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    According to the analysis figures of WRI,Top 10 emitters are: China (2!2"#$, %& (1'!'#$, uropean %nion (10!1"#$, India ("!")#$,Russia (!*"#$, +apan (*!11#$, ra-il (2!*'#$, Indonesia (1!."#$, /eico (1!".#$ and Iran(1!"#$!

    Termsydrothermal ent systems: It is a fissure releasing geothermally heated 3ater 3hich comes outon planet4s surface! Commonly found in actie olcanic places!

     Chemosynthetic 5acteria: They o5tain energy from eothermic oidation of inorganic or simpleorganic compounds in a5sence of light! This energy is utili-ed for meta5olic processes

    Top fie states in India are (in terms of solar po3er installed capacity$ Ra6asthan: 11'. /W!7u6arat: 1000 /W! /adhya 8radesh:9 /W! /aharashtra: . /W! Andhra 8radesh:' /W!

    /aharashtra has officially declared lue /ormon species as &tate 5utterfly as part of state

    sym5ols! ecision in this regard 3as ta;en in &tate Wildlife oard meeting presided 5y Chief

    /inister eendra idar5ha

    and Western /aharashtra! It should 5e noted that /aharashtra is home to nearly 22 arieties of

     5utterflies and home to a5out 1 per cent of their population in the country! ?ther state sym5olsof /aharashtra are &tate Animal: Indian giant s@uirrel (in /arathi &he;ruB  शकर $! &tate ird:

    ello3footed green pigeon (in /arathi ariyal$! &tate

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    Thiruananthapuram districts of Derala

    /anipur &tate alley in a5undant no3 only its

    remaining natural ha5itat is found in Dei5ul =am6ao Fational 8ar;! It is listed as an endangered

    species 5y International %nion for Conseration of Fature (I%CF$! Conseration efforts hae

    helped in reiing the population of the deer to 20' in 201* from less than 100 in 2009! A5out

    Dei5ul =am6ao Fational 8ar; (D=F8$ D=F8 is a floating 5iomass in /anipur4s =o;ta; =a;e! It

    is only floating national par; in the 3orld! It is ;no3n around the 3orld for its uni@ue

    composition 3hich is made up of 5iomass egetation (locally called phumdis$ that floats on thesurface of the la;e! The par; 3hich 3as initially declared as a &anctuary in 1)"" and later in

    1).. it 3as declared as Fational 8ar; through a ga-ette notification!

    A5out International Rene3a5le nergy Agency (IRFA$ IRFA is an intergoernmental

    organi-ation to promote adoption and sustaina5le use of rene3a5le energy! It is a glo5al hu5 for

    rene3a5le energy cooperation and information echange 3ithin its mem5er nations!

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     5e gien training to create mass a3areness! As pilot pro6ect, actiities under this nation campaign

    3ill 5e run in one 3ater stressed illage in each ".2 districts in the country!

    ery year World nironment ay (W$ is o5sered on 0 +une to raise glo5al a3areness to

    ta;e positie enironmental action to protect nature and the planet arth! The theme for year

    201 is &een illion reams! ?ne 8lanet! Consume 3ith Care! The theme highlights the need to

    respect the carrying capacity of the planet earth and to manage natural resources efficiently to

    ensure prosperity and 3ell5eing glo5ally! ?5sering this day is glo5al initiatie of %nited

     Fations nironment 8rogramme (%F8$! The host country for the W 201 is Italy! To mar;

    this day 8rime /inister Farendra /odi inaugurated a tree plantation campaign across India 5y

     planting Dadam5 sapling at the la3ns of his Race Course Road residence! A5out World

    nironment ay (W$ W 3as esta5lished 5y the %nited Fations 7eneral Assem5ly in

    1).2 to mar; the opening of %nited Fations Conference on the uman nironment 1).2 3hich

     5egan in &toc;holm! The first World nironment ay 3as o5sered in 1).* and since then it is

     5eing held eery year 3ith a different themes!

