Differentiate between Eco-centrism, Biocentrism and Bio conservativism while enumerating key ethical issues around them.

Eco-centrism believes in the importance of ecosystem as a whole and considers living and non-living components of ecosystems as equal. This philosophical assertion sees little importance in individuals. Eco-centrists are concerned only with how individuals influence ecosystems as a whole. ..

The IUCN Red List Is Getting Longer Each Year

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added another 1,840 species to its updated “Red List of Threatened Species”. This brings the total number of threatened and endangered species to over 30,000. What is the IUCN Red ..

Poaching is one of the major issues in the protection of wild animals. Discuss how can real-time monitoring of animals help in tackling poaching as well reduce instances of man-animal conflict.

India is home to a variety of species including some rare species, however, because of the hunting and illegal trade, some of the species are on the brink of extinction.Recently in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, a ‘video surveillance-cum-communication enhancer intranet ..

How are coastal and Marine ecosystems impacted by the increase in greenhouse gas emissions? What are the measures that can be taken to protect and restore such vulnerable ecosystems?

Greenhouse gas emissions have increased considerably in the last century. It has led to several issues like global warming and climate change. It is also impacting the coastal and marine ecosystems in many ways, such as: Water bodies and oceans ..

While outlining its contours, critically examine the recently unveiled new regional plan to curb human-elephant conflict in eastern and central India.

Like tigers, elephants are the flagship species of conservation in India. However, only about 20 % of the elephant’s range lies in national parks and sanctuaries. Therefore because of deforestation, elephants are migrating into areas with high human density. This ..

Throw light on the contribution of agriculture to GHG emissions. Suggest measures that can be undertaken to address the challenges in reducing agriculture’s carbon footprint in India.

Agriculture is the mainstay of the Indian Economy. With climate change, there is an increased need for scrutiny of agriculture as a source of Greenhouse gas emissions. GHG Emissions from Agriculture: Methane – Rice cultivation by flooding the fields is ..

Critically examine the impact of COVID-19 towards the decline in global carbon dioxide emissions. Does it offer any strategies to control emissions in post COVID-19 era? Opine.

According to a new study by an international team of researchers, the lockdown imposed in most of the countries of the world to control the spread of COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented decline in global carbon dioxide emissions. The ..

The wildlife conservation efforts of the government have helped in increasing the population of the endangered fauna, yet they have failed in addressing the habitat loss. Discuss the issues arising out of this anomaly.

Various conservation projects like Project Tiger, Project Elephant are undertaken by the government to address the issue of dwindling numbers of wild animals. These efforts are bearing fruits as it is observed with Project tiger where India is able to ..

No city can be a smart city without a solid waste management plan. Critically analyze why the waste management policies are a failure. Also, suggest solutions for India's garbage problem.|

With increasing urban population, the country is facing a problem of waste management. Although municipal authorities provide waste management services, however, most of the municipal authorities dump waste in dump-yard without any processing. The issues related to poor solid waste ..

To what extent, the river inter-linkage a can be a solution for the drought problems. Critically examine.

The river interlinking project intends to the transfer of water from ‘surplus’ basins to water scarce zones, through interlinkage rivers.  For example, the Ken-Betwa interlink will provide a relief to Bundelkhand region and will help in increasing per capita water ..