Ecology & Environment

Sustainable Development

1 Pacific Sea Level Rise Surpassing Global Average: WMO

2 Combating Climate Crisis: The Role of Equitable Resource Sharing

3 UNESCO Warns of Severe Land Degradation

4 GEF Council Approves $736.4 Million for Environmental Projects

5 Five Nations Unite to Combat Mercury Pollution in Healthcare

6 ASEAN Urged to Act on Plastic Pollution

7 G7 Energy Ministers Set Timeline to Phase Out Coal

8 Global E-Waste Monitor (GEM)

9 India’s Deteriorating Air Quality

10 First Nuclear Energy Summit

11 EU Recommends 90% Emission Cut Target by 2040

12 Global Biodiversity Funding Strategies Set in GBFF Meeting

13 Cameroon Adopts Nagoya Protocol

14 UN Recognizes World Restoration Flagships

15 India Aims for 5 MMTPA Green Hydrogen Production by 2030

16 Government's Rs 8,500 Crore Boost for Coal Gasification Projects

17 World Bank's Initiative to Combat Methane Emissions

18 Expansion of ENACT Partnership

19 Global Coal Demand to Decline by 2026

20 Global Health Sector Unprepared for Escalating Climate-Related Health Risks

21 Countries Set to Exceed Fossil Fuel Production Limits

22 OECD Report Reveals Developed Countries Missed Climate Finance Pledge

23 NCCR Attributes Algal Bloom in Puducherry to Human Factors

24 WMO Urges Improved Water Resource Monitoring

25 Failure to Reach Agreement on Climate "Loss and Damages"

26 Earth Exceeds Safe Limits in Six Key Environmental Factors

27 $2.7 Trillion Needed for Net Zero Emissions by 2050

28 Landmark Climate Justice Case Commences at UN Maritime Tribunal

29 United Nations Climate Ambition Summit 2023

30 67 Countries Sign UN Treaty to Protect Oceans

31 Japan Releases Nuclear Wastewater into Pacific Ocean

32 Yamuna River's Water Quality Shows Improvement

33 India's Greenhouse Emissions Drop 33%

34 Groundwater Extraction Affects Earth's Axis

35 Deep-Sea Mining Endangers Pacific Tuna

36 Sand and Dust Storms: UN Issues Global Alert

37 New Global Financing Pact Summit

38 GoI-UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

39 WMO Approves Global Tracker for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

40 The Race to Net Zero: Accelerating Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific

41 India to Join International Climate Action in Civil Aviation

42 'Harit Sagar' Green Port Guidelines

43 India’s First Water Bodies Census

44 Adverse Effects of Antibiotics Administered on Livestock

45 Green Tug Transition Programme

46 Gross Domestic Climate Risk Report

47 GSI Discovers Lithium in Jammu and Kashmir

48 Nature Risk Profile Methodology

49 Carbon Emission by Logged Tropical Forests

50 Healing of Ozone Layer

51 UN Recognition for Namami Gange Programme

52 Deforestation and Emission Reduction Targets

53 Global Offshore Wind Alliance

54 Two Indian Beaches Get Blue Flag Certification

55 Mission LiFE

56 Green Fins Hub

57 New Roadmap for Legacy Waste Management

58 28th World Ozone Day

59 Arth Ganga Model: Focusing on Sustainable Development

60 Forum for Decarbonizing Transport in India

61 ‘Ocean Promise’: UNDP’s Blue Economy Vision

62 India Joins First Movers Coalition

63 Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022

64 Imbalance in Nitrogen Availability

65 Renewable Energy Capacity Addition in 2021

66 One Ocean Summit

67 Vulnerable Countries Unable to Access Adaptation Fund from GCF

68 AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge

69 USA Joins International Solar Alliance

70 River Cities Alliance: Towards Sustainable Management of Urban Rivers

71 General Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA)

72 Renewable Energy and Land Use in India by Mid-Century

73 WHO Releases Global Air Quality Guidelines

74 Global Climate and the SDGs: Understanding the Interconnections

75 India’s Largest Floating Solar PV Project

76 India to Ratify Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol

77 NTPC REL’s New Green Initiatives

78 ‘Renewables Integration in India 2021’