    A5out &loth 5ears &loth 5ear (/elursus ursinus$ is a nocturnal insectiorous species of 5ears

    found in India! Categorised as ulnera5le species in International %nion for Conseration of

     Fature (I%CF$ Red list! It is 5lac; and dar; 5ro3n in colour 3ith yello3ish patch on the chest

    and has large feet and cla3! &loth 5ear is omniorous animal and mainly eat honey, termites,

    fruits (mangoes and figs$ and grass!

    cryostat 2 satellite launched 5y uropean space to study remote sensing of ice

    India has ran;ed 2'th out of .0 countries in the first nironmental emocracy Inde (I$! Theinde 3as recently released 5y Washington5ased World Resources Institute (WRI$ and Access

    Initiatie! In the first edition of this inde, =ithuania has topped among the .0 countries! Top ten

    countries are: =ithuania, =atia, Russia, %nited &tates, &outh Africa, %nited Dingdom, ungary,

    ulgaria, 8anama and Colom5ia! Dey facts from I report Right to enironmental information

    has 5een esta5lished in the )* per cent of the assessed countries! o3eer, many nations lag on

     proiding citi-ens 5asic enironmental information i!e! around .) per cent of assessed countries

    hae earned only fair or poor ratings for pu5lic participation! Fearly half or around '" per cent of 

    assessed countries do not proide any am5ient air @uality data online for their capital cities! In .*

     per cent of the countries, courts or their 6udiciary hear enironmental cases! ?nly 1' per cent of

    the countries assessed hae legal mechanisms that help 3omen to access courts in order to o5tainredress 3hen their enironmental rights are iolated! A5out nironmental emocracy Inde

    (I$ I ealuates progress of countries in enacting la3s in order to promote citi-en

    engagement and accounta5ility, transparency in enironmental decisionma;ing! The inde

    ealuates countries 5ased on recognised international standards including . legal and 2'

     practice indicators!

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    International /onetary

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    campaigns 3hich 3ill 5e conducted in the fringe illages to urge people not to destroy the forests

    for fire3ood! &pectacled /on;ey is popularly ;no3n as the EChasme ala 5andar4! They hae

    3hite spectacle li;e patches around the eyes! The 8atheria ills resere

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    a3areness for sustaina5le energy use and create a more enironmentally sustaina5le lifestyle!

    This day encourages citi-ens, communities, 5usinesses and organisations to s3itch the lights off

    from 9:*0 pm local time for an hour to highlight the plight of the planet!

    %nion /inistry of nironment,

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    3ith prestigious &alim Ali=o;e Wan Tho =ifetime A3ard for cellence in ?rnithology! In

    200', he 3as also a3arded the >enu /enon =ifetime Achieement A3ard!

    *rd Tortoise

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    8ro6ect &=ACC 8ro6ect aims at improing the adaptie capacity of the rural poor particularly

    3omen farmers engaged in farm5ased lielihoods to cope 3ith climate change and scale up the

    demonstrated 5est practices! &=ACC pro6ect 3ill 5e implemented in colla5oration 3ith

    goernment programs such as /ahila Disan &asha;ti;aran 8ariyo6ana (/D&8$ and /ahatma

    7andhi Fational Rural mployment 7uarantee &cheme (/7FR7&$! While, Fational Rural

    =ielihoods /ission (FR=/$ is the implementing agency of &=ACC! It 3ill focus to proide

    assistance in Climatic ha-ards that affect the aaila5ility of natural resources, 3hich adersely

    affect the lielihoods of the poor 5y impacting production, affecting incomes and preenting

     5uilding up of assets!

    A symposium, To3ards ero 8oaching in Asia concluded in Dathmandu, Fepal on "th

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    loom forming oth species 5eing 5loom forming they hae spontaneous gro3th! &o there is no

    need for any epensie cultiation systems such as photo5ioreactors or etensie use of

    fertili-ersJpesticides! They can gro3 sporadically at shorelines and can se@uester C?! /edicinal

    alues oth species hae similar characteristic li;e other algal species 3hich hae Dahalalide

    < , used in in clinical trials against prostate and 5reast cancers! &o they can 5e used in

    8harmaceutical products! It should 5e noted that, this discoery 3as the first molecular study on

    Indian algae, and first algal species discoeed in past '0 years!

    ery year World 3etland day (WW$ is o5sered on 2

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    contact! It 3ill allo3 safe interaction 5et3een human 5eings and elephants 5y ;eeping them

    separated 5y a 5arrier! It 3ill also replace ageold routine of physical punishment techni@ues to

    manage the elephants, 5y positie reinforcement techni@ues!

    8eriyar Tiger Resere located in Derala has 3on the Fational Tiger Conseration Authority

    (FTCA$ 5iennial a3ard for encouraging local pu5lic participation in managing the resere!

