CITES COP19 Downgrades Status of Southern White Rhinos

In a major hurdle to Africa’s rhino conservation efforts, CITES COP19 has recently accepted the proposal to downgrade the status of southern white rhinos from Appendix I to Appendix II. Why was the white rhino’s conservation status downgraded? A proposal ..

Tags: Africa • Appendix II of CITES • CITES • Namibia • Northern White Rhinoceros-

Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022

Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs

Leith’s Softshell Turtle

India’s proposal to increase the protection of Leith’s softshell turtle was approved at the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which ..

Tags: Appendix II of CITES • CITES • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) • IUCN • IUCN Red List

Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022

Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs

IUCN assessment on Red Sanders

The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) recently categorised the Red Sanders (or Red Sandalwood) again into the ‘endangered’ category in its Red List. Red Sanders The species, called Red Sanders, is scientifically called as Pterocarpus santalinus. It is an ..

Tags: Appendix II of CITES • IUCN Red List

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022

Category: Environment Current Affairs

AI based Survey of African Elephants

An International Team of researchers led by University of Oxford have developed a new approach to survey African Elephants using satellite images and Artificial Intelligence. What is the new approach? The method uses satellite orbiting in space that is capable ..

Tags: Appendix II of CITES • Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Asian elephant • CITES • Elephant Census

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021

Smuggling in India report, 2019-20

Context in Current Affairs: The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently released the Smuggling in India Report 2019-20. The report was released during the 63rd founding day celebrations of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.  The report analyses the smuggling trends on narcotic ..

Tags: Appendix II of CITES • CITES • Directorate of Revenue Intelligence • Gold smuggling • Smuggling

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Guidelines for Import of Exotic Species

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently issued advisory to import of Exotic Live Species. What are Exotic Live Species? The Exotic Live Species are plant or animal species that move from the original range to a new ..

Tags: Animal welfare • Appendix II of CITES • CITES • Endangered • endangered wildlife species

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020