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Mahadeyi or Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary
📍In the news as residents of some villages in Goa prevented visitors from going to the picturesque waterfalls within the Mahadeyi Wildlife Sanctuary area in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also Two tiger carcasses have been found here.
📍 Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary is located in North Goa District, owing to the presence of Bengal Tigers, it can be declared as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger.
📍It has been declared an International Bird Area because of the presence of the Nilgiri wood-pigeon, Malabar parakeet, Malabar grey hornbill, Grey-headed Bulbul etc.
📍 This sanctuary was formed in 1999. The formation of this sanctuary has made Goa the only state in India that has completely protected the Western Ghats that are located within its boundaries.
📍 The Mhadei River, known downstream as the Mandovi River, the lifeline of the state of Goa, originates in Karnataka, passes through the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and meets the Arabian Sea at Panaji in Goa.
Mahadeyi or Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary
📍In the news as residents of some villages in Goa prevented visitors from going to the picturesque waterfalls within the Mahadeyi Wildlife Sanctuary area in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also Two tiger carcasses have been found here.
📍 Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary is located in North Goa District, owing to the presence of Bengal Tigers, it can be declared as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger.
📍It has been declared an International Bird Area because of the presence of the Nilgiri wood-pigeon, Malabar parakeet, Malabar grey hornbill, Grey-headed Bulbul etc.
📍 This sanctuary was formed in 1999. The formation of this sanctuary has made Goa the only state in India that has completely protected the Western Ghats that are located within its boundaries.
📍 The Mhadei River, known downstream as the Mandovi River, the lifeline of the state of Goa, originates in Karnataka, passes through the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and meets the Arabian Sea at Panaji in Goa.
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Asan Reserve in Ramsar sites list
📌Asan Conservation Reserve has become the first wetland from Uttarakhand to be included in the list of Ramsar sites.
📌 Besides Asan, kabartal wetland from Bihar was second new site to be included in the list.
📌 Total number of "Ramsar sites" reaches to 39.
📌Till February 2020, only 37 ramsar sites from India.
Asan Reserve in Ramsar sites list
📌Asan Conservation Reserve has become the first wetland from Uttarakhand to be included in the list of Ramsar sites.
📌 Besides Asan, kabartal wetland from Bihar was second new site to be included in the list.
📌 Total number of "Ramsar sites" reaches to 39.
📌Till February 2020, only 37 ramsar sites from India.
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🔆Project REPLAN (REducing PLastic in Nature)
Launched by Khadi and Village Industries Commission aims to make carry bags by mixing processed and treated plastic waste with cotton fibre rags in the ratio 20:80.
🔆Project REPLAN (REducing PLastic in Nature)
Launched by Khadi and Village Industries Commission aims to make carry bags by mixing processed and treated plastic waste with cotton fibre rags in the ratio 20:80.
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SEED Awards
➡️Fourteen start-ups selected for 2019 SEED Awards, awards are granted to organisations working on sustainable development the award highlights the contribution of green and social enterprises to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
➡️SEED was founded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), UNDP and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
📌 It is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy.
📌SEED was originally conceived as an acronym for Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development.
SEED Awards
➡️Fourteen start-ups selected for 2019 SEED Awards, awards are granted to organisations working on sustainable development the award highlights the contribution of green and social enterprises to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
➡️SEED was founded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), UNDP and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
📌 It is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy.
📌SEED was originally conceived as an acronym for Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development.
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C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration
➡️Clean Air Cities Declaration was unveiled at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, an event that occurs once every three years and is designed to implement “substantive clean air policies by 2025”
➡️Through this Declaration, mayors commit "to using their power and influence to reduce air pollution and work towards meeting the World Health Organization’s Air Quality Guidelines".
C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration
➡️Clean Air Cities Declaration was unveiled at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, an event that occurs once every three years and is designed to implement “substantive clean air policies by 2025”
➡️Through this Declaration, mayors commit "to using their power and influence to reduce air pollution and work towards meeting the World Health Organization’s Air Quality Guidelines".
Q232]What are Safe water releaser (SWAS) and Safe minimal aluminum (SAFAL) that have been in news recently?
