Forwarded from UPSC Editorial analysis
🔆Overfishing: The Threat To Ocean Wealth, Livelihoods
✅India’s marine fisheries sector has reached its maximum potential yield, however it needs to take decisive steps to ensure sustainable fishing practices, balancing economic growth with marine conservation.
✅India’s Fisheries Sector
India is the second largest fish producing country with around 8% share in global fish production.
📍Ecological Damage Through Bycatch and Trawling
🔰Trawling Bycatch Crisis: In trawling, for every 1 kg of shrimp, over 10 kg of bycatch is discarded.
🔰Biodiversity Loss: Bycatch includes juveniles and non-target species, often dead or dying.
🔰Habitat Destruction: Shrimp trawling damages marine biodiversity, reefs, and food webs.
✅Juvenile Fishing and Mesh Size Issues :Mesh sizes <25 mm allow sub-legal fish into nets, reducing spawning stock biomass.
✅New Zealand’s Quota Management System (QMS) uses science-based total allowable catches.
#gs3
#environment
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✅India’s marine fisheries sector has reached its maximum potential yield, however it needs to take decisive steps to ensure sustainable fishing practices, balancing economic growth with marine conservation.
✅India’s Fisheries Sector
India is the second largest fish producing country with around 8% share in global fish production.
📍Ecological Damage Through Bycatch and Trawling
🔰Trawling Bycatch Crisis: In trawling, for every 1 kg of shrimp, over 10 kg of bycatch is discarded.
🔰Biodiversity Loss: Bycatch includes juveniles and non-target species, often dead or dying.
🔰Habitat Destruction: Shrimp trawling damages marine biodiversity, reefs, and food webs.
✅Juvenile Fishing and Mesh Size Issues :Mesh sizes <25 mm allow sub-legal fish into nets, reducing spawning stock biomass.
✅New Zealand’s Quota Management System (QMS) uses science-based total allowable catches.
#gs3
#environment
@upsc_the_hindu_ie_editorial
Forwarded from CSE EXAM ( UPSC prelims mains) CAPF
🔆 Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh – A Historical Gem
📍 🏛 Historical Significance
✅ Historians are working to restore Srikakulam’s ancient prominence.
✅ Formerly known as Chicacole during British colonial rule.
✅ Part of the Kalinga Dynasty, later under the Gajapati Kingdom.
📍 🏛 Historical Significance
✅ Historians are working to restore Srikakulam’s ancient prominence.
✅ Formerly known as Chicacole during British colonial rule.
✅ Part of the Kalinga Dynasty, later under the Gajapati Kingdom.
Forwarded from CSE EXAM ( UPSC prelims mains) CAPF
Okjokull
Forwarded from UPSC previous year paper ( PYQ ) PDF
CamScanner 05-25-2025 11.34.pdf
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📍GS Paper-1
✔️ Hindi Medium
✔️ Hindi Medium
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CS(P) 2025 Paper -2 (CSAT)
🔆One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution
✅The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change today launched a nationwide mass mobilisation campaign ‘One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution’, in the run up to World Environment Day 2025.
✅This campaign highlights India’s unwavering commitment to environmental protection and sustainability, aligned with India’s flagship initiative—Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment).
📍The Key thrust areas of the Campaign:
✅Awareness and Advocacy regarding Plastic pollution
✅Reduced Use and Generation of Plastic waste including Single Use Plastic
✅Manage Plastic Waste including Single Use Plastic through Segregation, Collection, Disposal and Recycling of Plastic waste.
✅Promoting development of sustainable alternatives to single use plastic.
#gs3
#environment
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✅The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change today launched a nationwide mass mobilisation campaign ‘One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution’, in the run up to World Environment Day 2025.
✅This campaign highlights India’s unwavering commitment to environmental protection and sustainability, aligned with India’s flagship initiative—Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment).
📍The Key thrust areas of the Campaign:
✅Awareness and Advocacy regarding Plastic pollution
✅Reduced Use and Generation of Plastic waste including Single Use Plastic
✅Manage Plastic Waste including Single Use Plastic through Segregation, Collection, Disposal and Recycling of Plastic waste.
✅Promoting development of sustainable alternatives to single use plastic.
#gs3
#environment
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✅India’s lion population, exclusively concentrated in Gujarat, has risen by 32% between 2020 and 2025, with 891 lions reported, according to a report from the Gujarat Forest Department released
✅Though the maximum number of lions – 394 – have been observed in the Gir National Park and Paniya Wildlife Sanctuary, considered the ‘source’ population,
📍Challenges and concerns
✅While a growing lion population is generally positive for conservation, it also presents challenges, especially for areas with human populations.
