Category: Factly: Environment

Source: Indian Express Contents1 What is the News?2 About the Proposed Tiger Corridor3 What is the Tiger Corridor?4 About Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve(TR): What is the News? The Rajasthan government will develop a tiger corridor connecting the newly proposed ‘Ramgarh Tiger Reserve’, Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, and Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve. About the Proposed Tiger Corridor… Continue reading Rajasthan to develop corridor connecting 3 tiger reserves

Source: Indian Express Contents1 What is the News?2 Why was this Chakran Town chosen?3 What is Cryptogam?4 Other Types of Cryptogams: What is the News? India’s first cryptogamic garden housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns, and fungi was inaugurated in the Chakran Town of Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district. Why was this Chakran Town chosen? The… Continue reading India’s first cryptogamic garden opens in Dehradun

Source: PIB What is the News? NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd has signed a MoU with the Union Territory of Ladakh to set up India’s First Green Hydrogen Mobility Project in Ladakh Region. Note: Green Hydrogen is clean hydrogen generated by using renewable energy such as solar power and wind energy. The by-products are water and… Continue reading NTPC renewable arm to set up India’s first green hydrogen mobility project in Leh

Source: Indian Express Contents1 What is the News?2 Categories of Green Violations:3 Expansion of Project:4 Permissibility of a Project: What is the News? The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has issued the Standard Operating Procedure(SOP) to deal with cases of environmental violations. Background: The SOP is a result of orders from the National… Continue reading MoEFCC issues SOP: Violations may lead to closing, demolition of projects

Source: Down To Earth   What is the News?  The UN Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD) Secretariat has released the first official draft of a new Global Biodiversity Framework.  About Global Biodiversity Framework:  The Global Biodiversity Framework will be the global guiding force to protect nature and to retain its essential services for humans from 2020 to 2030.  Goals of… Continue reading UN: $200 billion increase in fund flow to developing countries for managing nature

Source: Indian Express What is the News? The proposed Lemru Elephant Reserve in Chhattisgarh has been in the pipeline for 20 years. However, the reserve has become the subject of yet another controversy. About Lemru Elephant Reserve: Lemru Elephant Reserve was approved by Chhattisgarh Government in 2005 and got central approval in 2007. Lemru is… Continue reading A proposed elephant reserve in Chhattisgarh and its reduced area

Source: PIB What is the News? Scientists have completed the genome sequencing of one of the highly salt-tolerant mangrove species, named Avicennia marina. Note: Genome sequencing is a process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism’s genome. About Avicennia marina: Avicennia marina is also called Banhi in Odia. It is one of the… Continue reading The genome of a Salt-secreting Mangrove Species Decoded by DBT-ILS

Source: The Hindu Contents1 What is the News?2 About Himalayan Yak:3 Himalayan Yak in India:4 Decline in Yak Population: What is the News? National Research Centre on Yak(NRCY) in West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh has tied up with the National Insurance Company Ltd. for insuring Himalayan Yak. About Himalayan Yak: Himalayan Yak is a long-haired… Continue reading Himalayan yaks to be insured

Source: The Hindu Contents1 What is the News?2 About Gravelyia boro:3 About Dexippus kleini:4 Other Discoveries: What is the News? Researchers have discovered two new species of spiders, namely Gravelyia boro and Dexippus kleini from Jharbari range of western Assam’s Chirang Reserve Forest. About Gravelyia boro: The Gravelyia boro is a burrow spider. It belongs… Continue reading From Assam, a new underground spider