Ecology Flashcards
learn basic ecology questions
Under FR act what are Community rights and community forest resource
Community rights deals with MFP while community forest resource is to manage forest resource for sustainable use
IWC function and if legally binding and is india member of it
IWC aims to protect whale stocks also zero commercial stock quota
IWC is legally binding and India IS A member of it
which was the recent CMA held
CMA 2 was held and those party to paris are members of CMA while others are observers
friends of earth
NPO and india not party to it …t has 73 countries
PM trading first started
gujarat
wild durian is endemic to
western ghats
what are the types of ecosystem services
provisioning which includes drinking water , fuelwood
Regulating : clean air and water
supporting : creation of soil
which are alien species
hemp, carrot grass and water hyacinth
what is green term ahead market
he green term–ahead market (GTAM),
enable bulk electricity buyers with a contracted load of 1 MW or above) to procure renewable energy (RE)
short-term basis from sellers
They have RPO …
Renewable purchase obligation is under national tariff policies
what is termed as maritime heatwave
when the seasonal temperature is more than 5 days occurs on summer as well as winter
what are edge species
Evolution Distance Globally endangered
threatened species with no relatives
by ZS london and includes Asiatic elephant , Red panda, Ganges dolphin and dugong and purple frog
limiting factor in desert and savanna
mositure
sunlight is limitng in
tropical
temp nutrients and mositure is limitng in
tundra
who has started food coalition
FAO for increased food access
what are living roots known as
jing kieng jri
which state has currently released bird atlas
kerala
for biomagnification properties required
long lived
mobile
moderate in size
low water solubility
what are ephemera
delicate annuals having slender stems and large flowere and free from xerophilious adaptation
average concentration of oxyegn in water
10 ppm
according to NLCP what is minimum water depth required to be declared a lake
3 m spread in 10 hectare
area occupied by wetlands in inida
18.4% of which 70% under paddy
is coastal wetlands more than inland wetland
no
which are wetlands exempted from rules 2017
river channels
paddy fields
human made water bodies (for drinking water )
aquaclture
irrigation
salt production creation
also areas under FA 1927,1980 WPA and CRZ
does wetland authority of india have members from civil society
yes
criteria for freshwater
<5%
ascending order of organism found in water
benthos nekton large animal swimmers ike hippo plankton peripyton neuston
relation of temp and oxygen
inversly proportional
who is responsible for wetland management
state gov
they can designate a dept too
criteria for species in wetland
supports V EN CR
criteria for waterbirds in wetland
20000 or 1%
criteria for fish species in wetland
fish subspecies
what are peatland
vascular plants and mosses decomposed due to absence of oxygen
how much carbon peatlands store
0.37 gigatonnes peryear
brazzaville declaration
with respect to peatland conservation in congo basin
which process gives rise to estuary formation
rising sea level
movement of sand and sandbars
glacial proceses
tectonic processes
who make CRZ rules
made by env min but implemented by state
what are the rules that govern noise pollution
noise pollution rules 2000 under EPA and Air pollution
residential area DB required
55 to 45
how much distance is silence zone area
100m
what are the effects of thermal pollution
high metabolic rate
low DO
high toxin
activities prohibited in wetlands
commercial mining setting up industries establishment of large scale commercial livestock farms no permanent construction within 10 m feeding of fish poaching waste dumping discharge of effluents
