🔆 Mercury Island & Nord Stream Pipeline
📍 Mercury Island
✅ "My Mercury" Documentary explores the life of Yves Chesselet, a conservationist working to reclaim Mercury Island (off Namibia’s coast) for endangered seabirds.
📍 Nord Stream Pipeline Leak
✅ 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream pipeline released thousands of tonnes of methane into the Baltic Sea.
✅ Raises concerns about marine life, carbon cycles, and environmental impact.
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📍 Mercury Island
✅ "My Mercury" Documentary explores the life of Yves Chesselet, a conservationist working to reclaim Mercury Island (off Namibia’s coast) for endangered seabirds.
📍 Nord Stream Pipeline Leak
✅ 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream pipeline released thousands of tonnes of methane into the Baltic Sea.
✅ Raises concerns about marine life, carbon cycles, and environmental impact.
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🔆 Techo Funan Canal
✅ Cambodia will begin construction of the Chinese-backed Techo Funan Canal.
✅ The canal will connect the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast.
🔆 Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb Islands Dispute
✅ Iran summoned China’s ambassador to protest a China-UAE statement on the sovereignty of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb islands.
✅ The islands are claimed by the UAE but have been held by Iran since 1971.
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✅ Cambodia will begin construction of the Chinese-backed Techo Funan Canal.
✅ The canal will connect the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast.
🔆 Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb Islands Dispute
✅ Iran summoned China’s ambassador to protest a China-UAE statement on the sovereignty of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb islands.
✅ The islands are claimed by the UAE but have been held by Iran since 1971.
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🔆 Key Global Updates
📍 Namaqualand, Africa
✅ Scientists discovered 34,000-year-old termite mounds along the Buffels River, making them the world’s oldest inhabited termite structures.
📍 Denmark
✅ First country to impose a livestock CO₂ tax starting in 2030, aiming to reduce agricultural emissions.
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📍 Namaqualand, Africa
✅ Scientists discovered 34,000-year-old termite mounds along the Buffels River, making them the world’s oldest inhabited termite structures.
📍 Denmark
✅ First country to impose a livestock CO₂ tax starting in 2030, aiming to reduce agricultural emissions.
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🔆 Key Global Updates
📍 Lake Natron, Tanzania
✅ Climate change is affecting Lake Natron, a crucial habitat for flamingos and biodiversity.
📍 Chilakgava Mountain Range, Malawi
✅ Malawi’s Vice President died in a plane crash in the Chilakgava Mountain Range.
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📍 Lake Natron, Tanzania
✅ Climate change is affecting Lake Natron, a crucial habitat for flamingos and biodiversity.
📍 Chilakgava Mountain Range, Malawi
✅ Malawi’s Vice President died in a plane crash in the Chilakgava Mountain Range.
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🔆 Major Industrial Regions of the World 🌍🏭
✅ Eastern North America – Includes the Great Lakes region (Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh), North-Eastern states (New York, Boston), and Southern states (Texas, Louisiana). It is known for iron & steel, automobiles, chemicals, aerospace industries, and major financial & tech hubs like New York, Chicago, and Toronto.
✅ Western & Central Europe – Includes Germany, France, UK, Benelux. Renowned for engineering, machinery, chemicals, and high-tech industries. The Rhine-Ruhr region is a major industrial hub.
✅ Eastern Europe – Includes Russia, Ukraine, Poland. Strong in heavy industries like steel, machinery, and mining. Katowice (Poland) is known as the “industrial heart” due to coal mining and heavy industries. Budapest specializes in pharmaceuticals, electronics, and machinery.
✅ Eastern Asia – Includes China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan. Known for rapid industrialization, electronics, textiles, shipbuilding. Shanghai is a global financial & commercial hub and Nagoya is a key center for automobile and machinery production.
✅ Other Notable Industrial Regions
• Brazil – Emerging industrial power with strengths in agriculture, mining, and manufacturing.
• India – Rapidly industrializing, excelling in IT, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles.
• South Africa – Rich in mineral resources, with a focus on mining and related industries.
