ENVIRONMENT Flashcards
PARTICULATE POLLUTANT ARE ALSO KNOWN AS?
ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL PARTICLES OR
ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER OR
SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER
SAMBAR DEER IS NATIVE TO?
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.
HABITAT OF SAMBAR DEER?
BOTH GENTLE SLOPES AND STEEPER PARTS OF FORESTED HILLSIDES.
SAMBAR DEER PRESENCE IN INDIA?
MAINLY FOUND IN CENTRAL INDIA EG KANHA, CORBETT, RANTHAMBORE, BANDHAVGARH, GIR, DUDHWA,MANAS,KAZIRANGA AND SARISKA.
SAMBAR DEER DIET AND HABIT?
HERBIVORES
NOCTURNAL
SAMBAR DEER MALE AND FEMALE. DO THEY LIVE IN GROUPS OR ALONE?
MALE LIVE ALONE FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR.
FEMALES LIVE IN SMALL HERDS.
SAMBAR DEER DEFENCE MECHANISM?
MALE USES THEIR ANTLERS.
FEMALE USES THEIR FEET.
SAMBAR DEER IS STATE ANIMAL OF ?
ODISHA.
SAMBAR DEER IUCN STATUS?
VULNERABLE.
SAMBAR DEER WPA STATUS?
SCHEDULE 1
CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS (CMS) IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL TREATY OF_______?
UNITED NATIONS.
CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS IS ALSO KNOWN AS?
THE BONN CONVENTION.
AIM OF CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS?
PROVIDE GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF TERRESTRIAL, AQUATIC AND AVIAN MIGRATORY ANIMALS AND THEIR HABITATS.
CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS WAS SIGNED ON AND EFFECTIVE FROM?
SIGNED- NOVEMBER 1971
EFFECTIVE FROM NOVEMBER 1983
WHY CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS IS UNIQUE?
BECAUSE CNS IS THE ONLY GLOBAL CONVENTION SPECIALIZING IN THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES, THEIR HABITATS AND MIGRATION ROUTES.
WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL DECISION MAKING BODY OF CMS AND WHAT IS ITS COMPOSITION?
CONFERENCE OF PARTIES IS DECISION MAKING BODY
IT IS COMPOSED OF ALL STATE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION AS WELL AS ANY OBSERVERS THAT WISH TO PARTICIPATE.
AFTER HOW MUCH TIME COP’s OF CMS ARE HELD?
HELD AT LEAST EVERY 3 YEARS.
APPENDIX OF CMS?
APPENDIX 1- SPECIES THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION.
APPENDIX 2- SPECIES THAT NEED OR WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT FROM INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
IS INDIA A SIGNATORY TO CMS?
YES SINCE 1983.
GROUPS OF COMMON JACKAL OR GOLDEN JACKAL ARE CALLED?
PACKS.
DIET OF COMMON JACKAL?
EATS ALMOST EVERYTHING.
HABIT OF GOLDEN JACKAL?
BOTH NOCTURNAL AND DIURNAL.
WHEN LIVING NEARBY HUMAN SETTLEMENTS THEY ARE STRICTLY NOCTURNAL.
HABITATS OF GOLDEN JACKAL?
VALLEYS AND BESIDE RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES ETC.
ALSO FOUND IN DENSE THICKETS OF PRICKLY BUSHES, REED FLOOD LANDS, AND FORESTS.
DISTRIBUTION OF GOLDEN JACKAL?
NATIVE TO ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, NORTH AFRICA, SUB SHARAN AFRICA, CENTRAL ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE BALKANS BUT ARE NOW ADVANCING NORTH AND WEST INTO EUROPE.
IUCN STATUS OF GOLDEN JACKAL.
LEAST CONCERN.
WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT STATUS OF GOLDEN JACKAL?
SCHEDULE 2.
WHAT IS MIYAWAKI METHOD?
IT IS A JAPANESE METHOD OF CREATING DENSE URBAN FORESTS IN SMALL AREAS BY PLANTING 2 TO 4 DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDIGENOUS TREES WITHIN EVERY SQUARE METRE OF THE PLANET.
MECHANISM BEHIND MIYAWAKI METHOD?
PLANTS ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER, THEY SHOOT UP QUICKLY, COMPETING FOR SUNLIGHT. THUS, THEY GROW TO THEIR FULL LENGTH WITHIN 3 YEARS.
TREES BEING INDIGENOUS THEY ARE SELF SUSTAINING AND DON’T REQUIRE REGULAR MAINTENANCE LIKE MANURING AND WATERING.
HOW IS MIYAWAKI METHOD USEFUL?
1 ABSORBS DUST PARTICLES.
2 REGULATE SURFACE TEMPERATURE.
3 REGULATE CARBON LEVELS OF GIVEN AREA.
EXAMPLE OF MIYAWAKI FOREST IN INDIA?
