Environment & Ecology – UPSC Current Affairs

UPSC Essentials daily subject quiz : Environment and Geography MCQs on northeast monsoon, Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary, and more (Week 184)

India’s Ramsar sites rise to 103 with Sukhna and Sauj Lake

India's Ramsar sites have risen to 103 with the addition of Sukhna Wetland in Chandigarh and Sauj Lake in Uttar Pradesh, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced on October 15. Sukhna is Chandigarh's first Ramsar site. Wetlands designated under the Ramsar Convention of 1971 are recognised as internationally important for biodiversity, water security and livelihoods. India joined the Convention in 1982, and its first sites were Chilika Lake and Keoladeo National Park.

Blackbucks to return to Chhattisgarh’s Gomarda sanctuary after five decades

Chhattisgarh's State Wildlife Board standing committee has approved shifting 50 blackbucks from Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary in Baloda Bazar to Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary in Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district. The species vanished from Gomarda over five decades ago due to hunting, poaching and habitat loss. Barnawapara's population was revived in 2017-18 with 77 animals from Delhi's National Zoological Park and Bilaspur's Kanan Pendari zoo. Blackbuck is a Schedule I species under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

Interview | ‘Tiger man’ K. Ullas Karanth on protecting India’s wildlife habitats

The conservation zoologist argues that India needs more protected habitat and less dependence on forest resources to conserve wildlife

Forest ‘violations’ in Keralam’s Chalakudy division come under scrutiny

Greens claim up to 20,000 trees may be cut for installing solar fence in the area. Supreme Court-constituted Central Empowered Committee earlier directed Keralam Forest department and VACB to jointly submit their response