Ecology & Environment

Sustainable Development

1 ASEAN Urged to Act on Plastic Pollution

2 G7 Energy Ministers Set Timeline to Phase Out Coal

3 Global E-Waste Monitor (GEM)

4 India’s Deteriorating Air Quality

5 First Nuclear Energy Summit

6 EU Recommends 90% Emission Cut Target by 2040

7 Global Biodiversity Funding Strategies Set in GBFF Meeting

8 Cameroon Adopts Nagoya Protocol

9 UN Recognizes World Restoration Flagships

10 India Aims for 5 MMTPA Green Hydrogen Production by 2030

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

12 World Bank's Initiative to Combat Methane Emissions

13 ​Expansion of ENACT Partnership

14 Global Coal Demand to Decline by 2026

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

16 Countries Set to Exceed Fossil Fuel Production Limits

17 OECD Report Reveals Developed Countries Missed Climate Finance Pledge

18 NCCR Attributes Algal Bloom in Puducherry to Human Factors

19 WMO Urges Improved Water Resource Monitoring

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

21 Earth Exceeds Safe Limits in Six Key Environmental Factors

22 $2.7 Trillion Needed for Net Zero Emissions by 2050

23 Landmark Climate Justice Case Commences at UN Maritime Tribunal

24 United Nations Climate Ambition Summit 2023

25 67 Countries Sign UN Treaty to Protect Oceans

26 Japan Releases Nuclear Wastewater into Pacific Ocean

27 Yamuna River's Water Quality Shows Improvement

28 India's Greenhouse Emissions Drop 33%

29 Groundwater Extraction Affects Earth's Axis

30 Deep-Sea Mining Endangers Pacific Tuna

31 Sand and Dust Storms: UN Issues Global Alert

32 New Global Financing Pact Summit

33 GoI-UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

34 WMO Approves Global Tracker for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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

36 India to Join International Climate Action in Civil Aviation

37 'Harit Sagar' Green Port Guidelines

38 India’s First Water Bodies Census

39 Adverse Effects of Antibiotics Administered on Livestock

40 Green Tug Transition Programme

41 Gross Domestic Climate Risk Report

42 GSI Discovers Lithium in Jammu and Kashmir

43 Nature Risk Profile Methodology

44 Carbon Emission by Logged Tropical Forests

45 Healing of Ozone Layer

46 UN Recognition for Namami Gange Programme

47 Deforestation and Emission Reduction Targets

48 Global Offshore Wind Alliance

49 Two Indian Beaches Get Blue Flag Certification

50 Mission LiFE

51 Green Fins Hub

52 New Roadmap for Legacy Waste Management

53 28th World Ozone Day

54 Arth Ganga Model: Focusing on Sustainable Development

55 Forum for Decarbonizing Transport in India

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

57 India Joins First Movers Coalition

58 Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022

59 Imbalance in Nitrogen Availability

60 Renewable Energy Capacity Addition in 2021

61 One Ocean Summit

62 Vulnerable Countries Unable to Access Adaptation Fund from GCF

63 AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge

64 USA Joins International Solar Alliance

65 River Cities Alliance: Towards Sustainable Management of Urban Rivers

66 General Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA)

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

68 WHO Releases Global Air Quality Guidelines

69 Global Climate and the SDGs: Understanding the Interconnections

70 India’s Largest Floating Solar PV Project

71 India to Ratify Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol

72 NTPC REL’s New Green Initiatives

73 ‘Renewables Integration in India 2021’