1 FIRST SUCH FOREST WAS CREATED IN BHAKTI PARK, CHEMBUR- MUMBAI.
2 KERALA- VIDYAVANAM.
3 INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN MAROL( ANDEHRI EAST).
4 CHANDIVALI’s NAHAR AMRUT SHAKTI UDYAN-MUMBAI.
SOME EXAMPLES OF PLANTS UNDER MIYAWAKI FOREST?
ANJAN
AMALA
ARJUN
BEL
GUNJ
DIRECT SEEDING OF RICE (DSR) TECHNIQUE?
PADDY IS SOWN DIRECTLY IN THE FIELD WITHOUT ANY NURSERY PREPARATION, PUDDLING OR FLOODING.
HERBICIDES USED IN DIRECT SEEDING OF RICE TECHNIQUE?
PENDIMETHALIN (PRE EMERGENT HERBICIDE)- SPRAYED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF SOWING.
BISPYRIBAC SODIUM (POST EMERGENT HERBICIDE)- 20-25 DAYS AFTER SOWING, WHEN THE CROPS’s MAIN STEM HAS PRODUCED 2-3 LEAVES.
WHY DSR HASN’T PICKED UP?
1 SUBSIDIZED OR EVEN FREE ELECTRICITY.
2 PROVIDING FARMERS LITTLE INCENTIVE TO DEPLOY WATER SAVING TECHNOLOGY.
3 LACK OF GOOD MACHINES- THE DSR SEED DRILL MACHINES MOSTLY SOW ROW-TO-ROW AND DON’T GET THE PLANT-TO-PLANT DISTANCE RIGHT.
HERBICIDE USED IN TRANSPLANTING?
THE FLOODED FIELDS BASICALLY DENY OXYGEN TO THE WEED SEEDS IN THE SOIL, PREVENTING THEIR GERMINATION. WATER THUS ACTS AS A NATURAL HERBICIDE.
INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE FRESHWATER OR BRACKISH WATER SPECIES? WHY IN NEWS?
FRESHWATER.
56 TURTLES DIED IN FIRE IN KASARGOD (KERALA).
RANGE OF INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE?
BANGLADESH, INDIA, MYANMAR, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA.
HABITAT OF INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE?
SHALLOW, QUIET, OFTEN STAGNANT WATERS OF RIVERS, STREAMS, MARSHES, PONDS, LAKES AND IRRIGATION CANALS AND TANKS.
PREFER WATER WITH SAND OR MUD BOTTOMS BECAUSE OF THEIR TENDENCY TO BURROW.
HABIT OF INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE?
THEY ARE GENERALLY SOLITARY AND ACTIVE DURING THE DAY.
DIET OF INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE?
OMNIVORES.
REDUCE POLLUTION IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS BY FEEDING ON SNAILS, INSECTS AND FRAGMENTS OF DEAD ANIMALS.
HOW INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE SURVIVE DROUGHT CONDITIONS?
BY ENTERING AESTIVATION.
IUCN STATUS OF INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE?
VULNERABLE.
WPA OF INDIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLE?
SCHEDULE 1.
WHAT IS CLIMATE CLOCK?
IT IS A CLOCK THAT SHOWS US THE TIME LEFT FOR CLIMATE CORRECTION OF A CERTAIN LEVEL.
IT TELLS US WHAT TO DO AND BY WHEN.
HABITAT OF SPERM WHALE?
IT IS FOUND IN TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL WATERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF SPERM WHALE?
IUCN: VULNERABLE
CITES: APPENDIX 1
WPA 1972: SCHEDULE 2.
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY OF PROJECT CHEETAH?
IT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY (NTCA), A STATUTORY BODY UNDER MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (MoEF&CC) IN COLLABORATION WITH MADHYA PRADESH FOREST DEPARTMENT, WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WII) AND CHEETAH EXPERTS FROM NAMIBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA.
FASTEST LAND MAMMAL IS?
ASIATIC CHEETAH AND IT IS THE ONLY CAT WITHOUT RETRACTABLE CLAWS.
CAMOUFLAGE OF ASIATIC CHEETAH?
OVAL SHAPED SPOTS KNOWN AS ROSETTES SERVE AS CAMOUFLAGE.
EXTINCTION OF ASIATIC CHEETAH FROM INDIA?
IN 1952 IT WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED EXTINCT FROM INDIA.
GESTATION PERIOD OF CHEETAH?
GESTATION (PREGNANCY) PERIOD FOR CHEETAH IS 93 DAYS.
IUCN STATUS OF ASIATIC CHEETAH?
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
ASIATIC CHEETAH ARE PRESENT IN WHICH COUNTRY AT PRESENT?
THEY ARE LEFT ONLY IN IRAN.
