Category ENVIRONMENT
Green Steel and CABM- Prelims 2024
In News recently: Europe’s green steel mandate rocks Indian steel exports Green Steel Green steel refers to steel produced using environmentally friendly processes, with a major focus on reducing carbon dioxide emissions associated with traditional steelmaking. Definition: Green steel…
Endangered Plants/ Trees In News – UPSC Prelims 2024
List of Important Climate Funds In The World- Prelims Special
GM CROPS & REGULATION IN INDIA- Only the Most Important Points
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative(SSI) (Already asked in Prelims 2013) Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative is an innovative method of sugarcane production using less seeds, less water and optimum utilization of fertilizers and land to achieve more yields. The major principles that govern SSI…
UPSC Prelims focus on marine animals found in Indian sub-continent- PYQs on Dugong, Gangetic Dolphins, Gharials, Kharai Camels,etc. Whats next?
Tiger Reserves, National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries of North East India (PYQs have come on Pakhui, Namdapha,Dampa TRs etc- Must do List)
CORALS & SEA GRASS- Probable topic for Prelims
Lion Census, EIA Draft 2020,CRZ Rules,CVCA, Blue Flag Beaches
Biospheres, National Parks,Tiger Reserves,Wetlands – Quick Revision Modules
Tropical Cyclones- Quick Revision
Tropical Cyclones One will be able to answer most of the questions related to Tropical Cyclones with this article-important topic for Prelims 2020. Tropical cyclone, also called typhoon or hurricane, an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized…
27 Important National Parks & Tiger Reserves- Unique Features-Must Do for Prelims
1. Balpakhram National Park Garo Hills,Meghalaya Balpakram means ‘land of the eternal wind’ . Listed in UNESCO World Heritage tentative list. Asian golden cat,Marbled cat,Red Panda etc. found here. 2. Bandipur National Park Tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in…
BIOSPHERE RESERVES- PART 2- QUICK REVISION MODULE
12. Manas Biosphere Reserve A national park, UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve in Assam. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it is contiguous with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. Known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife…
Biosphere Reserves-Quick Revision of Important Features(MAB LIST)
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS) List India
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS) are outstanding landscapes of aesthetic beauty that combine agricultural biodiversity, resilient ecosystems and a valuable cultural heritage.Located in specific sites around the world, they sustainably provide multiple goods and services, food and livelihood security for…
Carbon Sequestration,Ocean Acidification and Other Important Terms
Carbon Sequestration Carbon sequestration or carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is the long-term removal, capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to slow or reverse atmospheric CO2 pollution and to mitigate or reverse global warming. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is naturally captured from the atmosphere through…
Important Terms- Climate Change/ Green Economy
Green Economy The green economy is defined as economy that aims at making issues of reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, and that aims for sustainable development without degrading the environment. The 2011 UNEP Green Economy Report argues “that to be green, an economy must not only be efficient,…
Climate Change, UNFCCC- related Important Terminologies
Important terms related to UNFCCC- some have been aksed earlier -like Bali Action Plan,Kyoto Protocol- picked from UNFCCC Website’s glossary. Important ones are with Dark Blue titles. Adaptation FundThe Adaptation Fund was established to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes…
Important Tid-Bits for Prelims-2020 (I)
WETLANDS – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW (Quick Revision)
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED BIRDS- INDIA LIST
1.The Jerdon’s Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus) Iucnredlist.org It is a nocturnal bird found only in the northern part of the state of Andhra Pradesh in peninsularIndia. It is a flagship species for the extremely threatened scrub jungle. The species was considered to be extinct until it was…
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED MAMMALS IN INDIA
POLAR VORTEX
ENVIRONMENT CURRENT AFFAIRS- JANUARY 2019- MOST PROBABLE QUESTIONS
WETLANDS :- 1-2 Questions in UPSC Prelims Every Year- The Analysis
ENVIRONMENT CA- February 2019 – Most Probable List
UPSC has been Focusing on Marine and Water Related Animals from Indian Sub-continent in Recent years- The Analysis
BIO – related Terminologies– Prelims Special
UPSC Prelims is fond of Climate Funds and Climate related Partnerships
NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA-UNESCO LIST
LIST OF STATE BIRDS AND ENDANGERED BIRDS IN INDIA
List of Endangered and State Animals of India
