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SC extends ban on Tourism Activities in Tiger Reserves
The apex court extended the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves. The apex court made the observation after the Centre made a mention of its affidavits filed in the court for permission to review its earlier guidelines for conservation of tiger. The apex court earlier on July 24 had imposed an interim ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2012
Topics: Conservation-reliant species • Endangered species • Environmental conservation • Felids • National symbols of India • Panthera • Tiger • Tiger reserves of India • Tigers in India
IUCN updates Red List of Threatened Species for 2012
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released its updated Red List of Threatened Species. According to the IUCN report: 63837 species assessed 19817 species threatened with extinction, including 41% of amphibians, 33 % of reef building corals, 25 % of mammals, 13 % of birds, and 30%of conifers 132 species of plants and animals ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Topics: Conservation status • Craugastor omoaensis • Critically endangered • Data deficient • Endangered species • Environmental conservation • IUCN Red List • IUCN Red List extinct in the wild species • Natural environment • Nature • Near-threatened species • Threatened species
Australia plans to create World’s largest network of protecting marine areas
Australia announced the creation of the world’s largest network of protecting marine areas. It will cover the 1.7 million sq km of Ocean around its coast. Planned network puts limits on oil and gas exploration of Western Australia and extends re-protection in the coral seas to the east. Oil, Natural gas and fishing industry are ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Topics: Australian marine parks • Coral Sea • Environmental conservation • Fisheries law • Marine conservation • Marine protected area • Marine reserve • Natural environment • Nature • Protected areas
Current Affairs January 13, 2010
Abbreviations:COPTA: Control of Tobacco Products ActSIMCON: State Information Minister Conference Awards & HonorsSaraswati Puraskar 2010:Eleven people have been selected for Saraswati Puraskar 2010. They are as follows:Noted Sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali KhanNoted hostorian and writer : Babasaheb Purandare,Vedic scholar Acharya V Kutumbshashri,Acharya Piyushji,Kishoraji Mishra,Chairman Dainik Bhaskar group Ramesh Agrawal,Naresh Sabarwal,Vaishnavdevi temple chief priest Amirchandji,famous ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Animal welfare • Bengal tiger • Current Affairs 2010 • Endangered species • Environmental conservation • Felids • Mumbai Monorail • National symbols of India • Poaching • Preity Zinta • Sundarbans • Tiger • Tigers in India
Genesis of Project Tiger
An estimate of the tiger population in India, at the turn of the century, placed the figure at 40,000. Subsequently, the first ever all India tiger census was conducted in 1972 which revealed the existence of only 1827 tigers. Various pressures in the later part of the last century led to the progressive decline of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2009
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Conservation-reliant species • Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests • Endangered species • Environmental conservation • Felids • Melghat • National symbols of India • Project Tiger • Tiger • Tiger conservation • Tiger reserves of India • Tigers in India