IUCN STATUS OF AFRICAN CHEETAH?
VULNERABLE.
RECENTLY, THE 1ST MEETING OF GLOBAL GIBBON NETWORK (GGN) WAS HELD AT WHICH PLACE?
HAIKOU, CHINA.
THE ONLY SPECIES OF APE FOUND IN INDIA IS?
HOOLOCK GIBBON.
HABITAT OF HOOLOCK GIBBON?
LIVES IN TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FORESTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF ASIA.
THREATS TO HOOLOCK GIBBON?
FELLING OF TREES.
HABITAT OF WESTERN HOOLOCK GIBBON?
IT INHABITS ALL THE STATES OF THE NORTH EAST, RESTRICTED BETWEEN THE SOUTH OF THE BRAHMPUTRA RIVER AND EAST OF THE DIBANG RIVER. AND OUTSIDE INDIA, IT IS FOUND IN EASTERN BANGLADESH AND NORTH WEST MYANMAR.
MAJORITY OF GIBBONS FOUND IN INDIA BELONG TO WESTERN SPECIES.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF WESTERN HOOLOCK GIBBON?
IUCN: ENDANGERED
WPA 1972: SCHEDULE 1
HABITAT OF EASTERN HOOLOCK GIBBON?
IT INHABITS SPECIFIC POCKETS OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND ASSAM IN INDIA, AND IN SOUTHERN CHINA AND NORTH EAST MYANMAR OUTSIDE INDIA.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF EASTERN HOOLOCK GIBBON?
IUCN: VULNERABLE
WPA: SCHEDULE 1
GLOBAL GIBBON NETWORK (GGN) IS ORGANIZED BY?
HAINAN INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL PARKS AND ECO FOUNDATION GLOBAL.
GLOBAL THUMB RULE REGARDING WEIGHT OF RADIO COLLARS?
THE THUMB RULE IS TO KEEP THE WEIGHT OF A RADIO COLLAR TO LESS THAN 3% OF THE ANIMAL’S BODY WEIGHT.
POSSIBLE FACTORS FOR DEATH OF KUNO CHEETAHS?
○ CHEETAHS GROW A WINTER COAT WHICH IS MORE FURRY COMPARED TO THE COATS OF TIGERS OR LEOPARDS. SO IT WOULD HOLD MORE WATER AND TAKE LONGER TO DRY. THE WET MAT EFFECT COULD WEAKEN THE SKIN OVER TIME.
○ DURING MOVEMENT, THE FORCES EXERTED BY COLLARS WERE GENERALLY EQUIVALENT OF UP TO FIVE TIMES THE COLLARS WEIGHT FOR A LION AND A MASSIVE 18 TIME FOR A CHEETAH.
○ THESE ANIMALS COULD BE VULNERABLE TO CERTAIN LOCAL PATHOGENS TO WHICH INDIAN TIGERS AND LEOPARDS MAY BE IMMUNE.
WHAT IS GRADED RESPONSE ACTION PLAN (GRAP) AND WHEN WAS IT APPROVED?
IT IS A SET OF EMERGENCY MEASURES IMPLEMENTED IN THE DELHI-NCR REGION TO PREVENT FURTHER DETERIORATION OF AIR QUALITY ONCE IT REACHES SPECIFIC THRESHOLD LEVELS.
IT WAS APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT IN 2016 AND OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED IN 2017.
PROJECT TIGER AND PROJECT ELEPHANT HAVE BEEN MERGED INTO A NEW DIVISION CALLED THE ____________ UNDER THE MINISTRY OF?
PROJECT TIGER ELEPHANT DIVISION UNDER THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
PROTECTION STATUS OF TIGER?
WPA- SCHEDULE 1
IUCN- ENDANGERED
CITES-APPENDIX 1
PROJECT TIGER WAS LAUNCHED BY?
PM INDIRA GANDHI ON APRIL 1,1973 FROM JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK, UTTARAKHAND.
PROJECT ELEPHANT WAS LAUNCHED BY?
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN YEAR 1992 AS A CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEME.
WHAT IS IPCC?
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE UNITED NATIONS BODY FOR ASSESSING THE SCIENCE RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE WAS SET UP IN AND BY?
SET UP IN 1988 BY THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION (WMO) AND THE UNITED NATION ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP).
SPECIES OF VULTURES FOUND IN INDIA AND THEIR CONSERVATION STATUS?