74 Sustainable Water Management: Insights on Water Source Sustainability

75 UNESCO Launches First Ocean Decade Actions

76 UN Proposes Global Roadmap for Universal Access to Sustainable Energy

77 8th Global Nitrogen Conference

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

79 UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

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

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

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

83 Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021

84 UNEP Making Peace with Nature Report

85 GOBAR DHAN Scheme

86 CWCM: First dedicated Wetland Conservation and Management Centre

87 Deaths Due to Lightning Strikes Declined by 37%

88 UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020

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

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

91 NCAVES India Forum 2021

92 Production Gap Report 2020

93 Indo Gangetic Plain a Global Hotspot of Atmospheric Ammonia

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

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

96 Lonar lake, Sur Sarovar Declared as Ramsar sites

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

98 Sustainable Peatland Management Can Prevent Future Pandemics: Study

99 State of Food and Agriculture 2020 Report

100 Two New Wetlands of India in the Ramsar List

101 India Re-elected to Head International Solar Alliance

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

103 Union Cabinet Ratifies Ban on Seven Hazardous Chemicals

104 Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0

105 Land Degradation and Coral Reef Programme

106 Blue Flag Eco-label and BEAMS

107 India Water Resources Information System

108 NGT Sets Stringent Conditions for Commercial Use of Groundwater

109 Green – Ag Project

110 US-India Strategic Energy Partnership

111 India Energy Modeling Forum

112 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

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

114 Five Initiatives Launched on International Day of Biodiversity

115 National Chambal Sanctuary Declared an Eco-Sensitive Zone

116 Snow in Antarctica, Turning Red

117 FUND RELEASED FOR GREEN INDIA MISSION

118 India Begins Coral Restoration in Gulf of Kachchh

119 10 More Wetlands Declared Ramsar Sites

120 Centre Eases CRZ Rules for ‘Blue Flag’ Beaches

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

122 Japan in support of Whaling

123 UNEP Releases Report “Sand and Sustainability”

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

125 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Released

126 Forest-Certification Scheme gets Global Recognition

127 India Cooling Action Plan

128 Indian Forest Act Amendment Draft Finalised

129 EPCA’s Parking Management Plan for Delhi

130 Cities Go Dark for Earth Hour

131 Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Congress 2019

132 Global Coalition for Clean Cooling Launched

133 Global Recognition for Namami Gange

134 National Seminar on Greenery and Landscaping

135 Researchers Convert Carbon Dioxide into Coal

136 Plastic Fuel

137 UNCCD Releases Land Degradation Assessment Report

138 Promoting Energy Efficiency in Buildings

139 Diversion of Forest Land

140 Space Technology to Expand Boro Rice Cultivation

141 Global Initiative to Diversify Staples

142 Environmental Rule of Law

143 Status of World’s Wilderness

144 Ganga Amantran Abhiyan Launched

145 C40 Cities Climate Summit Held at Copenhagen

146 Coral Rehabilitation Programme

147 Meghalaya becomes 1st State to Ensure Water Conservation

148 Nigeria Joins Global Coalition to Protect Pollinators

149 WWF Releases First-Ever Global Assessment of Forest Biodiversity

150 Special Climate Meet on the Sidelines of UNGA

151 UNCCD Meeting Held at Delhi

Pollution

1 Drop in Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) Levels in India

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

3 Microplastics in Antarctic Snow

4 National Air Quality Resource Framework of India

5 Upcoming Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution

6 Electric Vehicles Can Lower Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds

7 Fly Ash Management and Utilisation Mission

8 Connecting the Dots: Plastic Pollution and the Planetary Emergency

9 Adverse Impact of Plastic Production on Health and Climate

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

11 Draft Rules on Plastic Waste Recycling

12 A Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution

13 Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021

