Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were the eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. All 191 United Nations member states at that time, and at least 22 international organizations, committed to help achieve the following Millennium Development Goals by 2015:
- To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- To achieve universal primary education
- To promote gender equality and empower women
- To reduce child mortality
- To improve maternal health
- To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
- To ensure environmental sustainability
- To develop a global partnership for development
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Bio–Diversity And Environment
- 1 IUCN & Threatened Species Categories
- 2 India & Sustainable Development Goals
- 3 Decoding 17 Goals
- 4 Sustainable Development Goals
- 5 Important International Events
- 6 The Concept of Sustainable Development
- 7 International Solar Alliance
- 8 National Missions
- 9 NAPCC (National Action Plan on Climate Change)
- 10 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)
- 11 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- 12 India’s Stand Post Paris Treaty
- 13 Paris Agreement
- 14 Kyoto Protocol
- 15 UNFCCC
- 16 Carbon Sequestration
- 17 The Role of Human Activity
- 18 Effects of Global Warming
- 19 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
- 20 Global warming
- 21 Concept of Climate Change
- 22 Important International Bodies
- 23 International Efforts to Conserve Biodiversity
- 24 Biodiversity Hotspots in India
- 25 Criteria for Qualifying as a Biodiversity Hotspot
- 26 Biosphere Reserves
- 27 Important Institutes from the Point of View of Wildlife
- 28 Project Hangul
- 29 Project Dolphin
- 30 Project Lion
- 31 India Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020
- 32 Vulture Conservation
- 33 UNDP Sea Turtle Project
- 34 Crocodile Conservation Project
- 35 Project Elephant
- 36 Project Tiger
- 37 Social Impact Assessment
- 38 Environment Impact Assessment in India
- 39 Essential Components
- 40 Important National Initiatives
- 41 International Treaties and Cooperation
- 42 Solutions to Ozone Depletion
- 43 Serious Effects of Ozone Depletion
- 44 Main Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)
- 45 Composition of the Ozone Layer
- 46 Smog Formation
- 47 Electronic Waste in India
- 48 Solid Waste in India
- 49 Solid Waste
- 50 Noise Pollution in India
- 51 Adverse Effects of Noise Pollution
- 52 Measures for Prevention/ Control of Noise Pollution
- 53 Noise Pollution
- 54 Water Pollution Cess Act, 1977
- 55 Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act (1974) of India
- 56 Water Pollution in India
- 57 Consequences of Water Pollution
- 58 Sources & Causes of Water Pollution
- 59 What is Water Pollution?
- 60 National Air Quality Index
- 61 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
- 62 Consequences of Air Pollution
- 63 Study of Air Quality in India
- 64 Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality
- 65 Sources of Air Pollution
- 66 Substances Emitted into the Atmosphere by Human Activity
- 67 Air Pollution
- 68 Godavari-Krishna Mangroves
- 69 Bhitarkanika Mangroves
- 70 Important Mangrove Sites in India
- 71 Mangroves
- 72 Ramsar Convention and the Wetland Sites
- 73 Wetlands
- 74 Coral Reefs
- 75 National Agroforestry Policy 2014
- 76 Topics Covered under Agroforestry
- 77 Agroforestry
- 78 Types of Social Forestry
- 79 Key Facts about Social Forestry
- 80 Key Highlights of the National Forest Policy 2016
- 81 National Forest Policy
- 82 The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (RFR) Act, 2006
- 83 Forest Conservation Act 1980
- 84 Forest: Institutional Arrangements
- 85 Indian State Forest Report 2015
- 86 Significance/Value of Biodiversity
- 87 How do we Measure Bio-diversity?
- 88 Types of Biodiversity
- 89 Biogeographic Zones
- 90 What is Biodiversity?
- 91 Ecological Relations
- 92 Water Cycle
- 93 Oxygen Cycle
- 94 Nitrogen Cycle
- 95 Carbon Cycle (Gaseous Cycle)
- 96 Nutrient Cycles
- 97 Biogeochemical Cycles
- 98 Ecosystem Goods and Services
- 99 Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystem
- 100 Energy Flow
- 101 Concept of Succession
- 102 Keystone Species
- 103 Ecotone
- 104 Guild - ecosystem
- 105 Niche - ecosystem
- 106 Levels of Ecological Organization
- 107 Scales of Ecosystems
- 108 Difference between Environment, Ecology and Ecosystem
- 109 Ecosystem
- 110 National Parks
- 111 Acid Rain
- 112 Threats to Biodiversity and Ecosystem