○ INDIAN VULTURE OR LONG-BILLED VULTURE (GYPS INDICUS): CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
○ INDIAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE (GYPS BENGALENSIS): CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
○ RED-HEADED VULTURE (SARCOGYPSCALVUS): CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
○ SLENDER-BILLED VULTURE (GYPS TENUIROSTRIS): CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
○ EGYPTIAN VULTURE (NEOPHRONPERCNOPTERUS): ENDANGERED
○ CINCEROUS VULTURE (AEGYPIUSMONACHUS): NEAR THREATENED
○ BEARDED VULTURE (GYPAETUSBARBATUS): NEAR THREATENED
○ HIMALAYAN VULTURE (GYPS HIMALAYANSIS): NEAR THREATENED
○ GRIFFIN VULTURE (GYPS FULVUS): LEAST CONCERN.
HIMALAYAN VULTURE CONSERVATION STATUS?
CITES: APPENDIX 2
WPA: SCHEDULE 1
AIR QUALITY LIFE INDEX (AQLI) REPORT IS RELEASED BY?
ENERGY POLICY INSTITUTE AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (EPIC).
ALLIGATOR GAR FISH HAS BEEN RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN?
JAMMU AND KASHMIR’s DAL LAKE.
WHY ALLIGATOR GAR FISH IS A CAUSE OF CONCERN?
IT IS ALIEN FISH SPECIES WHICH CAN POSE A THREAT TO THE NATIVE FISH SPECIES.
FEATURES OF ALLIGATOR GAR FISH?
○ EURYHALINE RAY FINNED FISH.
○ CAN BREATHE IN WATER AS WELL AS ABOVE WATER.
DISTRIBUTION, DIET AND IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS OF ALLIGATOR GAR FISH?
○ MOSTLY FOUND IN SOUTHERN US AND ALSO IN MEXICO.
○ CARNIVORES.
○ LEAST CONCERN.
ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ORCHIDS?
○ DON’T GROW IN POLLUTED AIR- NATURAL GAUGES OF AIR QUALITY.
○ CROSS POLLINATION- ATTRACT POLLINATORS.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF ORCHIDS?
ALMOST ALL ORCHIDS ARE INCLUDED IN APPENDIX-2
SOME ORCHIDS SUCH AS PAPHIOPEDILUM SP ARE IN APPENDIX 1 OF CITES.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF WHITE RUMPED VULTURES?
IUCN - CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
WPA- SCHEDULE 1
IUCN STATUS OF RED EARED SLIDER TURTLE?
LEAST CONCERN.
WHAT IS HASARIUS MUMBAI?
IT IS A JUMPING SPIDER RECENTLY FOUND IN MUMBAI.
EAGLE NESTS ARE CALLED?
ARIES.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF BALD EAGLE?
IUCN- LEAST CONCERN
CITES- APPENDIX 2
WHAT IS PROJECT DEVIKA?
NORTH INDIA’S RIVER REJUVENATION PROJECT.
SHARING OF ALLOCATION UNDER PROJECT DEVIKA?
90:10 BY THE CENTRE AND UT RESPECTIVELY.
PROJECT DEVIKA IS CONSTRUCTED BY?
URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (UEED).
ORIGIN OF RIVER DEVIKA?
IT ORIGINATES FROM THE HILLY SUDDHA MAHADEV TEMPLE IN UDHAMPUR DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND FLOWS DOWN TOWARDS WESTERN PUNJAB (NOW IN PAKISTAN) WHERE IT MERGES WITH THE RAVI RIVER.
ENDEMIC FLORA OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK?
○ CATECHU TREE
○ SISSOO
○ WHITE SIRIS.
DISTINCTIVE FAUNA OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK?
○ PYGMY HOG
○ GOLDEN LANGUR
○ ASSAM ROOFED TURTLE.
PROTECTED AREA STATUS OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK?
○ WORLD NATURAL HERITAGE SITE
○ ENCOMPASSES A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, NATIONAL PARK AND TIGER RESERVE.
WHAT IS SIMANG?
SIMANG IS A COLLECTIVE INITIATIVE BY 6 WOMEN UNDER WHICH THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFORMED THE INVASIVE WEED, WATER HYACINTHS INTO BEAUTIFUL ARTEFACTS AND YOGA MATS (MOORHEN MATS).
KUMBHI KAGAZ INITIATIVE?
○ THE INITIATIVE CONVERTS WATER HYACINTHS INTO 100 PERCENT BIODEGRADABLE, CHEMICAL FREE HANDMADE PAPERS.
○ IT FOCUSES ON ECOLOGICALLY RESTORING DEEPOR BEEL WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CREATING ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS FOR THE LOCALS OF KEOTPARA.
○ KUMBHI KAGAZ EFFORTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE GROWTH OF MAKHANA (PRICKLY WATER LILY) IN THE WETLAND, WHICH HAS HIGH COMMERCIAL VALUE.
PROTECTION STATUS OF GANGES RIVER DOLPHIN?
IUCN- ENDANGERED
WPA 1972- SCHEDULE 1
CITES- APPENDIX 1
CMS- APPENDIX 1.
WHAT IS MANAUS DECLARATION?