79 Sustainable Water Management: Insights on Water Source Sustainability

80 UNESCO Launches First Ocean Decade Actions

81 UN Proposes Global Roadmap for Universal Access to Sustainable Energy

82 8th Global Nitrogen Conference

83 Investments in Nature-based Solutions need to triple by 2030 for Sustainable Development

84 UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

85 Italy Joins International Solar Alliance under the Amended ISA Framework Agreement

86 Draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) under Fire in Goa

87 MP and UP Government Sign MoA for Ken-Betwa Link Project

88 Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021

89 UNEP Making Peace with Nature Report

90 GOBAR DHAN Scheme

91 CWCM: First dedicated Wetland Conservation and Management Centre

92 Deaths Due to Lightning Strikes Declined by 37%

93 UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020

94 NGT Issues Order for Compliance of E-Waste Management Rules

95 Ministry of Power Notifies Norms and Standards for E-Certificate Trading Under PAT Scheme

96 NCAVES India Forum 2021

97 Production Gap Report 2020

98 Indo Gangetic Plain a Global Hotspot of Atmospheric Ammonia

99 WII Survey Finds High Biodiversity in almost Half of the Ganga Main River

100 WWF Identifies 100 Cities, Including 30 In India, Facing ‘Severe Water Risk’ By 2050

101 Lonar lake, Sur Sarovar Declared as Ramsar sites

102 MNRE Proposes Scheme for Development of Wind-Solar Hybrid Parks

103 Sustainable Peatland Management Can Prevent Future Pandemics: Study

104 State of Food and Agriculture 2020 Report

105 Two New Wetlands of India in the Ramsar List

106 India Re-elected to Head International Solar Alliance

107 National Action Plan for Conservation of Migratory Birdsalong Central Asian Flyway

108 Union Cabinet Ratifies Ban on Seven Hazardous Chemicals

109 Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0

110 Land Degradation and Coral Reef Programme

111 Blue Flag Eco-label and BEAMS

112 India Water Resources Information System

113 NGT Sets Stringent Conditions for Commercial Use of Groundwater

114 Green – Ag Project

115 US-India Strategic Energy Partnership

116 India Energy Modeling Forum

117 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

118 India Stresses on Climate Finance in First Virtual Petersberg Climate Dialogue

119 Five Initiatives Launched on International Day of Biodiversity

120 National Chambal Sanctuary Declared an Eco-Sensitive Zone

121 Snow in Antarctica, Turning Red

122 FUND RELEASED FOR GREEN INDIA MISSION

123 India Begins Coral Restoration in Gulf of Kachchh

124 10 More Wetlands Declared Ramsar Sites

125 Centre Eases CRZ Rules for ‘Blue Flag’ Beaches

126 India gets 43 million USD to Boost Climate Resilience in Coastal States

127 Japan in support of Whaling

128 UNEP Releases Report “Sand and Sustainability”

129 China and India are leading the Increase in “Greening Efforts” Across the World

130 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Released

131 Forest-Certification Scheme gets Global Recognition

132 India Cooling Action Plan

133 Indian Forest Act Amendment Draft Finalised

134 EPCA’s Parking Management Plan for Delhi

135 Cities Go Dark for Earth Hour

136 Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Congress 2019

137 Global Coalition for Clean Cooling Launched

138 Global Recognition for Namami Gange

139 National Seminar on Greenery and Landscaping

140 Researchers Convert Carbon Dioxide into Coal

141 Plastic Fuel

142 UNCCD Releases Land Degradation Assessment Report

143 Promoting Energy Efficiency in Buildings

144 Diversion of Forest Land

145 Space Technology to Expand Boro Rice Cultivation

146 Global Initiative to Diversify Staples

147 Environmental Rule of Law

148 Status of World’s Wilderness

149 Ganga Amantran Abhiyan Launched

150 C40 Cities Climate Summit Held at Copenhagen

151 Coral Rehabilitation Programme

152 Meghalaya becomes 1st State to Ensure Water Conservation

153 Nigeria Joins Global Coalition to Protect Pollinators

154 WWF Releases First-Ever Global Assessment of Forest Biodiversity

155 Special Climate Meet on the Sidelines of UNGA

156 UNCCD Meeting Held at Delhi

Pollution

1 India Contributes One-Fifth of Global Plastic Pollution

2 Microplastics Found in Human Brains: A Growing Concern

3 ‘White Category’ Industries Could Be Exempt from Environmental Permits