✅ Eastern North America – Includes the Great Lakes region (Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh), North-Eastern states (New York, Boston), and Southern states (Texas, Louisiana). It is known for iron & steel, automobiles, chemicals, aerospace industries, and major financial & tech hubs like New York, Chicago, and Toronto.
✅ Western & Central Europe – Includes Germany, France, UK, Benelux. Renowned for engineering, machinery, chemicals, and high-tech industries. The Rhine-Ruhr region is a major industrial hub.
✅ Eastern Europe – Includes Russia, Ukraine, Poland. Strong in heavy industries like steel, machinery, and mining. Katowice (Poland) is known as the “industrial heart” due to coal mining and heavy industries. Budapest specializes in pharmaceuticals, electronics, and machinery.
✅ Eastern Asia – Includes China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan. Known for rapid industrialization, electronics, textiles, shipbuilding. Shanghai is a global financial & commercial hub and Nagoya is a key center for automobile and machinery production.
✅ Other Notable Industrial Regions
• Brazil – Emerging industrial power with strengths in agriculture, mining, and manufacturing.
• India – Rapidly industrializing, excelling in IT, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles.
• South Africa – Rich in mineral resources, with a focus on mining and related industries.
🔆 Geographical Highlights
📍 Minami-Torishima Island (Japan)
✅ Researchers discovered 230 million tons of minerals, including cobalt and nickel, off a remote island 1,200 miles from Tokyo, Japan.
📍 Mackenzie River (Canada)
✅ Canada’s longest river, spanning 1,738 km from Great Slave Lake, is experiencing historically low water levels.
#Geography
📍 Minami-Torishima Island (Japan)
✅ Researchers discovered 230 million tons of minerals, including cobalt and nickel, off a remote island 1,200 miles from Tokyo, Japan.
📍 Mackenzie River (Canada)
✅ Canada’s longest river, spanning 1,738 km from Great Slave Lake, is experiencing historically low water levels.
#Geography
📌 Key Facts: New Caledonia & Spain’s Cartagena Port 🚢
🌍 New Caledonia
✅ French overseas territory in the South West Pacific Ocean.
✅ Part of the EU’s Overseas Countries & Territories (OCTs) but not in the EU, Eurozone, or Schengen Area.
✅ Lagoon & coral reef ecosystem designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
⚓️ Spain’s Cartagena – Port of Call
✅ Spain denied access to an Israel-bound ship carrying arms at Cartagena Port.
✅ A port of call is a designated stop for ships during their journey.
🌍 New Caledonia
✅ French overseas territory in the South West Pacific Ocean.
✅ Part of the EU’s Overseas Countries & Territories (OCTs) but not in the EU, Eurozone, or Schengen Area.
✅ Lagoon & coral reef ecosystem designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
⚓️ Spain’s Cartagena – Port of Call
✅ Spain denied access to an Israel-bound ship carrying arms at Cartagena Port.
✅ A port of call is a designated stop for ships during their journey.
🌍 Lake Natron & Climate Change: A Silent Crisis
🔥 Tanzania’s Lake Natron—a unique, alkaline lake vital for flamingo breeding—is under threat! Rising temperatures, reduced rainfall, and human activities are altering its delicate ecosystem.
🦩 Why It Matters?
Home to 75% of the world’s lesser flamingo population.
Climate change is increasing water evaporation, making the lake even more saline.
Industrial projects pose a risk to biodiversity and local communities.
🔥 Tanzania’s Lake Natron—a unique, alkaline lake vital for flamingo breeding—is under threat! Rising temperatures, reduced rainfall, and human activities are altering its delicate ecosystem.
🦩 Why It Matters?
Home to 75% of the world’s lesser flamingo population.
Climate change is increasing water evaporation, making the lake even more saline.
Industrial projects pose a risk to biodiversity and local communities.
🔆Anamudi Shola National Park:
✅It is located in the Western Ghats region of the Kerala.
✅It is surrounded by Eravikulam National park, Pampadum Shola National park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and Mathikettan Shola Park.
