UPSC Environment current affairs: climate change, biodiversity, pollution, national parks, and international environmental agreements.
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The Assam government, led by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, plans to seek a 1‑km ESZ around Kaziranga National Park, deviating from the standard 10‑km rule. Environmentalists and opposition parties warn that the reduction could heighten human‑animal conflicts and threaten wildlife corridors, making the issue a key study in ba…
Telangana राजस्व मंत्री Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy ने चेतावनी दी कि Polavaram परियोजना का बैकवॉटर Godavari के स्तर को 25 फ़ुट तक बढ़ा सकता है, जिससे Bhadrachalam और आसपास के मंडल खतरे में पड़ सकते हैं, और प्रमुख त्योहारों से पहले ऐतिहासिक Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamy मंदिर के पुनर्विकास के लिए ₹351 करोड़ की योजना की घोष…
Kerala's rare Myristica swamps—ancient freshwater wetlands in the Western Ghats—are being lost to logging and agriculture. Scientists urge immediate legal protection, DNA‑based biodiversity documentation, and community‑driven restoration to preserve their crucial water‑regulation and carbon‑sequestration functions, a p…