th September 2018. It...
26 Oct 2018 Conservation
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Recently a tigress shifted to Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) claimed another human life. The tigress was brought from Bandhavgarh Tiger...
22 Oct 2018 Conservation
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ICMR Recommends Vaccine for Lions
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed that the Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) was responsible for lion deaths in the Gir forest...
06 Oct 2018 Conservation
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Fall Armyworm: Fighting the Pest in India
Fall Armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera frugiperda, is an insect that is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. In its larva stage,...
22 Sep 2018 Conservation