✅Its tallest peak is Anamudi.
📍Vegetation:
✅It consists of southern subtropical hill forests, southern montane wet temperate forests and moist deciduous forests.
✅The unique thing in the dense shola woods that houses a dense patch of stunted trees will be the luxurious presence of lichen, mosses, and climbers.
✅Flora:The place is home to around 174 species of herbs and shrubs, 62 species of trees and around 40 species of climbers of which quite a few of them are endemic..
✅Fauna: It is home to Leopards, civet cats, wolves, Indian bison, wild boars, elephants, tigers, Panther, and sloth bears etc.
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✅It is located in the Western Ghats region of the Kerala.
✅It is surrounded by Eravikulam National park, Pampadum Shola National park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and Mathikettan Shola Park.
✅Its tallest peak is Anamudi.
📍Vegetation:
✅It consists of southern subtropical hill forests, southern montane wet temperate forests and moist deciduous forests.
✅The unique thing in the dense shola woods that houses a dense patch of stunted trees will be the luxurious presence of lichen, mosses, and climbers.
✅Flora:The place is home to around 174 species of herbs and shrubs, 62 species of trees and around 40 species of climbers of which quite a few of them are endemic..
✅Fauna: It is home to Leopards, civet cats, wolves, Indian bison, wild boars, elephants, tigers, Panther, and sloth bears etc.
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Consider the following countries:
1. Sudan
2. Eritrea
3. Djibouti
4. Egypt
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Yemen
1. Sudan
2. Eritrea
3. Djibouti
4. Egypt
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Yemen
How many of the above are Red sea bordering countries?
Anonymous Quiz
9%
Only three
20%
Only four
37%
Only five
34%
All six
Both rivers given above are confluence with which one of the following canals ?
Anonymous Quiz
37%
Bhakra Nangal project
20%
Beas project
10%
Chambal project
34%
Indira Gandhi canal
🔆 Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary
📍 Key Highlights
✅ Red Panda Sighting – A Red Panda was recently captured on camera in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (EWS), Arunachal Pradesh.
✅ Location – Situated in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District.
✅ Bordering Areas –
• Northeast – Sessa Orchid Sanctuary 🌿
• East – Pakhui Tiger Reserve 🐅
📍 Key Highlights
✅ Red Panda Sighting – A Red Panda was recently captured on camera in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (EWS), Arunachal Pradesh.
✅ Location – Situated in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District.
✅ Bordering Areas –
• Northeast – Sessa Orchid Sanctuary 🌿
• East – Pakhui Tiger Reserve 🐅
Consider the following statements with respect to Eco-Sensitive Zones :
1. They act as shock absorbers for the specialised ecosystem, such as in protected areas
2. They are identified by state government
3. They are notified by the central government
1. They act as shock absorbers for the specialised ecosystem, such as in protected areas
2. They are identified by state government
3. They are notified by the central government
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Anonymous Quiz
10%
Only one
57%
Only two
29%
All three
4%
None
Forwarded from UPSC Mapping Prelims Mains
Madhav National Park in Madhya Pradesh becomes India’s 58th Tiger Reserve
✅Madhav National park is situated near Shivpuri town in Madhya Pradesh. It is a part of the upper Vindhyan hills.
✅It got the status of a National Park in 1958.
✅The Park was the hunting ground of Mughal emperors and Maharaja of Gwalior.
✅The Park is a combination of dry deciduous & dry thorn forests that make home for different varieties of antelopes like Nilgai, Chinkara and Deer.
✅The park is home to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)s like Saharia.
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✅Madhav National park is situated near Shivpuri town in Madhya Pradesh. It is a part of the upper Vindhyan hills.
✅It got the status of a National Park in 1958.
✅The Park was the hunting ground of Mughal emperors and Maharaja of Gwalior.
✅The Park is a combination of dry deciduous & dry thorn forests that make home for different varieties of antelopes like Nilgai, Chinkara and Deer.
✅The park is home to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG)s like Saharia.
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