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Sep 11, 2019

Mission Paani

The Jal minister launched Mission Paani global campaign in Stockholm.
It was launched in Mumbai, India by News 18 and Reckitt Benckiser hygiene home product company's brand Harpic, along with Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan (campaign ambassador).
Drinking water and Sanitation department secretary Parameswaran Iyer, Retired Indian Administrative Service(IAS) officer who resigned his job to head India's cleanliness drive Swachh Bharat Mission concluded the closing ceremony of the conference.
This is India's massive undertaking for access to clean water and safe sanitation before 2024.

India Will Restore 26 Million Hectares Of Degraded Land By 2030: PM Modi

India will restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, more than its earlier target of 21 million hectares, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a UN conference to combat desertification.
Modi also reiterated India's resolve to tackle the problem of plastic waste at the 14th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) at Greater Noida.
The agenda of the UN conference is to reverse degradation of land and fix critical gaps in its management.
The Prime Minister called upon leaders of the UNCCD to prepare a global water action agenda, which would be "central to the land degradation neutrality strategy".

DPIIT To Launch Plastic Waste Management Campaign For Swachhta hi Sewa 2019

Under the Plastic Waste Management campaign, DPIIT will ensure recycling of plastic waste collected on 2nd October, 2019 in cement kilns. It will also collect plastic waste through nationwide shramdaan.
For this, DPIIT has urged States and Union Territories to mobilize the Industrial Parks for collection of plastic waste across all Industrial Estates, Parks, Corridors, Nodes and Industrial Areas.
The Department has also asked the state governments to sensitize Industrial Parks by focusing on Plastic Waste Management on a sustained and continuous basis.
The move comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for action against Plastic Waste.

Sep 10, 2019

Researchers Unearth New Mass-extinction

A team of scientists has concluded that earth experienced a previously underestimated severe mass-extinction event, which occurred about 260 million years ago, raising the total of major mass extinctions in the geologic record to six.
Notably, all six major mass extinctions are correlated with devastating environmental upheavals -- specifically, massive flood-basalt eruptions, each covering more than a million square kilometers with thick lava flows.
Scientists had previously determined that there were five major mass-extinction events, wiping out large numbers of species and defining the ends of geological periods: the end of the Ordovician (443 million years ago), the Late Devonian (372 million years ago), the Permian (252 million years ago), the Triassic (201 million years ago), and the Cretaceous (66 million years ago).
And, in fact, many researchers have raised concerns about the contemporary, ongoing loss of species diversity -- a development that might be labelled a "seventh extinction" because such a modern mass extinction, scientists have predicted, could end up being as severe as these past events.

Sep 09, 2019

Powerful Typhoon Faxai Hits Tokyo

A powerful typhoon landed near Tokyo, killing at least two people and injuring about 40, as well as affecting hundreds of thousands of rush-hour commuters in the metropolitan area.
East Japan Railway Co., also known as JR East, had suspended all lines in the greater Tokyo area as Typhoon Faxai made landfall near the city of Chiba, as one of the strongest typhoons on record in the Kanto region.

Three Animal Species in India Extinct Due To Desertification

According to some researchers, three animal species namely Indian Cheetah, pink-headed duck and Great Indian Bustard have become extinct due to desertification in India.
The study by researchers was put forth at 14th meeting of Conference of Parties to United Nations - Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 14).
The UNCCD COP 14 meeting is being held in national capital from 2-13 September 2019 and is being attended by representatives of 196 countries with almost 5000 participants.
Around 40% of country's land is facing threat of desertification and over 30% of its land area has been degraded through deforestation, over-cultivation, soil erosion and depletion of wetlands, which is causing severe adversities to animals.

Sep 08, 2019

Local And Regional Governments Day Observed On Day 6 Of The COP14

The 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is currently underway at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida.
Keeping in line with the theme of the Conference i.e. "Restore land, Sustain future", host of deliberations were held on matters concerning restoration of degraded land.
In the above backdrop, Network for Certification and Conservation of Forest (NCCF) hosted a side event Panel Discussion on "Certification of Natural Resources to Combat Desertification and Restoring Landscapes", with focus on certification of various constituents of natural resources that enhances the sustainability of forests, agro forests, urban forests and NWFPs, thereby checking land degradation, helping in combating desertification and moving towards the ultimate goal of LDN.
Senior officers from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) – Shri Saibal Dasgupta, Additional Director General of Forests; Shri Jigmat Takpa, Joint Secretary; Ms Bharati, Inspector General of Forests, and eminent experts from notable organisations shared their views on the subject of combating desertification and how certification of natural resources could help address the problem of land degradation world-wide and in India.

Sep 07, 2019

NGT Asks Centre To Prepare Plan For Protection Of The Great Indian Bustard

Noting the high mortality rate of the Great Indian Bustard, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Centre to prepare a time-bound action plan within two months for protection of the birds.
A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also constituted a joint committee comprising officials of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
The committee was asked to prepare an action plan for the implementation of suggestions put forth by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
The WII in its report also said steps should be taken to reduce poaching of the specie and other wildlife in the Thar landscape.

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