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ENVIRONMENT - August 2019

Aug 2019

May 17, 2022

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav Addresses BRICS High Level Meeting on Climate Change

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav participated in the BRICS High Level Meeting held virtually. Speaking at the BRICS high-level meeting on Climate Change, the minister highlighted the relevance of the forum to jointly address climate change, to explore approaches to accelerate low-carbon and resilient transition, and to achieve sustainable recovery and development.
The BRICS High Level Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China and was attended by Environment Ministers of BRICS nations including Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa.
BRICS Environment Ministers expressed commitment to strengthen collaboration on climate change, and broaden and deepen the contents of cooperation. Further, the countries agreed to carry out policy exchanges and cooperation in areas of environment and climate change.

52nd Tiger Reserve of India: Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan

The Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary in Rajasthan was notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve. This is Rajasthan's fourth tiger reserve after Ranthambore, Sariska and Mukundra. The 52nd Reserve of India will conserve biodiversity and bring in ecotourism and development to the area. The newly notified tiger reserve includes the tiger habitat between Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in the northeast and Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve on the southern side and facilitates dispersal of tigers from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
The floristic diversity of this new tiger reserve makes it an important area for research and education. Historic and cultural sites like Bhimlat, Ramgarh palace would encourage eco tourism and provide employment opportunities to local communities.
Wild animals like Indian wolf, leopard, striped hyena, sloth bear, golden jackal, chinkara, nilgai and fox can be seen in the Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve.

May 11, 2022

Environment Minister Yadav To Address Desertification COP

Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav lead an Indian delegation at the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-15) of the UNCCD at Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire. Mr Yadav addressed the high-level segment, including a Heads of States Summit.
- Despite COVID pandemic, India as President of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP-14 made significant contributions in bringing the nations together toward the global goal of halting and reversing land degradation.
- India had hosted the fourteenth session of Conference of Parties of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification from 2nd to 13th September 2019 in New Delhi and is the current President of the same. At COP-14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that India would raise its ambition of the total area that would be restored from its land degradation status, from twenty-one million hectares to twenty-six million hectares between now and 2030.

Nitin Gadkari inaugurates a vehicle scrapping facility in Haryana

Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated a vehicle scrapping facility in Nuh district of Haryana. The automobile scrapping policy brought by the Union government will reduce pollution, while increasing the production capacity in the sector at lower cost. The biggest benefit from this policy will be that copper, steel, aluminum, rubber and plastic will be easily available.
- The automobile sector is providing employment to crores of people in the country. By the end of 2024, this new vehicle scrapping policy will generate a large number of jobs and this policy will also play an important role in cleaning the environment.

May 09, 2022

UN-Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025 Launched

With the launch of a UN-Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025, the UN took a major step towards catalyzing the large-scale action and support needed for the transition to clean, affordable energy for all and net-zero emissions against the backdrop of a global energy crisis and worsening climate emergency. Around 30 important organisations, including UN-Energy, launched the 'Plan of Action.'
According to the UN, an Energy Compact Action Network has been established to connect nations seeking support for their clean energy ambitions with governments and corporations that have pledged more than $600 billion to support these commitments.
As part of this, UNDP is scaling up its energy work to help countries achieve a just energy transition, allowing them to make progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals while also addressing the climate problem.

May 08, 2022

Vaquita: World's most Endangered Sea Mammal 'Not Doomed'

According to a genetic study, the world's rarest sea mammal still has a chance of survival, despite numbering only about 10 in the wild.
The vaquita porpoise is teetering on the brink of extinction, but scientists say DNA tests show the population is still genetically viable.
The tiny silvery porpoise lives only in Mexico's Gulf of California.
However, it faces an existential threat from being caught in large weighted nets, known as gillnets.

May 07, 2022

World's Only Bird of this Species Resides in Odisha's Mangalajodi Wetland

As per reports, there is only one bird of this species that exists in the whole wide world. And that's in our very own Odisha! The world's only White grey-headed swamphen can be found in the Mangalajodi wetland, which is around 70 km from Bhubaneshwar.
The colour of the bird - which has an almost all-white plumage because of genetic dilution - lends it its rare element. A team of three researchers - wildlife warden of Khordha Subhendu Mallik, associate professor at Shakti Nanda and assistant conservator of forests - identified the purpose.

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