14 Microplastic Pollution in the Ganga

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

16 World Biofuel Day

17 RAISE Initiative

18 Ozone Layer Hole over Arctic Closes

19 Coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef

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

21 IndAIR: CSIR-NEERI’s Web Facility

22 Victoria Falls Runs Dry

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

24 CWC Report on Heavy Metals Contaminating Indian Rivers

25 Growth in Global Carbon Emission Slowed

26 Green Protocol in Kerala

27 UN Report Recognizes Nitrogen Pollution as Threat

28 Simplifying “UNNATEE’’

29 National Plan for Polluted Rivers

30 Pollution in Ganga Harming Riverbed Sediments

31 Chemical Nose

32 Pharmaceutical Residues in Fresh water Pose Environmental Risk

33 Greening with Pollution-gobbling Trees

34 Clean Air is a Human Right: WHO

35 Global Burden of e-Waste

36 South Asian Nitrogen Hub

37 New Global Alliance to End Plastic Waste

38 National Clean Air Programme

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

40 Bio Plastics Not an Eco-Friendly Alternative to Plastic

41 Revised Guidelines for Ground Water Extraction Notified

42 Smallest Ozone Hole in Decades

43 Siachen Glacier Now Open to Tourists

44 CSIR Develops Green Crackers

45 12 Indian Beaches in Race to Top Blue Flag Challenge

46 NASA Data: India Biggest Emitter of Sulphur Dioxide

47 Microplastics: The New Pollutants

48 Air Pollution in Delhi drops 25% in Four Years

49 Emission Trading Scheme of Gujarat

Disaster Management

1 India Grapples with Soil Erosion Crisis

2 Global Workers Face Rising Heat Exposure

3 ISRO Unveils Second-Generation Distress Alert Transmitter

4 Global Water Monitor Report 2023

5 WEF Report: Extreme Weather Tops Global Concerns

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

7 Deadly Earthquake Strikes Morocco

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

9 CWC Launches 'Floodwatch' App for Advanced Flood Forecasting

10 China's "Sponge Cities" and Flood Vulnerability

11 ​New Manual for Disaster Management Plan

12 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

13 Landslide Atlas of India

14 New Study on Forest Fires

15 Disaster Management Plan of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

16 5th World Congress on Disaster Management

17 Study Throws Light on Flash Droughts

18 World Meteorological Congress

19 Cyclone Nivar

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

21 State of Global Air Report 2020

22 Microbes to Fight Oil Spillage in Oceans

23 Environment Clearance to Kaleshwaram Project Violates Law: NGT

24 South Asian Flash Flood Guidance System launched by IMD

25 Typhoon Haishen

26 Landslide Menace

27 Tsunami Ready Village

28 Baghjan Tragedy: Assam Gas Leak and Fire

29 Integrated Flood Warning System: IFLOWS-Mumbai

30 Significant Laws that have come into play During Coronavirus Pandemic

31 Super Cyclone Amphan Devastates Bengal

32 Red Atlas Action Plan Map for Flood Mitigation

33 Odisha comes up with Unique Flood Hazard Atlas

34 Cyclone Vayu S pared Gujarat Coast

35 Crowded Mount Everest Becomes Deadly

36 Fourth World Reconstruction Conference

37 Face of Disasters 2019 Report

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

39 FAST: Real Time Forest Fire Alert System

40 Role of Water and Ecological Systems in Drought Resilience

41 Drought in Maharashtra

42 Meghalaya Mining Disaster

43 International Day for Disaster Reduction Observed

44 Mapping Lightning Across India

Climate Change

1 Expansion of Glacial Lakes in the Indian Himalayas

2 Global Coral Bleaching Event Confirmed

3 GBR Faces Devastating Coral Bleaching Crisis

4 Climate Crisis: WMO Shares Insights

5 Hindu Kush Himalaya Region Declared Biosphere on the Brink

6 Vanishing Ice: Africa's Glacial Decline

7 Logging and Climate Change Threaten Montane Birds

8 Antarctic Marine Protected Areas Face Severe Acidification Threat

9 Katabatic Winds in the Himalayas

10 Global Cooling Watch 2023 Report

11 2011-2020: Warmest Decade, yet Fewest Deaths due to Extreme Climate Events

12 Arctic Ocean Faces Carbon Release Threat

13 Southern States Face Water Scarcity as Reservoir Levels Drop

14 Reusable Plastic Packaging Can Slash Emissions by 69%

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

16 Massive Ozone Hole Detected Over Antarctica

17 New Climate Report Raises Alarm

18 Asia Faces Worst Hydropower Crisis in Decades

19 Polar Regions witness Record Low Ice Cover

20 Hurricane Hilary Lands in US West Coast

21 Marine Heat Wave Threatens Florida’s Coral Reefs

22 NOAA Warns of Heightened Atlantic Hurricane Season