4 DDT Declines; Some POPs Persist in Humans and the Environment

5 Drop in Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) Levels in India

6 CAQM’s Policy to Curb Air Pollution in Delhi-NCR

7 Microplastics in Antarctic Snow

8 National Air Quality Resource Framework of India

9 Upcoming Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution

10 Electric Vehicles Can Lower Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds

11 Fly Ash Management and Utilisation Mission

12 Connecting the Dots: Plastic Pollution and the Planetary Emergency

13 Adverse Impact of Plastic Production on Health and Climate

14 Air Pollution in Some Parts of India Increased During the Pandemic

15 Draft Rules on Plastic Waste Recycling

16 A Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution

17 Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021

18 Microplastic Pollution in the Ganga

19 Antibiotic-Resistant "Priority Pathogens" found in Yamuna Water

20 World Biofuel Day

21 RAISE Initiative

22 Ozone Layer Hole over Arctic Closes

23 Coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef

24 India Completes Phase-out of Ozone Depleting Chemical HCFC-141b

25 IndAIR: CSIR-NEERI’s Web Facility

26 Victoria Falls Runs Dry

27 SC Issues Order on Completion of “Smog Tower Project”

28 CWC Report on Heavy Metals Contaminating Indian Rivers

29 Growth in Global Carbon Emission Slowed

30 Green Protocol in Kerala

31 UN Report Recognizes Nitrogen Pollution as Threat

32 Simplifying “UNNATEE’’

33 National Plan for Polluted Rivers

34 Pollution in Ganga Harming Riverbed Sediments

35 Chemical Nose

36 Pharmaceutical Residues in Fresh water Pose Environmental Risk

37 Greening with Pollution-gobbling Trees

38 Clean Air is a Human Right: WHO

39 Global Burden of e-Waste

40 South Asian Nitrogen Hub

41 New Global Alliance to End Plastic Waste

42 National Clean Air Programme

43 Govt Targets 20-30% Drop in Air Pollution in 102 Cities By 2024

44 Bio Plastics Not an Eco-Friendly Alternative to Plastic

45 Revised Guidelines for Ground Water Extraction Notified

46 Smallest Ozone Hole in Decades

47 Siachen Glacier Now Open to Tourists

48 CSIR Develops Green Crackers

49 12 Indian Beaches in Race to Top Blue Flag Challenge

50 NASA Data: India Biggest Emitter of Sulphur Dioxide

51 Microplastics: The New Pollutants

52 Air Pollution in Delhi drops 25% in Four Years

53 Emission Trading Scheme of Gujarat

Disaster Management

1 Global Flood Risk Predicted to Increase by 49%

2 DRIPS Portal for Disaster Resilience

3 Grass Slope Stabilization Initiative in Nilgiris

4 Half of the World's Rangelands Degraded: UNCCD Report

5 India Grapples with Soil Erosion Crisis

6 Global Workers Face Rising Heat Exposure

7 ISRO Unveils Second-Generation Distress Alert Transmitter

8 Global Water Monitor Report 2023

9 WEF Report: Extreme Weather Tops Global Concerns

10 Devastating Floods in Libya's Derna Claim Over 11,000 Lives

11 Deadly Earthquake Strikes Morocco

12 Land Subsidence affected 65% of Homes in Joshimath: Report

13 CWC Launches 'Floodwatch' App for Advanced Flood Forecasting

14 China's "Sponge Cities" and Flood Vulnerability

15 New Manual for Disaster Management Plan

16 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

17 Landslide Atlas of India

18 New Study on Forest Fires

19 Disaster Management Plan of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

20 5th World Congress on Disaster Management

21 Study Throws Light on Flash Droughts

22 World Meteorological Congress

23 Cyclone Nivar

24 Typhoon Goni: Asia’s Most Powerful Tropical Storm in 2020

25 State of Global Air Report 2020

26 Microbes to Fight Oil Spillage in Oceans

27 Environment Clearance to Kaleshwaram Project Violates Law: NGT

28 South Asian Flash Flood Guidance System launched by IMD

29 Typhoon Haishen

30 Landslide Menace

31 Tsunami Ready Village

32 Baghjan Tragedy: Assam Gas Leak and Fire

33 Integrated Flood Warning System: IFLOWS-Mumbai

34 Significant Laws that have come into play During Coronavirus Pandemic

35 Super Cyclone Amphan Devastates Bengal

36 Red Atlas Action Plan Map for Flood Mitigation

37 Odisha comes up with Unique Flood Hazard Atlas

38 Cyclone Vayu S pared Gujarat Coast

39 Crowded Mount Everest Becomes Deadly

40 Fourth World Reconstruction Conference

41 Face of Disasters 2019 Report

42 Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Meeting on Disaster Risk Management

