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Bio–Diversity And Environment
1
Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity
2
Making Cities Environmentally Sustainable: Challenges and Solutions
3
Role of Agriculture in Climate Change
4
Organic Farming in India
5
Compressed Biogas (CBG): Role in Energy Security and Emission Reduction
6
Urban Agriculture
7
Sustainable Sand Mining in India
8
Vehicle Scrappage in India
9
Plastic Pollution in India
10
Carbon Inequality
11
Invasive Species: Impact on Biodiversity & Associated Concerns
12
50 Years of Stockholm Conference
13
Groundwater Management
14
Western Disturbance and Erratic Rainfall
15
Urban Heat Islands
16
La Nina and Indian Climate
17
Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA)
18
India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem
19
India’s Bioeconomy Potential
20
Anti-Microbial Resistance: Global Health Threat
21
India’s Private Sectors’ Role in Space Sector
22
Geospatial Technology: Application and Challenges
23
Future of Hydrogen in India
24
Conservation of Coastal Ecosystem
25
Wetland Conservation
26
Mission LiFE
27
Mangrove Conservation
28
Renewable Energy: India’s Ambitions & Increasing Footprint
29
Waste Management and Industrial Development
30
Sustainable Land Management
31
Climate Finance: An Indian Perspective
32
Agroforestry
33
Role of Technology in Law Enforcement
34
Digital Connectivity Infrastructure
35
Cyber Security in India
36
Plastic Waste Management
37
Wetlands Conservation
38
Sustainable City Development/Sustainable Urban Planning
39
Ethanol Blending
40
Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)
41
Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management (SLM)
42
India and Renewable Energy
43
Urbanization: Problems and Solutions
44
Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture
45
Nature-based Solutions
46
An Introduction to NbS
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India and Nature-based Solutions
48
Different fields of Nature-based Solutions
49
Challenges Related to Nature-based Solutions
50
The Way Ahead
51
Importance of Biodiversity
52
Threats to Biodiversity
53
Conservation of Biodiversity
54
Conservation Methods
55
Biodiversity in India
56
India’s Efforts towards Conservation of Biodiversity
57
Policy Framework
58
Legislative Framework
59
Other Important Legislations Related to Biodiversity Conservation
60
Institutional Framework
61
Biodiversity Governance Models in India
62
International Efforts towards Biodiversity Conservation
63
Challenges to Biodiversity Conservation
64
Geographical Analysis of Pollution in North India
65
Wildlife in India
66
Threats to Wildlife
67
Wildlife Conservation in India
68
Policy Framework
69
Programmes and Schemes
70
Third National Wildlife Action Plan (2017-2031)
71
Important Wildlife Protection Projects
72
Institutional Framework
73
Different Bodies Involved in Wildlife Conservation
74
International Efforts towards Wildlife Conservation
75
International Commissions
76
Issues in Wildlife Conservation
77
Threats to Biodiversity and Ecosystem
78
Acid Rain
79
National Parks
80
Ecosystem
81
Difference between Environment, Ecology and Ecosystem
82
Scales of Ecosystems
83
Levels of Ecological Organization
84
Niche - ecosystem
85
Guild - ecosystem
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Ecotone
87
Keystone Species
88
Concept of Succession
89
Energy Flow
90
Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystem
91
Ecosystem Goods and Services
92
Biogeochemical Cycles
93
Nutrient Cycles
94
Carbon Cycle (Gaseous Cycle)
95
Nitrogen Cycle
96
Oxygen Cycle
97
Water Cycle
98
Ecological Relations
99
What is Biodiversity?
100
Biogeographic Zones
101
Types of Biodiversity
102
How do we Measure Bio-diversity?
103
Significance/Value of Biodiversity
104
Indian State Forest Report 2015
105
Forest: Institutional Arrangements
106
Forest Conservation Act 1980
107
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (RFR) Act, 2006
108
National Forest Policy
109
Key Highlights of the National Forest Policy 2016
110
Key Facts about Social Forestry
111
Types of Social Forestry
112
Agroforestry
113
Topics Covered under Agroforestry
114
National Agroforestry Policy 2014
115
Coral Reefs
116
Wetlands
117
Ramsar Convention and the Wetland Sites
118
Mangroves
119
Important Mangrove Sites in India
120
Bhitarkanika Mangroves
121
Godavari-Krishna Mangroves
122
Air Pollution
123
Substances Emitted into the Atmosphere by Human Activity
124
Sources of Air Pollution
125
Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality
126
Study of Air Quality in India
127
Consequences of Air Pollution
128
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
129
National Air Quality Index
130
What is Water Pollution?