    8u5lic participation in managing the 8eriyar Tiger Resere India coeelopment pro6ect

    (I8$: 8eople4s participation started in the resere in ecem5er 1))" 5y esta5lishing India

    coeelopment pro6ect (I8$! It 3as a community5ased ecotourism initiatie, 3hich

     promoted tourism actiities 3hich helped isitors! It also promoted pepper gro3ing in this region

    and mar;eting it! 8eriyar

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    rare and endangered species from arious parts of the 3orld isit the ha5itat! This sanctuary

     plays important role in nesting of arious 5irds especially migratory 5irds! irds found in this

    sanctuary are:

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     Fe3 research pro6ects in /ental ealth and &u5stance A5use: These ne3 pro6ects 3ill 5e 6oint

    initiatie of /edical Research Council (/RC$ of %D and Indian Council of /edical Research

    (IC/R$! IC/R 3ill fund the Indian component for this pro6ect 3hile %D 3ill proide up to 2

    million pounds! &etting up Centres for research in Rene3a5le nergy: These centres 3ill 5e

     6ointly cofunded 5y RC%D nergy programme and epartment of &cience and Technology

    (&T$ of India! %D and the epartment of &cience H Technology of India 3ill proide support

    to 5usinessled research and deelopment aimed at tac;ling societal challenges! Centre

    8artnerships in Cancer iology, Translational Regeneratie /edicines in Feuroscience and

    Antimicro5ial Resistance: It 3ill 5e funded 6ointly up to . million pounds 5y /edical Research

    Council (/RC$ of %D and epartment of iotechnology (T$, India!

    According to a ne3 study from the Wildlife Conseration &ociety (WC&$, canine distemper irus

    (C>$ has the potential to 5e a significant drier in pushing the tigers to3ards etinction! This

    deadly irus is adding a ne3 threat to tiger populations along 3ith to the eisting pressures of

    ha5itat loss, poaching and depletion of prey species! Researchers hae ealuated these impactson the Amur tiger population in Russia4s &i;hoteAlin iosphere apoedni; (&A$, 3here

    tiger num5ers declined from *9 indiiduals to ) in the years 200. to 2012! o3 the study too;

     placeN The scientists used computer modeling to simulate the effects of C> infection on

    isolated tiger populations of arious si-es and through a series of transmission scenarios! These

    included tigertotiger transmission and transmission through predation on C>infected

    domestic dogs or infected 3ild carniores (such as foes, raccoon dogs and 5adgers$! igh and

    lo3ris; scenarios for the model 3ere created 5ased on ariation in the prealence of C> and

    the tigers4 contact 3ith sources of eposure! A ;ey finding of this study /odeling sho3s that

    smaller populations of tigers 3ere found to 5e more ulnera5le to etinction 5y C>!

    8opulations consisting of 2 indiiduals 3ere 1!" times more li;ely to decline in the net 0years 3hen C> 3as present! The results are profoundly distur5ing for glo5al 3ild tigers as in

    most sites 3ild tigers are limited to populations of less than 2 adult 5reeding indiiduals! A5out

    canine distemper irus (C>$ Canine distemper is a iral disease that affects animals! The

    disease is highly contagious (ia inhalation$ and fatal 0# of the time, thus ma;ing it the leading

    cause of infectious disease death! The irus infects the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, the

     5rain, and spinal cord of animals! Common symptoms can include: 1$ igh feer, 2$ Watery

    discharge from the eyes and nose, *$ >omiting and diarrhea, '$ ardening of the footpads and

    nose, $ &ei-ures of any part of the 5ody "$ 8aralysis! It is most commonly associated 3ith

    domestic animals such as dogs and ferrets, 5ut it can infect 3ild animals!

    Clam fishery in the Ashtamudi estuary in Dolam district of Derala is the first in India to receie

    /arine &te3ardship Council (/&C$ certification! This certification 3ill help to 5oost sustaina5le

    fisheries 3hile protecting the ecosystem in this Wetland area! It has 5ecome the third in Asia to

    receie this recognition! It is a 6oint effort of the Central /arine

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     programmeN The /&C programme is the 3orld4s most rigorous, science5ased standard criteria

    for sustaina5le seafood! /&C certification is 5asically ecola5el used to monitor the health of the

    3orld4s oceans 5y recogni-ing and re3arding sustaina5le fishing practices, influencing the

    choices people ma;e 3hen 5uying seafood, and 3or;ing 3ith partners to transform the seafood

    mar;et to a sustaina5le 5asis! This certification implies the implementation of measures that 3ill

    ensure that the resource is not oerfished at the cost of the ecosystem! When 5uyers choose to

     purchase /&C certified fish, fisheries are re3arded for sustaina5le practices! Thus /&C

     programme helps to harness mar;et forces to incentiise positie enironmental change!

