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ENVIRONMENT - December 2018

Dec 2018

Nov 03, 2020

Panna under Biosphere Reserve

The UNESCO included Panna National Park of Madhya Pradesh under its list of biosphere reserves.
Along with Panna, Fuvahmulahand Addu Atoll of Maldives was also included under the World Network of biosphere reserves.
The UNESCO, under its Man and Biosphere programme included Panna Biosphere region as one of its Biosphere Reserve. Panna National park was included as biosphere reserve by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest.
The UNESCO described the National Park as a critical tiger habitat and has also pointed out that it is home to World Heritage site of Khajuraho temples.
It was launched by UNESCO in 1971. It is an intergovernmental scientific programme that aims to establish scientific basis to improve the relationship between the people and their environment.

Nov 02, 2020

Coral Reef Taller than Empire State Building Discovered

An enormous, 1,600-foot-tall coral reef was discovered in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, in the first such find in more than a century.
The massive underwater structure, the first newfound reef in 120 years, dwarfs iconic skyscrapers such as New York City's Empire State Building and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The detached reef was first observed by a team of Australian scientists aboard a research vessel from the Schmidt Ocean Institute, a nonprofit foundation that supports marine research. The 12-month expedition is designed to explore the oceans surrounding Australia and map the seafloor around the northern Great Barrier Reef.
This unexpected discovery affirms that we continue to find unknown structures and new species in our ocean.

Nov 01, 2020

World's Strongest Storm in 2020 Makes Landfall in the Philippines

The world's strongest storm this year (2020) repeatedly slammed into the eastern part of the Philippines, bringing "catastrophic violent winds" in what weather experts say is set to be the hardest landfall on record.
Super Typhoon Goni first hit land over Catanduanes province, and subsequently pummeled Albay. It's expected to cross the southern Luzon and Metro Manila area before exiting land, bringing "intense" rain to the capital.
"Catastrophic violent winds and intense to torrential rainfall associated with the region of the eyewall and inner rainbands of the typhoon is prevailing or expected within the next 12 hours.

Oct 29, 2020

National Clean Air Programme

According to an analysis of the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme tracking, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab were the only ones among 23 states and union territories listed in the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to have above average readings in the past three years for PM 10.
As per NCAP, 104 readings are required in a year to get an accurate picture.
The list shows Punjab has an average PM 10 reading of 133 over the last three years. Himachal Pradesh stands at 125, and Chandigarh at 102.
This does not necessarily mean that pollution levels have gone down in these states, in fact pollution levels in all three continue to be much higher than acceptable CPCB norms and way above the WHO limits of 10 micrograms/cubic-metre. What these rankings seem to indicate is a trend on air pollution in Chandigarh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, and that all three monitor them better than other states in the country.

Oct 28, 2020

National Action Plan for Vulture Conservation

The National Action Plan for Vulture Conservation, 2020-25 was approved by National Board for Wild life. The plan suggested that new veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs be tested on vultures before they are commercially released.
The new plan automatically removes veterinary use of a drug if it is found to be toxic to vultures.
Under the plan, every state will host at least one vulture safe zone to conserve the remnant population of vultures in the state. These centres will facilitate conservation and breeding of vultures.
A coordinated Nation-wide vulture counting is to be conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society, Forest Department, non-profit organisations, Research Institute, etc. These countings are to be conducted at regular intervals.

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