43 FAST: Real Time Forest Fire Alert System

44 Role of Water and Ecological Systems in Drought Resilience

45 Drought in Maharashtra

46 Meghalaya Mining Disaster

47 International Day for Disaster Reduction Observed

48 Mapping Lightning Across India

Climate Change

1 India’s Transport Sector Could Cut Carbon Emissions by 71% by 2050

2 South America Faces Record-Breaking Wildfires

3 Teal Carbon Study Highlights Role of Wetlands in Climate Change Mitigation

4 Extreme Heatwaves and Rainfall Increase in India

5 Antarctica’s Record Heatwave

6 Potential Decline in Exploitable Fish Biomass

7 Impact of Climate Change on Education and Child Development

8 Rising Carbon Emissions from Arctic Wildfires

9 Global Groundwater Warming

10 Bonn Climate Talks

11 Climate Change Amplified Antarctic Sea Ice Decline in 2023

12 Venezuela Loses Its Last Glacier

13 Severe Coral Bleaching in Lakshadweep Sea

14 Expansion of Glacial Lakes in the Indian Himalayas

15 Global Coral Bleaching Event Confirmed

16 GBR Faces Devastating Coral Bleaching Crisis

17 Climate Crisis: WMO Shares Insights

18 Hindu Kush Himalaya Region Declared Biosphere on the Brink

19 Vanishing Ice: Africa's Glacial Decline

20 Logging and Climate Change Threaten Montane Birds

21 Antarctic Marine Protected Areas Face Severe Acidification Threat

22 Katabatic Winds in the Himalayas

23 Global Cooling Watch 2023 Report

24 2011-2020: Warmest Decade, yet Fewest Deaths due to Extreme Climate Events

25 Arctic Ocean Faces Carbon Release Threat

26 Southern States Face Water Scarcity as Reservoir Levels Drop

27 Reusable Plastic Packaging Can Slash Emissions by 69%

28 UN Report: 86 Days Broke 1.5°C Barrier in 2023

29 Massive Ozone Hole Detected Over Antarctica

30 New Climate Report Raises Alarm

31 Asia Faces Worst Hydropower Crisis in Decades

32 Polar Regions witness Record Low Ice Cover

33 Hurricane Hilary Lands in US West Coast

34 Marine Heat Wave Threatens Florida’s Coral Reefs

35 NOAA Warns of Heightened Atlantic Hurricane Season

36 Rising Sea Levels and Climate Hazards Threaten Pacific Islands

37 Europe Grapples with Escalating Heatwaves

38 Climate Change Threatens Sacred Shaligrams in the Himalayas

39 Deterioration of Gulf of Eilat Coral Reefs

40 Great Barrier Reef: Serious Threat Remains

41 Rising Waves Signal Climate Impact

42 Hawaii Devastated by Large-Scale Wildfires

43 Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low

44 Batagaika Crater Poses a Warning Sign for Earth

45 Melting of Glaciers in Hindu Kush Himalayas

46 The Petersberg Dialogue on Climate Change

47 Key Climate Threshold Likely to be Breached in 5 Years

48 Preservation of Ice Records

49 Adverse Impact of Sea Level Rise on Salt Marshes

50 Imbalance in the Earth's Energy Budget

51 Himalayan Glacial Retreat

52 Feedback Loops Worsening Climate Crisis

53 Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

54 New Study on Glacier Melting

55 Mangrove Alliance for Climate

56 The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

57 Climate Tipping Points

58 Record Melting of Glaciers in the Alps

59 New Project to Accelerate Climate Action in India

60 A New Theory to Explain Karakoram Anomaly

61 Climate Change Heating Up Indian Rivers

62 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate

63 WMO’s Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update

64 Expanding Heat Resilience

65 Mass Coral Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef

66 Amazon Rainforest Nearing Tipping Point

67 Kaziranga National Park is a Net Carbon Emitter

68 Water Vapour Increasingly Warming High Altitude Himalayas

69 Study Highlights Role of Social System in Determining Climate Change Trajectory

70 INCOIS Prepares Coastal Vulnerability Index

71 Record Warming of Oceans in 2021

72 Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India

73 2021 Sixth Warmest Year Since 1880

74 India Votes against UN Draft Resolution on Climate Change

75 Highest Ever Temperature Recorded in Arctic Region

76 Himalayan Glaciers Melting at an Exceptional Rate

77 Climate Change Performance Index 2022

78 WMO’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

79 COP 26: India will achieve ‘Net Zero Emissions’ by 2070

80 Groundswell Report Highlights Climate Migration Scenarios

81 Global Methane Pledge: An Initiative to Reduce Methane Emissions