    7lo5ally, oer 11 per cent of the annual glo5al harest of 3ild fisheries is engaged in the /&C

     programme! 7lo5ally more than 1),00 seafood products are certified and ecole5eled 5y /&C!

    Implications It also opens up the scope for other fisheries in India to 3or; to3ards /&C

    certification that 3ill enhance conseration and sustaina5ility of the resource 3hile proiding

    greater economic returns! This may 5e set an eample 5y sho3casing the 3orld that deelopment

    and enironment protection go hand in hand and participatory approach at the local leel in

    managing 5iodiersity is an important aspect of it! A5out Ashtamudi estuary Ashtamudi estuaryis a Ramsar Wetland of international importance and second largest in Derala! Clam fishery in

    this estuary dates 5ac; to 1)91 and supports lielihood of around *,000 fishermen inoled in

    collection, cleaning, processing and trading of clams! In 1))*, clam commercial fishery had

    declined due oerfishing in order to meet its demand in &outh Asian countries! In order to stop

    oerfishing strict guidelines 3ere introduced 3hich included closed season fishing, mesh

    restrictions for nets, minimum eport si-e and 5anning mechanical clam fishing! Tags: Derala

    7oernment reconstitutes 8rime /inister4s Council on Climate Change &hare on email &hare on

    face5oo; &hare on t3itter &hare on print &hare on google Foem5er , 201'Fo comments ?n

    th Foem5er 201', %nion goernment reconstituted the 8rime /inister4s Council on Climate

    Change! The ne3 Council on Climate Change 3ill 5e headed 5y 8rime /inister! It 3ill formulateand coordinate the Fational Action 8lan for Assessment, Adaptation and /itigation of Climate

    Change! The council 3ill hae 19 mem5ers, 3hich includes 1* goernment representaties and

    nongoernment mem5ers! Among 1* goernment representaties, 9 3ill 5e ministers! The

    council 3ill focus on the follo3ing tas;s: The ne3 council 3ill coordinate the action plan and

    adise the goernment on proactie measures that can 5e ta;en to deal 3ith the challenge of

    climate change! It 3ill facilitate interministerial coordination and guide policy in releant areas!

    The council 3ill eole a coordinated response to issues relating to climate change at the

    national leel! It 3ill proide oersight for formulation of action plans in the area of assessment,

    adaptation and mitigation of climate change and periodically monitor ;ey policy decisions! The

    composition of the reconstituted 8rime /inister4s Council on Climate Change: 8rime

    /inister(ead of Council$ /inister for ternal Affairs %nion

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    &ecretary, /inistry of nironment,

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    managing or preenting 3ildlife crises and mitigating threats to indiidual 3ild animals, their

     populations and ha5itats through holistic strategies and practical interentions!

    WTI 3as formed in Foem5er 1))9 in response to the rapidly deteriorating condition of 3ildlife

    in India! WTI is a registered charity in India (under &ection 12A of the Income Ta Act, 1)"1$!

    Indian scientist Damal a3a, an eminent professor of 5iology at the %niersity of /assachusetts

    in oston, 3on the /idori 8ri-e (201'$ in iodiersity for his research, including in climate

    change in the imalayas! Damal a3a, founder president of the Asho;a Trust for Research in

    cology and the nironment (ATR$ in angalore, 3ill accept the pri-e 3ith a cash a3ard of

    G100,000 during the ?ct 1"1., 201' Conference of 8arties (C?812$ to the Conention on

    iological iersity (C$ in &outh Dorea! India, the at present the chair of the C?811 and

    India 3ill pass the 5aton to Dorea at the C?812 in &outh Dorea! The theme of this year4s C?8

    12 meeting is Eiodiersity for &ustaina5le eelopment4! ?ther A3ardees

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     F?AA researchers started to identify that particular chemicals, including chemicals called

    Chloro

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    and for matters connected there3ith or incidental thereto! &hall not 5e 5ound 5y the procedure

    laid do3n under the Code of Ciil 8rocedure, 1)09, 5ut shall 5e guided 5y principles of natural

     6ustice! Fe3 elhi is the 8rincipal 8lace of &itting of the Tri5unal and hopal, 8une, Dol;ata

    and Chennai shall 5e the other four place of sitting of the Tri5unal! Fote: The Fational 7reen

    Tri5unal ruling can only 5e challenged in the &upreme Court!