23 Rising Sea Levels and Climate Hazards Threaten Pacific Islands

24 Europe Grapples with Escalating Heatwaves

25 Climate Change Threatens Sacred Shaligrams in the Himalayas

26 Deterioration of Gulf of Eilat Coral Reefs

27 Great Barrier Reef: Serious Threat Remains

28 Rising Waves Signal Climate Impact

29 Hawaii Devastated by Large-Scale Wildfires

30 Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low

31 Batagaika Crater Poses a Warning Sign for Earth

32 Melting of Glaciers in Hindu Kush Himalayas

33 The Petersberg Dialogue on Climate Change

34 Key Climate Threshold Likely to be Breached in 5 Years

35 Preservation of Ice Records

36 Adverse Impact of Sea Level Rise on Salt Marshes

37 Imbalance in the Earth's Energy Budget

38 Himalayan Glacial Retreat

39 Feedback Loops Worsening Climate Crisis

40 Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

41 New Study on Glacier Melting

42 Mangrove Alliance for Climate

43 The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

44 Climate Tipping Points

45 Record Melting of Glaciers in the Alps

46 New Project to Accelerate Climate Action in India

47 A New Theory to Explain Karakoram Anomaly

48 Climate Change Heating Up Indian Rivers

49 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate

50 WMO’s Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update

51 Expanding Heat Resilience

52 Mass Coral Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef

53 Amazon Rainforest Nearing Tipping Point

54 Kaziranga National Park is a Net Carbon Emitter

55 Water Vapour Increasingly Warming High Altitude Himalayas

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

57 INCOIS Prepares Coastal Vulnerability Index

58 Record Warming of Oceans in 2021

59 Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India

60 2021 Sixth Warmest Year Since 1880

61 India Votes against UN Draft Resolution on Climate Change

62 Highest Ever Temperature Recorded in Arctic Region

63 Himalayan Glaciers Melting at an Exceptional Rate

64 Climate Change Performance Index 2022

65 WMO’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

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

67 Groundswell Report Highlights Climate Migration Scenarios

68 Global Methane Pledge: An Initiative to Reduce Methane Emissions

69 Study Identifies Heatwave Hotspots of India

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

71 Children’s Climate Risk Index

72 July 2021: The Hottest Month on Record

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

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

75 WMO verifies Record High Temperature for Antarctica

76 State of the Global Climate 2020 Report

77 Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update

78 Climate Breakthroughs Summit

79 Catch the Rain Campaign Launched on World Water Day

80 Similipal Forest Fire

81 Exceptional Warming of Peninsular India: IMD report

82 Western Disturbance and Indian Climate

83 U.S. Formally Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement

84 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica Launched

85 Global Warming May Intensify Flooding in South India

86 Antarctic Ozone Hole Closes

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

88 State of the Global Climate 2020 Provisional Report

89 Emissions Gap Report 2020

90 Climate Change Performance Index 2021

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

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

93 Government Constitutes Apex Committee For Implementation of Paris Agreement

94 Brown Carbon ‘Tarballs’ Detectedin Himalayan Atmosphere

95 Himalayan Brown Bear Faces Threat From Climate Change

96 Climate Change Driving Butterflies, Moths Higher Up the Himalayas

97 Indo-Denmark Green Strategic Partnership

98 Living Planet Report 2020

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

100 Nationally Determined Contributions –Transport Initiative for Asia

101 Virtual Climate Action Ministerial

102 India's First Ever Climate Change Assessment Report

103 Aerosol Radiative Forcing in Trans-Himalayas

104 Oil spill in Russia’s Arctic Region

105 Environment Performance Index 2020

106 The Sixth Mass Extinction

107 Coronavirus Lockdown Reduced Earth’s Seismic Noise Levels

108 How Coronavirus and Climate Change are Interlinked

109 Unusual North Indian Heat Waves

110 Rise in Black Carbon at Himalayan Glaciers

111 Urban Heat Islands in India

112 The Future of Earth 2020 Report

113 Venice is Going Under Water

114 Australian Bush Fires Point at Climate Change

115 Ministry of Coal to form Sustainable Development Cell

116 Climate Risk Index 2020