AMAZON COOPERATIVE TREATY ORGANIZATION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAUS DECLARATION, A TREATY DESIGNED TO COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 2.9 MILLION SQUARE MILES OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST.
WHAT IS BELEM DECLARATION?
THE BELEM DECLARATION RELEASED DURING THE AMAZON SUMMIT RECOGNIZES INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AS A CONDITION FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION.
STATE BIRD OF RAJASTHAN?
GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD.
Also known as Godavan, Godawan, Hoom, and Gaganbher.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD?
IUCN- CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
CITES- APPENDIX 1
CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES- APPENDIX 1
WPA 1972- SCHEDULE 1
WHAT IS CARBON BUDGET?
CARBON BUDGET IS THE AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE GASSES THAT HUMANITY CAN EMIT WHILE STILL HAVING A CHANCE TO CONTAIN GLOBAL WARMING WITHIN 1.5 DEGREES CENTIGRADE CHIMPS WITH PRE INDUSTRIAL LEVELS, AS ADVOCATED BY THE PARIS AGREEMENT.
HANGUL IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN?
DACHIGAM NATIONAL PARK JAMMU AND KASHMIR.
STATE ANIMAL OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR?
HANGUL ALSO KNOWN AS KASHMIR STAG IS THE ONLY SURVIVING SPECIES OF RED DEER IN INDIA.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF HANGUL?
IUCN- CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
CITES- APPENDIX 1
WPA 1972- SCHEDULE 1
CENSUS OF HANGUL?
BIENNIAL CENSUS.
DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE PROTECTION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA HAS REGULARLY MONITORING THE HANGUL POPULATION SINCE 2004 THROUGH SCIENTIFIC METHODS INVOLVING RESEARCH INSTITUTES, STUDENTS AND NGOs.
WHAT IS METHYLOTUVIMICROBIUM BURYATENSE 5GB1C?
IT IS A BACTERIAL STRAIN THAT CONSUMES METHANE.
WHAT ARE METHANOTROPHS AND METHANOGENS?
METHANOTROPHS ARE GROUP OF AEROBIC BACTERIA CAPABLE OF UTILIZING METHANE AS A CARBON AND ENERGY SOURCE.
METHANOGENS ARE METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA, ESPECIALLY ARCHAEA THAT REDUCES CARBON DIOXIDE TO METHANE.
ELEPHANT CORRIDORS OF INDIA REPORT IS RELEASED BY?
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF ASIAN ELEPHANT?
IUCN- ENDANGERED
CITES- APPENDIX 1
WPA 1972- SCHEDULE 1
CONSERVATION STATUS OF STUMP TAILED MACAQUES (BEAR MACAQUES?
IUCN- VULNERABLE
CITES- APPENDIX 2
WPA- SCHEDULE 2.
RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF STUMP TAILED MACAQUES?
NATIVE TO CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDIA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR, THAILAND AND VIETNAM.
IN INDIA, IT IS FOUND ONLY IN THE SOUTH OF THE RIVER BRAHMPUTRA IN ASSAM, MEGHALAYA, ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST.
WHAT IS ECOCIDE?
MEANS KILLING ONE’S HOME OR ENVIRONMENT.
ECOCIDE IS THE UNLAWFUL OR WANTON ACTS COMMITTED WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE AND EITHER WIDESPREAD OR LONG TERM DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT BEING CAUSED BY THOSE ACTS.
FOREST CONSERVATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 PROVISIONS?
IT ALLOWS THE DIVERSION OF FOREST LAND FOR ROADS, RAILWAY LINES OR STRATEGIC LINEAR PROJECTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND CONCERNING NATIONAL SECURITY WITHIN 100 KM OF INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL BORDERS OR LINES OF CONTROL, WITHOUT A FOREST CLEARANCE AS ENVISAGED UNDER THE FOREST CONSERVATION ACT 1980.
MOST OF INDIA’S NORTHEAST FALLS IN THIS 100 KM RANGE.
WHAT ARE GREEN NUDGES?
- GREEN NUDGES ARE GENTLE PERSUASIONS TO INFLUENCE ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY BEHAVIOR IN PEOPLE.
- EG - UK- THE BIG SWITCH OFF CAMPAIGN
- NETHERLANDS- PAY AS YOU THROW POLICY
- US- SAN FRANCISCO PLASTIC BAG BAN.
- INDIA- SWACHH BHARAT MISSION, GIVE IT UP CAMPAIGN, BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO.
WHAT IS GREENWASHING, GREENWISHING AND GREENHUSHING?
○ GREENWASHING REFERS TO THE DECEPTIVE PRACTICE OF MAKING FALSE OR EXAGGERATED CLAIMS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS OF A COMPANY’S PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR PRACTICES.
