June 9: Coral Triangle Day

Every year the Coral Triangle Day is observed on June 9. The Day is observed by the Coral Triangle Initiative Coral Triangle Initiative The Initiative is a multilateral partnership of six countries namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste. The Coral Triangle Initiative is also called the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: Amazon rain forest • Congo Basin • Coral reefs • Coral Triangle Day • Coral Triangle Initiative • Marine ecosystem • Tropical Rain Forest

FAO Report: Global Forest Resources Assessment, 2020

On May 13, 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization released the Global Forest Resources Assessment Report, 2020. According to the report, around 178 million hectares of forests is lost in the last 30 years. However, the rate at which the forests are being destroyed has reduced. Key Findings The report says that between 2015 and ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: deforestation • Food and Agriculture Organisation • Forest • Global Forest Resources Assessment • Protected areas • Tropical Rain Forest

Tropical forest size of England destroyed in 2018: WRI report

As per recently published US-based World Resources Institute (WRI) report, world lost 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of tropical tree cover in 2018. It is fourth largest annual decline since global satellite data become available in 2001. According to report, with such decline world’s forests entered in ‘emergency room’ implying that planet’s health is ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Biodiversity Loss • Brazil • Carbon Sink • Environment • GHGs • Global Forest Watch • Mighty Earth • Planet • Tropical Rain Forest • World Resources Institute