    R22 gas (Chlorodifluoromethane$ is permitted to 5e imported in India 5ut is licensed! 7ien

    the rising mar;et for fridges and airconditioners, the demand is greater than licensed supply! In

    some nations, use of the R22 3ill 3ill 5e 5anned 5y 201, 3hile manufacturers 3ere 5anded

    from using it in products launched after 200'! R22 has 5een predominantly phased out in ne3

    e@uipment in the %& under the /ontreal 8rotocol, and has 5een su5stituted 5y other refrigerants

    3ith lo3er o-one depletion a5ility such as 8ropane (R2)0$, 8entafluoroethane, R1*'a (1,1,1,2

    tetrafluoroethane$, and 5lended mitures of

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    sustaina5ility, one should not only tal; a5out conseration of resources 5ut also our culture and

    heritage! All the sta;eholders in the Tourism industry hae 5een re@uested to 5e ecosensitie and

    implement the &TCI and hae 5een re@uested to do 5usiness for longterm profits 3ith dierse

    aims! &TCI 3ere formulated 5y a committee constituted 5y the /inistry of Tourism! The

     principles of sustaina5ility include: Conseration of 3ater, energy, culture, heritage, reial of

    ancient architecture, inolement of communities, protection of 3ildlife and non eploitation of

    3omen, children and 3ea;er sections!

    India launched LThe 7reen us pro6ectM in Fagpur 3ith the launch of its first ethanolrun,

    enironmentfriendly pu5lic 5us! The 5us 3ill emit car5on dioide as lo3 as 1# to )0# and its

    emissions 3ill 5e monitored 5y the %nion goernment, /aharashtra state goernment and

     Fagpur /unicipal Corporation! The 5uses are manufactured 5y &3edish company &cania

    Commercial >ehicle India =td! &cania has additionally introduced an engine in consonance 3ith

    harat &tage Forms, a step to3ard further reducing the emissions!

    &outh African 7oernment4s /inistry of nironment has announced its plan to eacuate

    hundreds of rhinos from country4s famous Druger Fational 8ar; to sae them from poachers!

    The step is part of a plan to cur5 illegal hunts for rhino horn! The num5er of rhinos to 5e

    relocated can 5e up to 00! &outh Africa is home to more than 90# of Africa4s rhinos! Illegal

     poaching has surged from 1* in 200. to 1,00' in 201*! The Druger Fational 8ar;, 3hich is of a

    similar si-e to Wales or Israel, is thought to 5e home to as fe3 as 9,'00 3hite rhinos! Although

    international trade in rhino horn has 5een made illegal since 1).., demand remains high in some

    Asian nations, 3here it is used 5oth in traditional medicine and as a sym5ol of 3ealth

    The Fational 7anga Rier asin Authority (F7RA$ has 5een shifted from the /inistry of

    nironment to the /inistry of Water Resources ! ereafter, all issues pertaining to

    conseration, deelopment management and a5atement of pollution in rier 7anga and its

    tri5utaries 3ill also 5e directed 5y the /inistry of Water Resources! Fational 7anga Rier asin

    Authority (F7RA$ The goernment of India gae Rier 7anga the status of a national rier

    and constituted the F7RA in

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    of heating, none of 3hich can 5e indiidually detected P is 5ehind the production of the etra

    heat! The photosphere, the isi5le surface of the &un, is around ",000 Delins, 3hile the corona

    reaches temperatures 3hich are *00 times more than the photosphere! FA&A4s %FI& (treme

    %ltraiolet Formal Incidence &pectrograph$ roc;et, e@uipped 3ith a ery sensitie spectrograph

    gathered information a5out the &un a5out ho3 much material is present at a gien temperature

     5y recording different 3aelengths of light! %FI& fle3 up nearly *21 ;m a5oe the ground

    a5oard a sounding roc;et and gathered a5out collected o5serations from a5oe the planet4s air!