○ GREENWISHING REFERS TO ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESSING A DESIRE TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE WITHOUT TAKING CONCRETE ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
○ GREENHUSHING IMPLIES A SITUATION WHERE AN ORGANIZATION INTENTIONALLY DOWNPLAYS THEIR POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
WHOSE LAW WILL PREVAIL IN CONFLICT BETWEEN STATES AND COMMISSION FOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT (CAQM)?
CAQM.
WHAT IS INVISIBLE e-WASTE?
THE TERM “INVISIBLE E-WASTE ” REFERS TO E-WASTE THAT GOES UNNOTICED DUE TO ITS NATURE OR APPEARANCE, LEADING CONSUMERS TO OVERLOOK ITS RECYCLABLE POTENTIAL.
● FOR EXAMPLE: CABLES, E-TOYS, E-CIGARETTE, E-BIKES, POWER TOOLS, SMOKE DETECTORS, USB STICKS, WEARABLE HEALTH DEVICES AND SMART HOME GADGETS.
ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH (UNITAR) STUDY, ABOUT 9 BILLION KG OF E-WASTE GOES UNRECOGNIZED ANNUALLY GLOBALLY.
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY OF GREEN ENERGY CORRIDOR?
POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED.
TRANSMISSION LINE OF GREEN ENERGY CORRIDOR?
WILL RUN THROUGH HIMACHAL PRADESH AND PUNJAB, INTEGRATING WITH THE NATIONAL GRID IN HARYANA.
GREEN ENERGY CORRIDOR PROJECT IN PHASE 1 IS IMPLEMENTED IN?
8 STATES
○ TAMIL NADU
○ RAJASTHAN
○ KARNATAKA
○ ANDHRA PRADESH
○ MAHARASHTRA
○ GUJARAT
○ HIMACHAL PRADESH
○ MADHYA PRADESH
GREEN ENERGY CORRIDOR IN PHASE 2 WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN?
7 STATES
○ GUJARAT
○ HIMACHAL PRADESH
○ KARNATAKA
○ KERALA
○ RAJASTHAN
○ TAMIL NADU
○ UTTAR PRADESH
PROTECTION STATUS OF SNOW LEOPARD?
CITES- APPENDIX 1
WPA- SCHEDULE 1
IUCN- VULNERABLE
IT IS ALSO LISTED IN CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES.
WHAT IS HIMALSANRAKSHAK?
LAUNCHED IN 2020 TO PROTECT SNOW LEOPARDS.
PROTECTION STATUS OF HORNBILL?
IUCN- NEAR THREATENED
CITES- APPENDIX 1
WPA 1972- SCHEDULE 1
GLOBAL DROUGHT SNAPSHOT REPORT IS RELEASED BY?
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION.
DROUGHT EMERGENCY DECLARED IN 23 COUNTRIES. THE COUNTRIES ARE?
○ ASIA- INDIA, SRI LANKA, INDONESIA, KAZAKHSTAN AND CHINA.
○ EUROPE- SPAIN, ITALY, UK, GREECE, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA AND SERBIA.
○ NORTH AMERICA- US AND CANADA.
○ SOUTH AMERICAN- URUGUAY.
○ AFRICA- NIGER, DJIBOUTI, CABO VERDE AND MAURITANIA, ETHIOPIA, KENYA AND SOMALIA.
○ OTHER COUNTRIES- INCLUDING KIRIBATI, MARSHAL ISLANDS AND TUVALU.
INDIA HAS PHASED OUT WHICH OZONE DEPLETING CHEMICALS?
◇ HCFC 141b RECENTLY
◇ CFC, CCL4, HALONS, METHYL BROMIDE AND METHYL CHLOROFORM HAS BEEN PHASED OUT BY JANUARY 1, 2010.
MONTREAL PROTOCOL?
IT IS THE SOLE UN TREATY UNIVERSALLY RATIFIED BY ALL 197 MEMBER STATES, AIMING TO SAFEGUARD THE EARTH’S OZONE LAYER BY PHASING OUT THE USE OF OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS CFCs, AND HCFCs.
KIGALI AGREEMENT?
ADOPTED IN 2016, IT AIMS TO PHASE DOWN THE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF HYDROFLUOROCARBONS (HFCs), WHICH ARE POTENT GREENHOUSE GASES.
INDIA’S COOLING ACTION PLAN SEEKS TO?
◇ REDUCE COOLING DEMAND ACROSS SECTORS BY 20% TO 25% BY 2037-38.
◇ REDUCE REFRIGERANT DEMAND BY 25% TO 30% BY 2037-38.
◇ REDUCE COOLING ENERGY REQUIREMENTS BY 25% TO 40% BY 2037-38.
WHAT IS METHANE ALERT AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS)?
MARS IS A SATELLITE BASED SYSTEM LAUNCHED AT COP27, EGYPT.
