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Daily weather map showing isobars is an example of isopleth map. Isopleth map shows an imaginary surface by means of lines joining points of equal values
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Red tides are a special type of blooms, which are found at the estuaries. These blooms are pigmented dinoflagellates.
These single celled organisms are able to swim short distances. When the algae is present in high concentration, the water appears purple or pink in colour
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EMISSIONS GAP REPORT 2022
The report was released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
This is the 13th edition of the Report.
Title: ‘The Closing Window — Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies’
An overview of the difference between where greenhouse emissions are predicted to be in 2030 and where they should be to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
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Sahel region:
Extends south of the Sahara from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east of Africa.
Vast areas of the formerly fertile region are now virtually uncultivated due to droughts, poor agricultural cultivation methods as well as land overuse due to the growing demand for food and firewood.
Africa’s Great Green Wall
Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) programme to combat desertification in the Sahel region has an important contribution towards combating climate change:
Great Green Wall (GGW) Programme:
It was launched in 2007 by the African Union.
Initial idea for the GGW: A band of trees about 8,000 kilometers long and 8 kilometers wide, stretching across Africa from east to west.
The GGW programme aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded ecosystems across 11 countries in the region.
Countries are – Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan.
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Mekong – Ganga Cooperation (MGC) was established on November 10, 2000 at Vientiane in the First MGC Ministerial Meeting. It comprises six Member countries namely, India, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. They emphasised four areas of cooperation, which are tourism, culture, education, and transportation linkage in order to be solid foundation for future trade and investment cooperation in the region
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