    It scanned a region on the &un ;no3n to 5e magnetically comple, also termed actie region,

    3hich can often 5e the source of larger flares and coronal mass e6ections! &eeral theories hae

     5een offered for ho3 the magnetic energy coursing through the corona is conerted into the heat

    that raises the temperature! The %FI& spectrograph 3as tuned into a range of 3aelengths

    useful for locating material at temperatures of 10 million Delin P temperatures that are a ;ey

    characteristic of nanoflares! &cientists hae con6ectured that infinite num5er of nanoflares could

    heat up solar material in the atmosphere to temperatures of up to 10 million Delins! This

    material 3ould cool ery rapidly, producing ample solar material at the 1 to * million degreesregularly seen in the corona! o3eer, the faint presence of that etremely hot material should

    remain! The %FI& team studied the data from the roc;et and found a 3aelength of light

    indicating presence of 10 million degree material!

    The goernment has said that a fe3 3etlands in the country hae reportedly 5een impacted due

    to arious deelopmental actiities and ur5ani-ation! As per nironment /inistry, for

    conseration and management of 3etlands, the centrally sponsored scheme P LFational Wetland

    Conseration 8rogramme (FWC8$M 3as implemented till 20121*! o3eer, for 5etter

    synchroni-ation and to aoid oerlap the FWC8 has 5een merged 3ith another scheme

    LFational 8lan for Conseration of A@uatic cosystems (F8CA$M for holistic conseration ofla;es and 3etlands! %nder FWC8, 11 3etlands in 2' states and t3o %Ts hae 5een identified

    for conseration and management! &o far, the central goernment has released an amount of Rs

    1**!"' to the concerned states for underta;ing arious conseration programmes! In order to

    regulate certain actiities 3ithin the identified 3etlands, the goernment notified the Wetlands

    (Conseration and /anagement$ Rules in ecem5er 2010! At the 5ehest of nironment

    /inistry, the &pace Applications Centre (&AC$ Ahmeda5ad has prepared a Fational Wetland

    Inentory Atlas on 1:0,000 scale using Indian Remote &ensing &atellite III data of pre and

     postmonsoon seasons during 200"11! As per the atlas, there are a total of ., .,0"0 3etlands

    coering an estimated area of 1!2" million hectare, that is around '!"*# of the geographic area

    of India!

    I%CF adds 9 more Indian 5ird species to 201' Red =ist &hare on email &hare on face5oo; &hare

    on t3itter &hare on print &hare on google +uly 2., 201'Fo comments The International %nion

    for Conseration of Fature (I%CF$ has added eight ne3 5ird species found in India to the 201'

    Red =ist! Fo3, oer 1.0 species of 5irds in the country stand threatened! The eight species of

     5irds ne3ly added to the Red =ist are: Woollynec;ed stor; Ashyheaded green pigeon Red

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    headed falcon Andaman teal Andaman green pigeon imalayan griffon earded ulture unnan

    nuthatch!

    %8 has a ma6or tiger population in udh3a tiger resere comprising udh3a Fational 8ar; ("90

    s@ ;m$, Dishenpur &anctuary (20' s@ ;m$ and Datarniaghat Wildlife &anctuary (''0 s@ ;m$B

    8ili5hit (.20 s@ ;m$B Forth Dheri (*0 s@ ;m$ and &outh Dheri ('"0 s@ ;m$! i6nor forests in

    3est and &uhel3a (7ondaahraich$ and &ohagi5ar3a 3ildlife sanctuaries (/ahara6gan6$ in east

    hae smaller tiger populations!

     Fagoya 8rotocol gets 0th Instrument of Ratification &hare on email &hare on face5oo; &hare on

    t3itter &hare on print &hare on google +uly 1, 201'Fo comments The Fagoya 8rotocol has

    receied the re@uired 0th instrument of ratification on +uly 1', 201'! India, haing hosted Co8

    11 to the Conention on iodiersity (C$ in ydera5ad in ?cto5er 2012, is currently the

    8resident of Co8 till Co812 to 5e held in 8yeongchang, &outh Dorea in ?cto5er 201'! The

    8rotocol on access and 5enefit sharing 3ill enter into force on )0th day Q ?cto5er 12, 201'! It3ill facilitate early coming into effect of this significant international treaty that has 5een a

     priority of India as head of Co8! India played a significant role through its efforts in the last 21

    months using political and diplomatic channels! Ratification of the Fagoya 8rotocol 5y 1

     parties to the C is also a considered as a ma6or deelopment to3ards achieing the first of the

    glo5al Aichi iodiersity Targets! The Fagoya 8rotocol on Access to 7enetic Resources and the

  • 8/17/2019 According to the Analysis Figures of WRI

    21/21


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