IT USES DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES TO DETECT AND TRACK METHANE EMISSIONS.
METHANE ALERT AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS) IS LAUNCHED BY?
◇ UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP)
◇ EUROPEAN COMMISSION
◇ USA
UNEP’S INTERNATIONAL METHANE EMISSIONS OBSERVATORY (IMEO) WAS LAUNCHED AT?
IMEO WAS LAUNCHED AT THE G20 LEADERS SUMMIT IN 2021.
IT RECONCILES METHANE DATA FROM SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT STUDIES, SATELLITES THROUGH THE METHANE ALERT AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS), RIGOROUS INDUSTRY REPORTING THROUGH THE OIL AND GAS METHANE PARTNERSHIP 2.0 (OGMP 2.0), AND NATIONAL INVENTORIES.
OIL AND GAS METHANE PARTNERSHIP 2.0 IS THE FLAGSHIP OIL AND GAS REPORTING AND MITIGATION PROGRAM OF THE______?
UNEP.
OGMP WAS 1ST LAUNCHED IN 2014 UNDER THE CLIMATE AND CLEAN AIR COALITION.
GREEN CREDITS SCHEME IS LAUNCHED AND ADMINISTERED BY?
LAUNCHED BY THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
ADMINISTERED BY THE INDIAN COUNCIL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (ICFRE).
GREEN CREDITS SCHEME WILL HELP TO DEVELOP WHICH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS?
SDG 12: RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION
SDG 15: LIFE IN LAND
WULAR LAKE RAMSAR SITE LOCATION?
JAMMU AND KASHMIR.
HYGAM WETLAND CONSERVATION RESERVE RAMSAR SITE?
JAMMU AND KASHMIR.
SHALLBUGH WETLAND CONSERVATION RESERVE RAMSAR SITE?
JAMMU AND KASHMIR.
HOKERA WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
JAMMU AND KASHMIR.
SURINSAR MANSAR LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
JAMMU AND KASHMIR.
KESHOPUR MIANI COMMUNITY RESERVE RAMSAR SITE?
PUNJAB.
KANJLI WETLANDS RAMSAR SITE?
PUNJAB.
BEAS CONSERVATION RESERVE RAMSAR SITE?
PUNJAB.
SULTANPUR NATIONAL PARK RAMSAR SITE?
HARYANA.
BHINDAWAS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
HARYANA.
KEOLADEO NATIONAL PARK RAMSAR SITE?
RAJASTHAN.
SAMBHAR LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
RAJASTHAN.
SAKHYA SAGAR RAMSAR SITE?
MADHYA PRADESH.
THOL LAKE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
GUJARAT.
KHIJADIYA BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
GUJARAT.
NALSAROVAR RAMSAR SITE?
GUJARAT.
WASHVANA WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
GUJARAT.
THANE CREEK RAMSAR SITE?
MAHARASHTRA.
NANDUR MADHMESHWAR RAMSAR SITE?
MAHARASHTRA.
LONAR LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
MAHARASHTRA.
NANDA LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
GOA.
RANGANATHITTU BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
KARNATAKA.
VEMBANAD KOL WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
KERELA.
SASTHAMKOTTA LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
KERELA.
ASTHAMUDI WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
KERELA.
VEMBANNUR WETLAND COMPLEX RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
SACHINDRAM THEROOR WETLAND COMPLEX RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
CHANDERTAL WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
HIMACHAL PRADESH.
TSO KAR WETLAND COMPLEX RAMSAR SITE?
LADAKH.
TSO MORIRI RAMSAR SITE?
LADAKH.
PONG DAM LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
HIMACHAL PRADESH.
NANGAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
PUNJAB.
ROPAR WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
PUNJAB.
RENUKA LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
HIMACHAL PRADESH.
ASAN CONSERVATION RESERVE RAMSAR SITE?
UTTARAKHAND.
HAIDERPUR WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
UPPER GANGA RIVER RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
SUR SAROVAR RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
SAMAN BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
SARSAI NAWAR WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
SANDI BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
NAWABGANJ BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
SAMASPUR BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
PARVATI ARGA BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
BAKHIRA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
UTTAR PRADESH.
KABARTAL WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
BIHAR.
DEEPOR BEEL RAMSAR SITE?
ASSAM.
LOKTAK LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
MANIPUR.
RUDRASAGAR LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
TRIPURA.
PALA WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
MIZORAM.
EAST CALCUTTA WETLANDS RAMSAR SITE?
WEST BENGAL.
SUNDARBAN WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
WEST BENGAL.
BHITARNIKA MANGROVES RAMSAR SITE?
ODISHA.
ANSUPA LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
ODISHA.
CHILIKA LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
ODISHA.
TAMPARA LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
ODISHA.
SATKOSIA GORGE RAMSAR SITE?