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15%
Habitat outer space environment modules
28%
Grey water treatment modules
37%
Artificial intelligence based irrigation system
19%
Less Polluting Firecrackers
Q.233] Recently, _______ has recently included the Panna National Park of Madhya Pradesh under its “World network of Biosphere reserves”.
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32%
IUCN
9%
WTO
11%
World Bank
49%
UNESCO
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🐘🐘 Govt seeks legal status for elephant reserves🐘🐘
🐘 Recently, Union environment ministry has proposed an amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 to accord legal status to elephant reserves and corridors on the lines of tiger reserves
🧐Background:
🐘Under the Wildlife Protection Act, state forest departments have to prepare a tiger reserve management plan with an adequate number of forest staff and strategies in place to protect the big cats.
🐘The law also says that no mining or industrial activity will be allowed in the vicinity of the reserves and that their boundaries cannot be changed without approval from the National Board of Wildlife.
🐘The law also gives legal status to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, the regulatory body for around 50 tiger reserves in India.
🐘With the proposed amendment, the ministry proposes to have a similar legal framework for 30 elephant reserves across 15 states and statutory status for Project Elephant.
🐘India is home to about 30,000 elephants, or 60% of the global Asian elephant population.
😇Benefits:
🐘Elephant conservationists have been fighting for legal status to elephant reserves for more than a decade.
🐘But no state is ready for this. Once the legal right is given, several restrictions would come into place.
🤔Reasons:
🐘Reduce conflict through mitigation measures in elephant corridors.
🐘Address the problem of rising human-elephant conflict.
🐘🐘 Govt seeks legal status for elephant reserves🐘🐘
🐘 Recently, Union environment ministry has proposed an amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 to accord legal status to elephant reserves and corridors on the lines of tiger reserves
🧐Background:
🐘Under the Wildlife Protection Act, state forest departments have to prepare a tiger reserve management plan with an adequate number of forest staff and strategies in place to protect the big cats.
🐘The law also says that no mining or industrial activity will be allowed in the vicinity of the reserves and that their boundaries cannot be changed without approval from the National Board of Wildlife.
🐘The law also gives legal status to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, the regulatory body for around 50 tiger reserves in India.
🐘With the proposed amendment, the ministry proposes to have a similar legal framework for 30 elephant reserves across 15 states and statutory status for Project Elephant.
🐘India is home to about 30,000 elephants, or 60% of the global Asian elephant population.
😇Benefits:
🐘Elephant conservationists have been fighting for legal status to elephant reserves for more than a decade.
🐘But no state is ready for this. Once the legal right is given, several restrictions would come into place.
🤔Reasons:
🐘Reduce conflict through mitigation measures in elephant corridors.
🐘Address the problem of rising human-elephant conflict.
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🔰Virus Insurance for the staff of Tiger reserve
Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR)
in Arunachal Pradesh has become the first in eight State North east to provide
insurance cover against COVID19 for “green soldiers”.
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🔰Virus Insurance for the staff of Tiger reserve
Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR)
in Arunachal Pradesh has become the first in eight State North east to provide
insurance cover against COVID19 for “green soldiers”.
Q234] Which one of the following Indian Ocean island nations has recently declared a state of environmental emergency due to oil spill from a grounded ship?
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25%
Maldives
39%
Mauritius
32%
Madagascar
5%
Sri Lanka
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🌾STUBBLE BURNING🔥
🌾🔥WHY IN NEWS ??
Union government has brought out an ordinance to set up a permanent commission for air quality management.
▪️This will replace the Justice Madan B. Lokur Commission-one man committee appointed to monitor and provide steps to prevent stubble burning activities in Punjab, Haryana and U.P.
🌾🔥WHAT IS STUBBLE BURNING :
Stubble burning refers to the practice of farmers setting fire to plant debris that remain in farms after harvest.
🌾🔥REASON FOR STUBBLE BURNING ?
▪️The Green Revolution increased greatly rice and wheat production, which simultaneously increased stubble post harvest
popular combined harvesting technique was not efficacious, as machines left behind one-foot-tall stalks.
