INITIATIVES TO ENHANCE GREEN COVER BY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Two Schemes namely Nagar Vana Udyan Yojana and School Nursery Yojana have been launched. Nagar Vana Udyan Yojana : aims to create at least one city forest in each city with a minimum area of 25 ha. aims at creation of a City Forest in forest areas within their jurisdiction up … [Read more...] about Initiatives to Enhance Green Cover by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Environment And Ecology
Olive Ridley Hatchlings March into Sea
The first batch of 83 endangered Olive Ridley hatchlings were let out into the sea at Narambai near here in a joint initiative by the Forest Department and local youth volunteers. The Forest Department collected over 2100 eggs laid by turtles over the past 50 days with the help of youth volunteers and kept them in 21 hatcheries in Narambai and Periya Kalapet for safe … [Read more...] about Olive Ridley Hatchlings March into Sea
Jaisalmer’s Breathtaking Sand Dunes Fast Losing their Awe
The beautiful sand dunes of Jaisalmer are fast losing their height and turning into garbage dumps as a result of unregulated tourist flow. Broken beer bottles, empty mineral water bottles, plastic wrappers and all sorts of environmentally hazardous items are not only being left behind by the tourists but, more shockingly, buried under the sand by the camp … [Read more...] about Jaisalmer’s Breathtaking Sand Dunes Fast Losing their Awe
Back from the Brink of Extinction
Endangered southern Corroboree frog measures just 3.5cm in length. The frogs —females are largest and pear-shaped when carrying eggs — are colored by flashes of bright yellow as a warning to predators of the toxins developed from the gobbling up of ants. Frogs aren’t fully visible unless stoop down for a close look. The other key difficulty in finding the frog is the … [Read more...] about Back from the Brink of Extinction
Sunderbans Losing Green Cover and Land Mass, says ISRO Study
The Indian Sunderbans has lost 3.71 per cent of its mangrove and other forest cover, while losing 9,990 hectares of its landmass to erosion in one decade, according to a satellite analysis conducted by the Indian Space Research Organization. 1,607 hectares of the eroded area had vegetation, says the study comparing satellite data from February of 2003 and 2014. During the … [Read more...] about Sunderbans Losing Green Cover and Land Mass, says ISRO Study