ODISHA.
HIRAKUD RESERVOIR RAMSAR SITE?
ODISHA.
BHOJ WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
MADHYA PRADESH.
SIRPUR WETLAND RAMSAR SITE?
MADHYA PRADESH.
YASHWANT SAGAR RAMSAR SITE?
MADHYA PRADESH.
KOLLERU LAKE RAMSAR SITE?
ANDHRA PRADESH.
PALLIKARANAI MARSH RESERVE FOREST RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
KARIKILI BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
VEDANTHANGAL BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
VADUVOOR BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
PICHAVARAM MANGROVE FOREST RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
UDHAYAMARTHANDAPURAM BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
POINT CALIMERE WILDLIFE AND BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
GULF OF MANNAR MARINE BIOSPHERE RESERVE RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
KANJIRANKULAM BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
CHITRANGUDI BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
VELLODE BIRDS SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
KOONTHANKULAM BIRD SANCTUARY RAMSAR SITE?
TAMIL NADU.
CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX IS RELEASED BY?
ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED BY GERMANWATCH, THE NEW CLIMATE INSTITUTE AND THE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK.
CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX ASSESSES EACH COUNTRY’S PERFORMANCE IN FOUR CATEGORIES. WHAT ARE THOSE?
1 GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (40%).
2 RENEWABLE ENERGY (20%).
3 ENERGY USE (20%).
4 CLIMATE POLICY (20%).
INDIA’S RANKING IN CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX 2024?
7TH.
EFFECTIVELY INDIA IS AT 4TH POSITION AS THE FIRST THREE RANKS IN THE VERY HIGH PERFORMANCE CATEGORY REMAINED VACANT.
COP28 AND IUCN?
AT COP28 UN CLIMATE CONFERENCE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THE IUCN HAS RELEASED ITS LATEST UPDATES TO THE IUCN RED LIST WHICH INCLUDES THE 1ST GLOBAL FRESHWATER FISH ASSESSMENT.
THE UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF ILLEGAL LOGGING AND TRADE ON MAHOGANY.
4 SUBTERRANEAN FISHES FROM KERELA ARE FACING THE RISK OF EXTINCTION AS PER IUCN NEW LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES (COP28)?
◇ ENDANGERED CATEGORY
1 KRYPTOGLANIS SHAJII
2 HOROGLANIS ABDULKALAMI
3 PANGIO BHUJIA
◇ VULNERABLE CATEGORY
4 AENIGMACHANNA GOLLUM (SNAKEHEAD GOLLUM).
CONSERVATION STATUS UPDATES OF IUCN?
1 SCIMITAR HORNED ORYX (ORYX DAMMAH)- MOVED FROM EXTINCT IN THE WILD TO ENDANGERED CATEGORY.
2 SAIGA ANTELOPE- IMPROVED FROM CRITICALLY ENDANGERED TO NEAR THREATENED.
3 LARGE TOOTHED LAKE TURKANA ROBBER (BRYCINUS FEROX)- MOVED FROM LEAST CONCERN TO VULNERABLE.
4 ATLANTIC SALMON- MOVED FROM LEAST CONCERN TO NEAR THREATENED.
TWO SIBERIAN TIGERS 🐅 (LARA AND AKAMAS) ARRIVED AT _____ PARK FROM CYPRUS. EXCHANGE PROGRAMME: AS A PART OF THE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, INDIA HAS SENT TWO RED PANDAS 🐼 TO _____ ZOO CYPRUS?
ARRIVED AT DARJEELING’S PADMAJA NAIDU HIMALAYAN ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
SEND RED PANDAS TO PAFOS ZOO CYPRUS.
IUCN STATUS OF SIBERIAN TIGER (AMUR TIGERS)?
ENDANGERED.
CONSERVATION STATUS OF RED PANDAS?
IUCN- ENDANGERED
WPA- SCHEDULE 1
CITES- APPENDIX 1
RED PANDA IS STATE ANIMAL OF?
SIKKIM.
LARGEST HIGH ALTITUDE ZOO IN INDIA?
PADMAJA NAIDU HIMALAYAN ZOOLOGICAL PARK IN DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL.
IN 2022 THE CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY OF INDIA RANKED WHICH PARK AS FIRST IN ALL CATEGORIES AMONG ALL ZOOS IN THE COUNTRY?
PADMAJA NAIDU HIMALAYAN ZOOLOGICAL PARK (PNHZ).
CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY OF INDIA ESTABLISHED IN AND HEADED BY?
ESTABLISHED IN 1992 AS PER WPA ACT 1972 SO A STATUTORY BODY.
HEADED BY ENVIRONMENT MINISTER.
EMISSIONS GAP REPORT IS RELEASED BY?
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME.
IUCN STATUS OF NAMDAPHA FLYING SQUIRREL?
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
