March 19, 2024

Environment


The Supreme Court froze the Assam government’s move to withdraw a nearly 26-year-old notification constituting the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary. The Assam Cabinet had recently withdrawn the notification issued by the State Forest Department in 1998. The government reasoned that declaration of the sanctuary was made without settling the rights of the people living in villages in the area, including Thengabhanga, Murkata and Mayong. The Assam government has established a committee to redraw the boundary of the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary ABOUT POBITORA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY Covering an area of 38.81 sq km, the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary was notified by the Assam forest....Read More

Dubai inaugurated the first-ever “India by the Creek” festival, bringing the vibrant culture of India to Al Seef Park. Al Seef Park, on the Dubai Creek, has been a bustling center of trade for centuries, a vital link between the two regions. This three-day celebration highlighted the long-standing historical and cultural connections between India and Dubai. ”India by the Creek” offered a diverse array of programmes, featuring musical performances, literary discussions, poetry readings, and interactive workshops. Renowned Indian figures, including academics, writers, musicians, and the legendary band Indian Ocean, graced the stage throughout the fest.Read More

The first phase of the Atmospheric Research Testbed in Central India (ART-CI) was inaugurated in Sehore district, located about 50km northwest of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. The testbed, works of which began in early 2018, is equipped with high-end instruments to record several vital parameters that will be fed into improving the weather models besides facilitating advanced studies on the Indian monsoons. Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) is spearheading the research activities at this first-of-its-kind testbed facility built at a cost of Rs 125 crore. Nearly 25 high-end instruments like the aethalometer for aerosol studies, cloud condensation nuclei....Read More

Samudrayaan

The Samudrayaan mission is scheduled to explore the bed of the ocean by 2025 end. So far, countries such as the S., Russia, China, France and Japan have carried out successful deep-ocean crewed missions. ABOUT SAMUDRAYAAN MISSION Samudrayaan, or the deep ocean mission, was initiated in 2021. The mission entails undertaking a crewed expedition to reach a depth of 6,000 metres to the ocean bed in the central Indian Ocean using Matsya6000, designed to accommodate a crew of three members. Matsya-6000 has been developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai. The submersible will be equipped with a suite....Read More

Global Seed Vault

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, in Norway, saw its largest number of new contributors in one day and now holds over 1.2 million seed varieties from 111 seed banks in77 countries. The vault has been stockpiling most of the world's crop seeds in below-freezing conditions, in an effort to maintain food diversity and protect plant species from extinction. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is situated in permafrost caverns on an island located within the European mainland and the North Pole. The facility was established 16 years ago in 2008, through a partnership between the Nordic Genetic Resource Center, the Norwegian....Read More

The Union Minister for Jal Shakti launched the fifth edition of "Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain-2024" campaign. The campaign, themed "Nari Shakti se Jal Shakti," emphasises the integral role of women in water conservation and management. The campaign comes under the National Water Mission, Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation in collaboration with Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation. National Water Mission is one of eight National Missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). Focused interventions of the campaign includes- water conservation and rainwater harvesting, enumerating, geo-tagging & making inventory of all water bodies;....Read More

Golden Langur

There are an estimated 7,396 golden langurs in India, the latest survey of the primate has revealed. The comprehensive population estimation of the endangered primate was carried out in two phases by the Primate Research Centre NE India (PRCNE), Assam Forest Department, Bodoland Territorial Council, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), and Conservation Himalayas. The entire distribution range of the golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) covers the Manas Biosphere Reserve and all fragmented forests in the western part of Assam. ABOUT GOLDEN LANGUR (TRACHYPITHECUS GEEI) Gee’s golden langur is also known as golden leaf monkeys, or more simply....Read More

A "mass bleaching event" is unfolding on Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef, authorities said recently, as warming seas threaten the spectacular home to thousands of marine species. The damaging mass bleaching event — the seventh since 1998 — was confirmed by government scientists following aerial surveys of 300 shallow reefs. Before this event, Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered mass coral bleaching in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2022. The World Heritage Committee has considered to put the reef on a list of "in danger" global heritage sites ABOUT GBR Often dubbed as the world's largest living structure, the Great....Read More

India’s first city-specific Zero Carbon Building Action Plan (ZCBAP) has been launched in Nagpur. With this, Nagpur becomes one of the six cities globally to get a Zero Carbon Building Accelerator (ZCBA) project. Other 5 cities are in 4 countries- Colombia, Turkey, Kenya and Costa Rica. ZCBA was launched by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in 2021, and was supported by Global Environment Facility (GEF), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), World Green Building Council (WGBC) and other global partners. The Action Plan, released by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI-South Asia) states the goal to make new buildings within....Read More

In Mexico City, the water crisis is nearing 'day zero'. Mexico City, home to nearly 22 million people, could be very close running out of water because of prolonged drought and higher than usual temperatures. "Day zero" refers to a scenario where the city's water reserves are depleted to the extent that taps run dry for large portions of the population.Read More

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