82 Study Identifies Heatwave Hotspots of India

83 WMO Report on State of Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean

84 Children’s Climate Risk Index

85 July 2021: The Hottest Month on Record

86 Water-related Hazards Dominated Disasters in the Past Five Decades

87 UN High-level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought

88 WMO verifies Record High Temperature for Antarctica

89 State of the Global Climate 2020 Report

90 Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update

91 Climate Breakthroughs Summit

92 Catch the Rain Campaign Launched on World Water Day

93 Similipal Forest Fire

94 Exceptional Warming of Peninsular India: IMD report

95 Western Disturbance and Indian Climate

96 U.S. Formally Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement

97 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica Launched

98 Global Warming May Intensify Flooding in South India

99 Antarctic Ozone Hole Closes

100 Over 75% Districts Hotspots of Extreme Weather Events in India: CEEW Study

101 State of the Global Climate 2020 Provisional Report

102 Emissions Gap Report 2020

103 Climate Change Performance Index 2021

104 Climate Warming Countdown: Research Predicts Breach of 1.5°C Climate threshold by 2027-2042

105 World’s Largest Hybrid Renewable Energy Park Coming Up in Gujarat

106 Government Constitutes Apex Committee For Implementation of Paris Agreement

107 Brown Carbon ‘Tarballs’ Detectedin Himalayan Atmosphere

108 Himalayan Brown Bear Faces Threat From Climate Change

109 Climate Change Driving Butterflies, Moths Higher Up the Himalayas

110 Indo-Denmark Green Strategic Partnership

111 Living Planet Report 2020

112 Greenland’s Ice sheet Melting beyond “Point of No Return”

113 Nationally Determined Contributions –Transport Initiative for Asia

114 Virtual Climate Action Ministerial

115 India's First Ever Climate Change Assessment Report

116 Aerosol Radiative Forcing in Trans-Himalayas

117 Oil spill in Russia’s Arctic Region

118 Environment Performance Index 2020

119 The Sixth Mass Extinction

120 Coronavirus Lockdown Reduced Earth’s Seismic Noise Levels

121 How Coronavirus and Climate Change are Interlinked

122 Unusual North Indian Heat Waves

123 Rise in Black Carbon at Himalayan Glaciers

124 Urban Heat Islands in India

125 The Future of Earth 2020 Report

126 Venice is Going Under Water

127 Australian Bush Fires Point at Climate Change

128 Ministry of Coal to form Sustainable Development Cell

129 Climate Risk Index 2020

130 The Curious Case of Drying Northeast India

131 Bomb Cyclone

132 Global Chemical Outlook II

133 Climate Vulnerability Maps for Himalayan States

134 Special Stamp on Ice Stupa

135 IMD Confirms Weak El Nino Conditions

136 India and China Greening Faster than Rest of the World

137 Oceans are Heating Up

138 India Warming: 2018 Sixth Warmest Year

139 Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

140 Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion

141 Heatwave: Countdown 2018

142 India’s Second Biennial Update Report (BUR) to UNFCCC

143 Climate Change to Affect Future ‘Super El Niño’ Events

144 Protest against Forest Rights Act

145 Europe Heat Wave: A Cause for Concern

Biodiversity

1 Two New Species of Cannibal Spiders Discovered

2 Cabinet Approves Continuation of Wildlife Habitat Development Scheme

3 Manipur District Bans Hunting of Amur Falcons

4 Critically Endangered Elongated Tortoise Spotted in Haryana

5 Coral Survey Unveils New Marine Species

6 India Joins International Big Cat Alliance

7 Neelakurinji Added to IUCN Red List as ‘Vulnerable’

8 New Insect Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

9 ZSI and Odisha Forest Department Tag Horseshoe Crabs

10 Assam Records Mithun for the First Time

11 India Adds Three New Ramsar Sites

12 New Shield-Tail Snake Species Discovered in Western Ghats

13 India’s New Plant & Animal Discoveries in 2023

14 Fork Fern Breaks Genome Size Record

15 Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre

16 Dinosaur Fossil Unearthed in Zimbabwe

17 New Snake Eel Species Discovered in Odisha

18 IUCN Upgrades Iberian Lynx's Conservation Status

19 New Limbless Amphibian Discovered in Kaziranga Park

20 Two Wetlands Get Ramsar Recognition