131
Sources & Causes of Water Pollution
132
Consequences of Water Pollution
133
Water Pollution in India
134
Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act (1974) of India
135
Water Pollution Cess Act, 1977
136
Noise Pollution
137
Measures for Prevention/ Control of Noise Pollution
138
Adverse Effects of Noise Pollution
139
Noise Pollution in India
140
Solid Waste
141
Solid Waste in India
142
Electronic Waste in India
143
Smog Formation
144
Composition of the Ozone Layer
145
Main Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)
146
Serious Effects of Ozone Depletion
147
Solutions to Ozone Depletion
148
International Treaties and Cooperation
149
Important National Initiatives
150
Essential Components
151
Environment Impact Assessment in India
152
Social Impact Assessment
153
Project Tiger
154
Project Elephant
155
Crocodile Conservation Project
156
UNDP Sea Turtle Project
157
Vulture Conservation
158
India Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020
159
Project Lion
160
Project Dolphin
161
Project Hangul
162
Important Institutes from the Point of View of Wildlife
163
Biosphere Reserves
164
Criteria for Qualifying as a Biodiversity Hotspot
165
Biodiversity Hotspots in India
166
International Efforts to Conserve Biodiversity
167
Important International Bodies
168
Concept of Climate Change
169
Global warming
170
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
171
Effects of Global Warming
172
The Role of Human Activity
173
Carbon Sequestration
174
UNFCCC
175
Kyoto Protocol
176
Paris Agreement
177
India’s Stand Post Paris Treaty
178
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
179
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)
180
NAPCC (National Action Plan on Climate Change)
181
National Missions
182
International Solar Alliance
183
The Concept of Sustainable Development
184
Important International Events
185
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
186
Sustainable Development Goals
187
Decoding 17 Goals
188
India & Sustainable Development Goals
189
IUCN & Threatened Species Categories
190
Environmental Flows of Ganga
191
Eastern Ghats Face Loss of Forest Cover, Endemic Plants
192
Global Geopark Network Status
193
India Bans 18 Pesticides
194
eDNA
195
Kerala Floods and the Fragile Ecosystem of Western Ghats
196
Impact of Sand Mining and Alternatives to Sand
197
Notification on Clean Fuel
198
Law to Define a River’s Edge
199
e-Mobility Programme
200
SC Seeks Details of Green Funds
201
Joint Research Projects for Clean Water, Energy
202
Tiger Extinction Risk
203
Questions in Parliament on Plastics
204
Development of Solar Cities
205
Drought in Maharashtra
206
Role of Water & Ecological Systems in Drought Resilience
207
New Trend in Floods
208
Classifications of Disasters
209
Apps for Disaster Info
210
National Disaster Risk Index
211
Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project
212
Formaldehyde in Fish
213
Clean Air is a Human Right: WHO
214
Biomass Pellets
215
Cleaning the Ganga
216
SATAT Initiative to Promote Compressed Bio-Gas
217
WAYU: New Device to Tackle Pollution
218
CFC-11 in Atmosphere
219
Shale Oil or Gas Extraction by Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)
220
Herbicide Glyphosate
221
Plastic Road Surfacing
222
Protecting Bay of Bengal
223
Uranium Contamination of Water
224
Iron Ore Mining Leases in Goa
225
National Aquifer Mapping Programme (NAQUIM)
226
Dust Mitigation Plan
227
Ambient Air Quality Standards in India
228
Moss that can Remove Lead from Water
229
Global E-waste Monitor 2017
230
Soil Crisis in India
231
Sensor Network to Map and Predict Pollution, Effluents in Godavari
232
Black Carbon
233
Chemicals in Firecrackers
234
Bharat Stage Norms
235
National Air Quality Index (AQI)
236
Methanol as Cooking Fuel
237
Moss : A Cheap Pollution Monitor
238
Furnace Oil and Pet Coke
239
Bio-CNG
240
Carbon Capture Utilization Storage (CCUS)
241
Microbeads
242
Odisha Beach is Asia’s first to get ‘Blue Flag’ Tag
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Just Six Sub-species of Tiges Remain
244
Eight Captive-Reared Vultures to be released with Tracking Devices
245
Genes of Machhli to be Mapped
246
Agarwood Facing Extinction
247
Kulik Bird Sanctuary
248
Woolly Mammoths to be brought from the Dead
249
Gene Banks of Wild Animals
250
Ocean’s Dead Zones
251
Biodiversity of Manipur’s Loktak Lake under Threat
252
Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR)
253
First Inter-State Tiger Translocation Project
254
Nilgiri Hills
255
World’s Smallest Land Fern in Western Ghats
256
Illegal Wildlife Trade Restrictions Recognised
257
Conservation of Animals: Smaller Species are Neglected Lot
258
Orang Tiger Reserve
259
Three New Sites Recognised as Biodiversity Hotspots in Goa
260
Nine more Bird, Biodiversity Areas in Kerala
261
SECURE Himalaya
262
National Wildlife Action Plan
263
Floating Treatment Wetland
264
Celebration of World Wetlands Day at Deepor Beel in Assam
265
Climate Change Threatens Nilgiri Tahr
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Survival Threat to Sher Mahi Fish
267
Rise in Population of Asiatic Lions
268
Snow Leopard
269
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
270
Sawfish
271
Flamingo
272
Chiru Goat
273
Nilgiri Marten
274
Zygaenid
275
New Species of the Genus Nasikabatrachus
276
A New Snake found in Western Ghats
277
New Species of Large Gecko Discovered from Eastern Ghats
278
New Ant Species Discovered in the Western Ghats
279
New Night Frog Species
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Rare Sub-species of Hog Deer
281
Two New Gecko Species Discovered
282
Black-necked Cranes
283
Hornbill Watch Initiative
284
Red Data Book
285
Discovery of Nine Plants in Western Ghats
286
New Plant Species Found in Western Ghats
287
Gandheli Rediscovered
288
Gleadovia konyakianorum
289
Retrotransposons
290
Musa paramjitiana
291
Sunderbans is Losing its Mangrove Forest
292
Cobra Lily
293
Bihar’s Shahi Litchi gets GI Tag
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GI Tag for Alphonso Mango from Konkan
295
Nilambur Teak
296
Kirunji Flowers Bloom
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Sustainable Development
General Studies Paper III
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