Environment

IUCN Red List of Threatened Sp

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threaten...

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Phytoplanktons

Phytoplanktons

Phytoplankton, also known as microalgae, are microscopic plant organisms that live in aquatic enviro...

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Black Softshell Turtle

Black Softshell Turtle

> It is found in India and Bangladesh as a freshwater turtle.   > Of the 29 freshwate...

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Sugar Mills And Environmental

Sugar Mills And Environmental Clearance

  > The 2006 notification of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) made it mandatory to...

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Global Environment Facility Sm

Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme

> Since 1997, UNDP has assisted the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change (MoEFC...

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Frost

Frost

What is Frost and how is it formed? > Frost is water vapour, or water in gas form, that becomes ...

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Khangchendzonga National Park,

Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim

¥ It has been declared has a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2016. ¥ It is the first India...

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Climate Change and our Coastal

Climate Change and our Coastal Infrastructure

India has seen increasingly intense and frequent weather events and climate-induced natural disaster...

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Peatland

Peatland

The United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, recently adopted its first ever Peatland ...

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Global Coalition of the Willin

Global Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators

After Ethiopia (the first African country), Burundi, and Morroco, Nigeria became the fourth African ...

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Urban Flooding

Urban Flooding

When there is heavy and/or sustained rainfall, urban flooding is triggered, which overwhelms the dra...

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Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary

Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary

It is an estuary and wildlife sanctuary located in Andhra Pradesh. It is India's second largest s...

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