21 Tiger Translocation Initiative in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve

22 New Spider Species Discovered in Tal Chhapar Sanctuary

23 Red Colobus: Guardians of Africa's Forests

24 Spread of Invasive Catfish in Eastern Ghats

25 New Spider Species Discovered in Western Ghats

26 The Threat of Invasive Species

27 Venomous Jellyfish Bloom Strikes Visakhapatnam Coast

28 Rare Wild Cousin of Garden Balsam Discovered

29 Fish in Laccadive Sea Use Tools for Prey: Study

30 Leopard Population 2022 Survey Results

31 Expert Panel Formed for Great Indian Bustard Protection

32 India Designates Five New Ramsar Sites

33 Global Wildlife Accord: CMS COP14 Highlights

34 Historic Ban on Donkey Skin Trade in Africa

35 Rare Lapwing Sighted in India

36 New Worm for Eco-Friendly Pest Control

37 Rare Butterfly Sighted in Himachal Pradesh

38 Giant Anaconda Discovered in Amazon

39 New Mammalian Species Join Kaziranga National Park Fauna

40 Himalayan Wolf Classified as 'Vulnerable' on IUCN Red List

41 'Paramyrothecium indicum': New Phytopathogenic Fungus

42 Odisha Plans World's First Melanistic Tiger Safari

43 Report on India's Snow Leopard Population Status

44 Cheetah Conservation Hub in Banni Grassland

45 Mass Nesting of Olive Ridley Turtles: DRDO to Halt Missile Testing

46 CITES Removes India from Red Sanders Trade Restrictions

47 Mosquitofish Introduction Backfires in India

48 Persistent Plastic Threat to Giant Galapagos Tortoises

49 New 'Music Frog' Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

50 Decline in Bird Species Recorded in Tamil Nadu: SOIB 2023

51 New Dragonfly Species Discovered in Wayanad

52 Chennai Tops Trafficking Network for Tortoises and Turtles

53 Rubber Production in Southeast Asia Drives High Forest Loss

54 Unprecedented Plankton Bloom in Thailand Threatens Local Fisheries

55 Newly Discovered Pangolin Species Faces Immediate Threat

56 Report on India's Cheetah Reintroduction Program

57 Invasive Red Fire Ants Detected in Sicily, Italy

58 New Salamander Species Discovered in Manipur

59 India's Unique Birds: A Conservation Call

60 Vaquita Porpoise Faces Crisis

61 Italy Allocates Funds for Invasive Crab

62 India's Tiger Population Distribution Raises Conservation Concerns

63 Ecological Concerns Rise in Western Ghats

64 Cheetah Deaths at Kuno National Park

65 Invasive Weed Threatens Elephant Habitats

66 National Working Plan Code-2023

67 UN High Seas Treaty

68 Conservation Efforts for Migratory Birds in the CAF

69 International Big Cat Alliance

70 DNA Profiling of Captive Elephants

71 Loss of Mountain Forests

72 Poaching and Trafficking of Pangolins in India

73 Indian Star Tortoise Faces Challenges

74 Asian Waterbird Census

75 Tal Chhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary

76 Cryomesh Technology to Freeze Corals

77 CoP 19 of CITES

78 Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Forestry

79 Study on Poaching of Sea Turtles

80 India and the US Launch “Trees Outside Forests in India”

81 11 Wetlands from India Declared Ramsar Sites

82 Conservation of Marine Biodiversity

83 India Designates Five New Ramsar Sites

84 New Study on Snow Leopard

85 Cheetah Reintroduction: India and Namibia Sign MoU

86 Sela Macaque: A New Species of Primate

87 XV World Forestry Congress

88 The State of the World’s Birds

89 20th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority

90 India Gets Two More Ramsar Sites

91 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation

92 India’s 47th Ramsar Site

93 UN Convention on Biological Diversity: 15th Conference of Parties

94 Mura-Drava-Danube: World’s First ‘Five-Country Biosphere Reserve’

95 Four Indian Wetlands get Ramsar Recognition

96 Eco-sensitive Zone of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary Notified

97 India added 557 New Species in 2020

98 International Tiger Day

99 UNEP-WWF Report Highlights the Need for Human-Wildlife Coexistence

100 First Draft of Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

101 Odisha plans to create Natural Barriers to Cyclonic Storms

102 Global Forest Goals Report 2021

103 India’s Deep Sea Fauna

104 Forest Bird Species on the Decline in Western Himalaya

105 WWF Report on Snow Leopard

106 International Day of Forests

107 3rd Edition of Annual Conference of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