117 The Curious Case of Drying Northeast India

118 Bomb Cyclone

119 Global Chemical Outlook II

120 Climate Vulnerability Maps for Himalayan States

121 Special Stamp on Ice Stupa

122 IMD Confirms Weak El Nino Conditions

123 India and China Greening Faster than Rest of the World

124 Oceans are Heating Up

125 India Warming: 2018 Sixth Warmest Year

126 Greenhouse Gas Bulletin

127 Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion

128 Heatwave: Countdown 2018

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

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

131 Protest against Forest Rights Act

132 Europe Heat Wave: A Cause for Concern

Biodiversity

1 The Threat of Invasive Species

2 Venomous Jellyfish Bloom Strikes Visakhapatnam Coast

3 Rare Wild Cousin of Garden Balsam Discovered

4 Fish in Laccadive Sea Use Tools for Prey: Study

5 Leopard Population 2022 Survey Results

6 Expert Panel Formed for Great Indian Bustard Protection

7 India Designates Five New Ramsar Sites

8 Global Wildlife Accord: CMS COP14 Highlights

9 Historic Ban on Donkey Skin Trade in Africa

10 Rare Lapwing Sighted in India

11 New Worm for Eco-Friendly Pest Control

12 Rare Butterfly Sighted in Himachal Pradesh

13 Giant Anaconda Discovered in Amazon

14 New Mammalian Species Join Kaziranga National Park Fauna

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

16 'Paramyrothecium indicum': New Phytopathogenic Fungus

17 Odisha Plans World's First Melanistic Tiger Safari

18 Report on India's Snow Leopard Population Status

19 Cheetah Conservation Hub in Banni Grassland

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

21 CITES Removes India from Red Sanders Trade Restrictions

22 Mosquitofish Introduction Backfires in India

23 Persistent Plastic Threat to Giant Galapagos Tortoises

24 New 'Music Frog' Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

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

26 New Dragonfly Species Discovered in Wayanad

27 Chennai Tops Trafficking Network for Tortoises and Turtles

28 Rubber Production in Southeast Asia Drives High Forest Loss

29 Unprecedented Plankton Bloom in Thailand Threatens Local Fisheries

30 Newly Discovered Pangolin Species Faces Immediate Threat

31 Report on India's Cheetah Reintroduction Program

32 Invasive Red Fire Ants Detected in Sicily, Italy

33 New Salamander Species Discovered in Manipur

34 India's Unique Birds: A Conservation Call

35 Vaquita Porpoise Faces Crisis

36 Italy Allocates Funds for Invasive Crab

37 India's Tiger Population Distribution Raises Conservation Concerns

38 Ecological Concerns Rise in Western Ghats

39 Cheetah Deaths at Kuno National Park

40 Invasive Weed Threatens Elephant Habitats

41 National Working Plan Code-2023

42 UN High Seas Treaty

43 Conservation Efforts for Migratory Birds in the CAF

44 International Big Cat Alliance

45 DNA Profiling of Captive Elephants

46 Loss of Mountain Forests

47 Poaching and Trafficking of Pangolins in India

48 Indian Star Tortoise Faces Challenges

49 Asian Waterbird Census

50 Tal Chhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary

51 Cryomesh Technology to Freeze Corals

52 CoP 19 of CITES

53 Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Forestry

54 Study on Poaching of Sea Turtles

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

56 11 Wetlands from India Declared Ramsar Sites

57 Conservation of Marine Biodiversity

58 India Designates Five New Ramsar Sites

59 New Study on Snow Leopard

60 Cheetah Reintroduction: India and Namibia Sign MoU

61 Sela Macaque: A New Species of Primate

62 XV World Forestry Congress

63 The State of the World’s Birds

64 20th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority

65 India Gets Two More Ramsar Sites

66 4th Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation

67 India’s 47th Ramsar Site

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

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

70 Four Indian Wetlands get Ramsar Recognition

71 Eco-sensitive Zone of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary Notified

72 India added 557 New Species in 2020

73 International Tiger Day

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

75 First Draft of Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

76 Odisha plans to create Natural Barriers to Cyclonic Storms

77 Global Forest Goals Report 2021

78 India’s Deep Sea Fauna

79 Forest Bird Species on the Decline in Western Himalaya

80 WWF Report on Snow Leopard

81 International Day of Forests

82 3rd Edition of Annual Conference of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

