News: TRAFFIC India has released a paper titled ‘‘SPOTTED’ in Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Peek into Ongoing Poaching and Illegal Trade of Leopards in India’. Facts: Key Takeaways: The seizure and mortality of ‘common leopards’ revealed that of the total of 747 leopard deaths between 2015-2019 in India, 596 were linked to illegal wildlife trade… Continue reading Uttarakhand, Maharashtra had highest leopard poaching in India: TRAFFIC study
Category: Factly: Environment
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to the Environment. You can find all relevant Environment related updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
Virtual Event on UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition to Odisha Communities
News: The Odisha State Disaster Management Authority(OSDMA) has implemented the Tsunami Ready programme in two villages. Facts: Tsunami Ready Programme: It is a community performance-based programme initiated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission(IOC) of UNESCO. Aim: To promote tsunami preparedness through active collaboration of public, community leaders and national and local emergency management agencies. Objectives: To… Continue reading Virtual Event on UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition to Odisha Communities
Ministry of Jal Shakti launches new version of India Water Resources Information System
News: The Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched a new version of the India Water Resources Information System(India-WRIS) with new functionalities and features. Facts: India-WRIS: It is a web portal that contains information related to Water Resources through dashboards for rainfall, water levels & discharge of rivers, water bodies, ground water levels, reservoir storages, evapotranspiration… Continue reading Ministry of Jal Shakti launches new version of India Water Resources Information System
India’s first snow leopard conservation centre to come up in Uttarakhand
News: Uttarakhand Government has announced the development of India’s first Snow Leopard Conservation centre of India. Facts: The centre is to be developed by the Uttarakhand forest department and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Aim: To conserve and restore Himalayan ecosystems and also to conserve elusive snow leopards and other endangered Himalayan species. Additional… Continue reading India’s first snow leopard conservation centre to come up in Uttarakhand
Use app to monitor COVID-19 biomedical waste, SC to civic bodies
News: The Supreme Court has made it mandatory for all municipal corporations and state pollution control boards to use the ‘COVID19BWM APP’ for tracking biomedical waste daily. Facts: COVID19BWM App: It is an application launched by the Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) to track biomedical waste. It allows a generator of waste (urban local body in… Continue reading Use app to monitor COVID-19 biomedical waste, SC to civic bodies
Three States rank high in the conservation of the endangered dhole
News: The paper titled ‘A strategic road map for conserving the endangered dhole Cuon alpinus in India’, was published by the Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society-India and others. Facts: Key Takeaways: Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh rank high in conservation of dhole. On the other hand, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana and Goa will… Continue reading Three States rank high in the conservation of the endangered dhole
Industrialisation has reduced Nag river to a cursed lady: HC
News: The Bombay High Court has said that the Nag river has become extremely polluted due to industrialisation and urbanisation. Facts: Nag River: It is a river flowing through the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra. Origin: The river originates in Lava hills near wadi and forms a part of the Kanhan-Pench river system. Significance: The… Continue reading Industrialisation has reduced Nag river to a cursed lady: HC
Alliance To End Plastic Waste to invest on environmental projects in India
News: Alliance to End Plastic Waste has planned to invest between USD 70 million to 100 million in India over the next five years to reduce plastic waste. Facts: Alliance to End Plastic Waste: It was founded in 2019 as an international non-profit organisation based in Singapore. Purpose: It works with government, environmental and economic… Continue reading Alliance To End Plastic Waste to invest on environmental projects in India
A third of world’s children are poisoned by lead, says UNICEF report
News: United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) and non-profit Pure Earth has released a report titled “The Toxic Truth: Children’s exposure to lead pollution”. Facts: Key Takeaways: Around 1 in 3 children have blood lead levels at or above 5 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL),the level at which requires action.Nearly half of these children live in South Asia.… Continue reading A third of world’s children are poisoned by lead, says UNICEF report
India to apply CA|TS standards across all Tiger Reserves
News: National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA) has announced the adoption of the Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards[CA|TS] across all of the country’s 50 Tiger Reserves. Facts: CA|TS: It was launched in 2013 as a partnership of tiger range governments, inter-governmental agencies, institutions, NGOs and conservation organisations. Purpose: It is a conservation tool that sets best practice… Continue reading India to apply CA|TS standards across all Tiger Reserves