108 Promotion of Herbal Cultivation in the Country

109 India’s First Inter-State Tiger Relocation Project Floundered

110 African Elephants Living in Forests Are Now ‘Critically Endangered

111 Government Prepares to Receive African Cheetah

112 Decline in Species Abundance Due to Trade

113 Nutrition Garden Inaugurated in Himachal Pradesh

114 World’s Smallest Reptile Found in Madagascar

115 Scientists Find Way to Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency In Paddy

116 Global Forest Loss Hotspots Bigger than Germany:WWF

117 Bird Survey of Sundarbans

118 Govt. Approves Advisory for Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict

119 Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Protected Areas

120 New, Rare & Rediscovered Species Found in the Pristine Andes of Bolivia

121 IUCN Updated Red List: All Freshwater Dolphins Threatened

122 Firefly Bird Diverters to Protect Great Indian Bustard

123 Status of Leopard in India 2018 Report

124 Himalayan trillium Declared Endangered by ICUN

125 New Frog Genus Found in Andamans

126 Five New Species of Vine Snakes Discovered in Peninsular India

127 Fossils of Giant Birds ‘Pelagornithids’ Identified in Antarctica

128 Amur Falcon: ‘Birds of God’

129 Madhuca diplostemon

130 Heeng to be Cultivated for the First Time in India

131 Aarey Reserve Forest

132 Indian Army to Use Double-Humped Camels along LAC

133 Biodiversity Mapping of Mumbai

134 Kerala: First State to Institutionalize Snake Handling

135 African Cheetah

136 Dhole: Asiatic Wild Dog

137 Hoolock Gibbons

138 Seagrasses

139 India’s First Snow Leopard Conservation Centre

140 Pied Cuckoo

141 Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary

142 Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone

143 Himalayan Golden Birdwing Butterfly

144 Globbaandersonii

145 Ground Orchid

146 Increase in Poaching Amidst COVID-19 Lockdown

147 New Guidelines for Import of Exotic Species

148 Census of Asiatic Lion

149 New Species of Green Pit Viper Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

150 Three new Fish Species Discovered in Western Ghats

151 New Fresh Water Fish “Punitus Sanctus” Found in Tamil Nadu

152 India’s First Dolphin Observatory Coming up in Bihar

153 Southern Reaches of Western Ghats Yield Three New Plant Species

154 State of India’s Birds 2020

155 Red Panda Species are Two species, Not One

156 State of India’s Birds 2020

157 Red Panda Species are Two species, Not One

158 Tiger Territory Threatened in Arunachal Pradesh

159 Locust Attack Destroying Crops in Several Countries

160 Himalayan Wolves with Hypoxia Adaptation are Separate Species

161 Pangolins: A Suspect for the Spread of Coronavirus

162 Chinese Paddlefish Goes Extinct

163 Steppe Eagle Sighted

164 Ophichthuskailashchandrai Discovered

165 SC Allows Introduction of African Cheetahs to India

166 A New Archaeon Discovered in Sambhar Lake

167 Forest Committee Approves Green Credit Scheme

168 Chemicals in Garcinia Plants of Northeast Beneficial for Humans

169 Sumatran Rhinoceros Now Extinct in Malaysia

