March 21: International Day of Forests

Every year, the United Nations celebrate International Day of Forest on March 21. The Day is being celebrated since 2012. It aims to increase awareness and importance of forests. The day also focuses on the significance of trees outside the forests. Also, the day is celebrated to save forests. This year the day is being ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: Agriculture • Carbon emissions • deforestation • evergreen forests • International Day of Forests • United Nations • Vernal Equinox

Study on impact of unplanned development on Ecology of Central Western Ghats

An Indian Research team comprising of T V Ramachandra and S Bharath (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore); S Vinay and A. Shashishankar (Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India) undertook a study to examine the possible impact of unplanned development on Ecology of  Central Western Ghats. The study focussed on River Kali that originates in Uttara Kannada ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Environment • evergreen forests • Indian Institute of Science • Kaiga nuclear plant • Karnataka • River Kali • Western Ghats