83 Promotion of Herbal Cultivation in the Country

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

85 African Elephants Living in Forests Are Now ‘Critically Endangered

86 Government Prepares to Receive African Cheetah

87 Decline in Species Abundance Due to Trade

88 Nutrition Garden Inaugurated in Himachal Pradesh

89 World’s Smallest Reptile Found in Madagascar

90 Scientists Find Way to Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency In Paddy

91 Global Forest Loss Hotspots Bigger than Germany:WWF

92 Bird Survey of Sundarbans

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

94 Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Protected Areas

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

96 IUCN Updated Red List: All Freshwater Dolphins Threatened

97 Firefly Bird Diverters to Protect Great Indian Bustard

98 Status of Leopard in India 2018 Report

99 Himalayan trillium Declared Endangered by ICUN

100 New Frog Genus Found in Andamans

101 Five New Species of Vine Snakes Discovered in Peninsular India

102 Fossils of Giant Birds ‘Pelagornithids’ Identified in Antarctica

103 Amur Falcon: ‘Birds of God’

104 Madhuca diplostemon

105 Heeng to be Cultivated for the First Time in India

106 Aarey Reserve Forest

107 Indian Army to Use Double-Humped Camels along LAC

108 Biodiversity Mapping of Mumbai

109 Kerala: First State to Institutionalize Snake Handling

110 African Cheetah

111 Dhole: Asiatic Wild Dog

112 Hoolock Gibbons

113 Seagrasses

114 India’s First Snow Leopard Conservation Centre

115 Pied Cuckoo

116 Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary

117 Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone

118 Himalayan Golden Birdwing Butterfly

119 Globbaandersonii

120 Ground Orchid

121 Increase in Poaching Amidst COVID-19 Lockdown

122 New Guidelines for Import of Exotic Species

123 Census of Asiatic Lion

124 New Species of Green Pit Viper Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

125 Three new Fish Species Discovered in Western Ghats

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

127 India’s First Dolphin Observatory Coming up in Bihar

128 Southern Reaches of Western Ghats Yield Three New Plant Species

129 State of India’s Birds 2020

130 Red Panda Species are Two species, Not One

131 State of India’s Birds 2020

132 Red Panda Species are Two species, Not One

133 Tiger Territory Threatened in Arunachal Pradesh

134 Locust Attack Destroying Crops in Several Countries

135 Himalayan Wolves with Hypoxia Adaptation are Separate Species

136 Pangolins: A Suspect for the Spread of Coronavirus

137 Chinese Paddlefish Goes Extinct

138 Steppe Eagle Sighted

139 Ophichthuskailashchandrai Discovered

140 SC Allows Introduction of African Cheetahs to India

141 A New Archaeon Discovered in Sambhar Lake

142 Forest Committee Approves Green Credit Scheme

143 Chemicals in Garcinia Plants of Northeast Beneficial for Humans

144 Sumatran Rhinoceros Now Extinct in Malaysia

145 Idris Elba: Tiny Parasitic Wasp

146 Marengo sachintendulkar: Rare Species of Asian Jumping Spider

147 Bengal Tree Frog

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

149 Operation ‘Clean Art’

150 Herbivore Census in Gujarat’s Gir

151 Grizzled Giant Squirrel Sighted at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests

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

153 Miracle Plant ‘Arogyapacha’

154 Kappaphycus alvarezii invades Gulf of Mannar

155 Scientists Discover New Frog Species in Assam

156 New Tortoise Species Discovered in Arunachal

157 Last Captive White Tiger Died at Sanjay Gandhi National Park

158 New Vine Snake Discovered in Odisha Biosphere Reserve

159 New Viper Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

160 Parrotfish Threatened in Andaman

161 First GI Tag for Areca Nut

162 Erode Turmeric gets GI Tag

163 New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019

164 IUCN lists Hump-backed Mahseer as Critically Endangered

165 Hilsa Passage through Farakka Navigation Lock

166 2nd Phase of River Information System Launched

167 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species

168 Sundarban Reserve Forest Now a Wetland of International Importance

169 The Largest Habitat of Endangered Estuarine Crocodiles

170 Small Woodbrown Butterfly Rediscovered in Sikkim

171 Vulture Population Ups in Madhya Pradesh

172 Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival

173 Gharials of Gandak: A Conservation Success Story

174 Sustainable Catchment Forest Management (SCATFORM) Project

175 3rd International Stock Taking Conference on Tiger Conservation

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

177 Tigers Dwindling: Just Six Sub-species Remain

178 Two New Gecko Species Discovered

179 Moths are Key to Pollination in Himalayan Ecosystem

180 Rare Sub-species of Hog Deer

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

182 Government Launches Asiatic Lion Conservation Project

183 NGT Bans Mining Close to Sariska Reserve

184 River Dolphins Go Missing in Sunderbans as Water Salinity Rises

185 Scientists Discover New Antibiotic in Tropical Forests

186 Odisha Renews Effort to Revive Gharial Population

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

188 26 Million Year Old Species of Vine Snake found in Western Ghats

189 Tiger Census Report

190 Tamil yeoman: Tamil Nadu’s State Butterfly

191 New Species of Freshwater Fish Found

192 Decline in Shark Fisheries in India

193 New Species of Burrowing Frog in Jharkhand

194 India’s First Dragon Blood-oozing Tree

195 New Species of Marmoset

196 Star Tortoise, Otters get Higher Protection at CITES

197 Northeast Tops States with Most Forest Cover

198 Sparkling Blue Waves in Chennai

199 Anandan’s Day Gecko Discovered in Western Ghats

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

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