170 Idris Elba: Tiny Parasitic Wasp

171 Marengo sachintendulkar: Rare Species of Asian Jumping Spider

172 Bengal Tree Frog

173 IUCN 10th Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG) Meeting

174 Operation ‘Clean Art’

175 Herbivore Census in Gujarat’s Gir

176 Grizzled Giant Squirrel Sighted at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests

177 Purple Frog Soon to be Designated as Kerala’s State Amphibian

178 Miracle Plant ‘Arogyapacha’

179 Kappaphycus alvarezii invades Gulf of Mannar

180 Scientists Discover New Frog Species in Assam

181 New Tortoise Species Discovered in Arunachal

182 Last Captive White Tiger Died at Sanjay Gandhi National Park

183 New Vine Snake Discovered in Odisha Biosphere Reserve

184 New Viper Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

185 Parrotfish Threatened in Andaman

186 First GI Tag for Areca Nut

187 Erode Turmeric gets GI Tag

188 New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019

189 IUCN lists Hump-backed Mahseer as Critically Endangered

190 Hilsa Passage through Farakka Navigation Lock

191 2nd Phase of River Information System Launched

192 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species

193 Sundarban Reserve Forest Now a Wetland of International Importance

194 The Largest Habitat of Endangered Estuarine Crocodiles

195 Small Woodbrown Butterfly Rediscovered in Sikkim

196 Vulture Population Ups in Madhya Pradesh

197 Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival

198 Gharials of Gandak: A Conservation Success Story

199 Sustainable Catchment Forest Management (SCATFORM) Project

200 3rd International Stock Taking Conference on Tiger Conservation

201 Eight Captive-Reared Vultures to be Released with Tracking Devices

202 Tigers Dwindling: Just Six Sub-species Remain

203 Two New Gecko Species Discovered

204 Moths are Key to Pollination in Himalayan Ecosystem

205 Rare Sub-species of Hog Deer

206 SC Directs Centre to Declare Area around National Parks as Eco-Sensitive

207 Government Launches Asiatic Lion Conservation Project

208 NGT Bans Mining Close to Sariska Reserve

209 River Dolphins Go Missing in Sunderbans as Water Salinity Rises

210 Scientists Discover New Antibiotic in Tropical Forests

211 Odisha Renews Effort to Revive Gharial Population

212 Scaly-Foot Snail: 1st Ever Species Endangered due to Deep Sea Mining

213 26 Million Year Old Species of Vine Snake found in Western Ghats

214 Tiger Census Report

215 Tamil yeoman: Tamil Nadu’s State Butterfly

216 New Species of Freshwater Fish Found

217 Decline in Shark Fisheries in India

218 New Species of Burrowing Frog in Jharkhand

219 India’s First Dragon Blood-oozing Tree

220 New Species of Marmoset

221 Star Tortoise, Otters get Higher Protection at CITES

222 Northeast Tops States with Most Forest Cover

223 Sparkling Blue Waves in Chennai

224 Anandan’s Day Gecko Discovered in Western Ghats

225 Indian Cheetah, Pink-Headed Duck, and Great Indian Bustard Become Extinct

226 Microhyla Eos: A newly Discovered Species of Frog from Arunachal Pradesh