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Strengthening Wetland Protection

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

17 Dec 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

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 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Groundwater Subsidence in California

Source: Nature Recently, a study reveals that California’s San Joaquin Valley has been sinking at a record pace due to overpumping...

06 Dec 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Global Nature Conservation Index 2024

Source: DTE  India ranks 176th in the 2024 Global Nature Conservation Index. It is among the five lowest-ranked countries, along with Kiribati...

13 Nov 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

UNEP's Adaptation Gap Report 2024

For Prelims: United Nations (UN), Adaptation Gap Report, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) For Mains:...

13 Nov 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Conserving Protected Areas in India

For Prelims: National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, National Parks, Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, National Wildlife...

09 Nov 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

IUCN’s First Global Tree Assessment

Source: DTE Why in News?  Recently, the first Global Tree Assessment was published as part of an update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened...

05 Nov 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Differential Impact of Coastal Flooding on Tree Species

For Prelims: Global warming, Coastal Flooding, Forest Conservation Act of 1980,  National Forest Policy of 1988 For Mains: Sea-level rise,...

30 Oct 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

MP-Rajasthan MoU on PKC-ERCP Link Project

For Prelims: Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC) Linking Project, Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP), National Perspective Plan for Interlinking...

03 Oct 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Non-Publication of Details of Security Projects

Source: HT Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change stated that details of projects granted environmental clearance related...

27 Sep 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

World's Oceans Approaching Critical Acidification Level

Source: TH Why in News?  Recently, a recent report released by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany highlighted an...

27 Sep 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Salt Pans Land

Source:IE Why in News?   Recently, the Centre approved the transfer of 256 acres of salt pan land in Mumbai to the Dharavi Redevelopment...

23 Sep 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Reduction in CO2 from Transport Sector by 2050

For Prelims: World Resources Institute (WRI), carbon dioxide emissions, net-zero emissions goal by 2070, Electric Vehicle, internal combustion...

20 Sep 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Mass Wasting in Sedongpu Gully of Tibet

For Prelims: Mass Wasting, Avalanches, Glaciers, Gorge, Gully, Sedongpu Gully, Earthquake, Erosion  For Mains: Disaster Management, Important...

27 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Kosi-Mechi River Linking Project

For Prelims: Kosi-Mechi River Linking Project, National Perspective Plan for Interlinking Rivers, Kosi River, Mahananda River, Mechi River. For...

19 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Woody Encroachment in Grasslands

Source: TH For Prelims: Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change. For Mains: Significance of Forest Resources and Measures for Conservation of...

06 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

FAO Guidelines on Wildfire Management

For Prelims: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 For Mains:...

06 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Increase in Coastal Erosion

For Prelims: Coastal Erosion, Climate Change, Kattupalli Port, Sundarbans, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Salinization, Groynes, Wetlands, National...

05 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Drowning Disasters in India

For Prelims: Drowning, Floods, Natural disasters, National Disaster Management Authority, Extreme weather events. For Mains: Framework Related to...

02 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

UNESCO Warns of 90% Soil Degradation by 2050

For Prelims: UNESCO, Biosphere Reserves Programme, Desertification, Food and Agriculture Organization, Soil Health Card Scheme, Bonn Challenge For...

12 Jul 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)