✅Increased lion presence outside core areas leads to more human-wildlife conflict, potentially causing economic losses for local communities.
✅Furthermore, the growing population may strain limited resources and habitats, impacting the overall ecological balance.
#gs3
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✅Though the maximum number of lions – 394 – have been observed in the Gir National Park and Paniya Wildlife Sanctuary, considered the ‘source’ population,
📍Challenges and concerns
✅While a growing lion population is generally positive for conservation, it also presents challenges, especially for areas with human populations.
✅Increased lion presence outside core areas leads to more human-wildlife conflict, potentially causing economic losses for local communities.
✅Furthermore, the growing population may strain limited resources and habitats, impacting the overall ecological balance.
#gs3
#prelims
#environment
@upsc_4_environment
Drought in Amazon : decline in biomass, big losses and mortality of the largest trees.
The loss of ~ 40% of the total weight of the vegetation and the carbon stored within....
🔆 What 24 Years of Drought Simulation in the Amazon Revealed
✅ About the Project:
• The Esecaflor project (2000–present) is the world’s longest-running drought experiment in a rainforest.
• Located in Caxiuana National Forest, scientists diverted 50% of rainfall using 6,000 plastic panels to mimic long-term drought.
✅ Key Findings:
• After 8 years, the forest showed a sharp decline in biomass and 40% loss in vegetation weight.
• Large trees suffered high mortality, leading to significant carbon release into the atmosphere.
• The Amazon shifted from a carbon sink to a carbon emitter, losing its ability to absorb CO₂.
✅ Why It Matters:
• Forest trees store the equivalent of 2 years of global carbon emissions.
• Cutting or death of these trees due to drought accelerates climate change.
• In extreme dry years (El Niño + climate change), impacts were most severe.
✅ Next Steps:
• Scientists are now observing if the forest can regenerate and return to baseline post-drought.
• The project helps predict future resilience of the Amazon amid changing climate patterns.
#Amazon #ClimateCrisis #ForestDrought #CarbonSink
The loss of ~ 40% of the total weight of the vegetation and the carbon stored within....
🔆 What 24 Years of Drought Simulation in the Amazon Revealed
✅ About the Project:
• The Esecaflor project (2000–present) is the world’s longest-running drought experiment in a rainforest.
• Located in Caxiuana National Forest, scientists diverted 50% of rainfall using 6,000 plastic panels to mimic long-term drought.
✅ Key Findings:
• After 8 years, the forest showed a sharp decline in biomass and 40% loss in vegetation weight.
• Large trees suffered high mortality, leading to significant carbon release into the atmosphere.
• The Amazon shifted from a carbon sink to a carbon emitter, losing its ability to absorb CO₂.
✅ Why It Matters:
• Forest trees store the equivalent of 2 years of global carbon emissions.
• Cutting or death of these trees due to drought accelerates climate change.
• In extreme dry years (El Niño + climate change), impacts were most severe.
✅ Next Steps:
• Scientists are now observing if the forest can regenerate and return to baseline post-drought.
• The project helps predict future resilience of the Amazon amid changing climate patterns.
#Amazon #ClimateCrisis #ForestDrought #CarbonSink
City Gas Distribution (CGD) Project
✅Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a ₹1,010 crore City Gas Distribution (CGD) project in Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal, aiming to expand clean energy infrastructure.
📍City Gas Distribution (CGD) project
✅The City Gas Distribution (CGD) project, worth over Rs 1010 crore, aims to provide Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to more than 2.5 Lakh households, over 100 commercial establishments and industries .
✅It will also provide Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to vehicular traffic by establishing around 19 CNG stations in line with the Minimum Work Program (MWP) targets stipulated by the Government.
✅It falls under the Minimum Work Programme (MWP) targets set by the government to expand India’s gas-based economy.
✅It will provide convenient, reliable, environment-friendly and cost-effective fuel supply and create employment opportunities in the region.
#gs3 #prelims
#environment #economy #energy
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✅Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a ₹1,010 crore City Gas Distribution (CGD) project in Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal, aiming to expand clean energy infrastructure.
📍City Gas Distribution (CGD) project
✅The City Gas Distribution (CGD) project, worth over Rs 1010 crore, aims to provide Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to more than 2.5 Lakh households, over 100 commercial establishments and industries .
✅It will also provide Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to vehicular traffic by establishing around 19 CNG stations in line with the Minimum Work Program (MWP) targets stipulated by the Government.
✅It falls under the Minimum Work Programme (MWP) targets set by the government to expand India’s gas-based economy.
✅It will provide convenient, reliable, environment-friendly and cost-effective fuel supply and create employment opportunities in the region.
#gs3 #prelims
#environment #economy #energy
Join @PIB_UPSC
@upsc_4_environment