▪️This prompted stubble burning as a low-cost and speedy solution available to farmers due to the limited time period of 20-25 days between harvesting one crop and sowing another.
🌾🔥ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT :
▪️It releases harmful gases including nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide into the atmosphere.
▪️Created vast smoke blankets across the Indo-Gangetic Plain and numerous neighbouring States, including Delhi.
▪️Impact on soil fertility, destroys organic fertilizers and reduces ground water levels.
🌾🔥ORGANIZATION INVOLVED :
▪️TERI-(The energy and resource Institute) ...
As per a TERI report, in 2019 the air pollution in New Delhi and other parts of north India was 20 times higher than the safe threshold level as prescribed by the World Health Organization.
▪️Stubble burning is an offence under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981.
🌾🔥GOVERNMENT STEPS TOWARDS STUBBLE BURNING :
▪️In 2013, stubble burning was banned by the Punjab government.
▪️In 2015, the National Green Tribunal imposed a ban on stubble burning in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and punjab and directed government to assist farmers by obtaining equipment like happy seeders and rotavator.
🌾🔥HOW STUBBLE IS REMOVED :
▪️Farmers removing stubble by providing them with machinery such as the happy seeder, rotavator, paddy straw chopper.
▪️As per a study by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, the application of happy seeders and super SMS machines can improve agricultural productivity by 10% to 15% while reducing labour costs and allowing the soil to become more fertile.
🌾🔥NEW METHOD :
PUSA DECOMPOSER FOR STUBBLE BURNING :
▪️Union government is testing an innovative method for stubble burning.
▪️ The PUSA Decomposer is
a set of four tablets made by extracting fungi strains that help the paddy straw to decompose at a much faster rate than usual, giving farmers the option to shred the straw, spray a solution containing the fungal strains, and mix it with the soil for decomposition.
▪️If methods such as this become successful, it will be a new revolution in farming.
▪️This has the potential to both reduce air pollution and increase soil fertility.
SOURCE :The Hindu
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Asan Reserve in Ramsar sites list
📌Asan Conservation Reserve has become the first wetland from Uttarakhand to be included in the list of Ramsar sites.
📌 Besides Asan, kabartal wetland from Bihar was second new site to be included in the list.
📌 Total number of "Ramsar sites" reaches to 39.
📌Till February 2020, only 37 ramsar sites from India.
Asan Reserve in Ramsar sites list
📌Asan Conservation Reserve has become the first wetland from Uttarakhand to be included in the list of Ramsar sites.
📌 Besides Asan, kabartal wetland from Bihar was second new site to be included in the list.
📌 Total number of "Ramsar sites" reaches to 39.
📌Till February 2020, only 37 ramsar sites from India.
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💥 Fishing cat to be the ambassador of Chilika Lake
▪️ Recently, Chilika Development Authority (CDA) designated the fishing cat as ambassador of the Chilika Lake , Orissa as an important step towards conservation of the vulnerable species
Fishing Cat
▪️The fishing cat is the only wild cat species in India that is a wetland specialist, and it’s found all around Chilika.
▪️Fishing cats are mostly found in marshlands fringing the north and north-eastern sections of the lake.
▪️The fishing cat is a Schedule I species and deserves conservation measures of the highest order in India, as with the tiger and elephant.
▪️The conservation of the species is a concern as the marshland and mangrove ecosystems, which are fishing cat habitat are on decline.
▪️IUCN status: Vulnerable
💥 Fishing cat to be the ambassador of Chilika Lake
▪️ Recently, Chilika Development Authority (CDA) designated the fishing cat as ambassador of the Chilika Lake , Orissa as an important step towards conservation of the vulnerable species
Fishing Cat
▪️The fishing cat is the only wild cat species in India that is a wetland specialist, and it’s found all around Chilika.
▪️Fishing cats are mostly found in marshlands fringing the north and north-eastern sections of the lake.
▪️The fishing cat is a Schedule I species and deserves conservation measures of the highest order in India, as with the tiger and elephant.
▪️The conservation of the species is a concern as the marshland and mangrove ecosystems, which are fishing cat habitat are on decline.
▪️IUCN status: Vulnerable