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Environment & Ecology — Monthly Current Affairs Recaps | Vaidra
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June 2026
State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2026 Report
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Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Framework
both
Global Chemicals Monitoring Programme (GCMP)
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UN Global Call to Action on Methane
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India's 100th Ramsar Site — Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary
prelims
Coral Translocation in Great Nicobar Island
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India Showcases Climate Action at WTO Trade and Environment Week 2026
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E85 Fuel Rollout in India
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Western Ghats Set for Eco-Sensitive Tag
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SC to Review Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017
both
Climate Change and the Rising Cost of Living in India
both
Biochar and its Applications
both
Climate-Resilient Coral Reefs off Kenya (Mombasa Study)
prelims
Coral Bleaching
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2026
both
Global and National Initiatives to Combat Land Degradation
prelims
El Niño Phenomenon
prelims
World Environment Day 2026
both
Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam Campaign
both
Illegal Sand Mining in National Chambal Sanctuary
both
India Tops Global Heat-Vulnerability List
both
Pacific Ring of Fire
prelims
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
both
Bonn Climate Change Conference 2026 (SB64)
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WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update
both
Turquoise Nexus Initiative
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Floating Solar Potential Assessment Report 2026
both
Albino Hog Deer, Kaziranga
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Caracal, Kuno National Park
both
Tapanuli Orangutan decline
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Potato Patch Coral, Lakshadweep
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India's First 3D-Printed Artificial Reef
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Babesia infection in Asiatic lions
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Gharial
both
Gangetic River Dolphin
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Long-tailed duskhawker dragonfly
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Kerala's HAWK e-court integration
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Sambhar Lake
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African Grey Foam-Nest Tree Frog
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Dolphin conservation, Gujarat
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Nagaland cascade frog
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New evergreen tree, Kerala
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May 2026
Circular Economy in India
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Small Hydro Power (SHP) Development Scheme
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Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects
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Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)
both
International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)
both
Dam Safety in India
both
Super El Niño
both
AI-Enabled Weather Forecasting Systems
both
Multilateralism in Climate Action — Petersberg Climate Dialogue
both
Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) Expansion
both
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2026
prelims
Decentralised Bioenergy Systems
both
India's First Geothermal Power Plant
both
Global Forest Goals (GFG) Report 2026
both
Decline of Antarctica's Sea Ice
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Cheetah Reintroduction
prelims
Conversion of Coal Plant to Nuclear Power Plant
both
SC Empowers District Collectors to Enforce SWM Rules, 2026
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India's Water Scarcity
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Localized Climate Governance
both
Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) in India
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Delhi's Central Ridge Declared as Reserved Forest
both
India's Invasive Species Crisis
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SO2 Emissions from Coal Plants and Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD)
both
Kerala's Oil Spill Contingency Plan (OSCP)
prelims
National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOS-DCP)
both
Ecocide and International Environmental Law
both
National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)
prelims
Rebalancing India's Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus
both
3rd Synchronised Nilgiri Tahr Survey
prelims
Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
both
Prosopis juliflora for Green Methanol
both
Heat Dome
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Indian Soft-shell Turtle
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Pangolins and DNA Trafficking Maps
both
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)
both
NGT on Southern States' Air Pollution
both
April 2026
Renewable Energy in India (IRENA Report)
both
Water Bankruptcy
both
Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2026
both
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - Ban on New Production
both
Global Initiative on the Taking of Migratory Species (GTI)
both
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Collapse Warning
both
Agri-Photovoltaics (AgriPV)
both
India's Heat Crisis and the Legislative Vacuum
both
India's Green Pathway - From Conservation to Climate Action
both
India's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0), 2031-2035
both
SC Warns States Over Chambal Sand Mining
both
First Inter-State Initiative for Great Indian Bustard (GIB)
both
Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary
prelims
National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna
prelims
Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)
prelims
Antarctic Species in News (IUCN Red List Update)
prelims
State of India's Bats (2024-25) Report
prelims
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
both
Tar-balls Management Rules, 2026
prelims
Sundarbans Under Microplastics Threat
both
Mitigating the Microplastics Crisis (Chennai Beach Sediment Study)
both
River Basin Management (RBM) Scheme Extended
both
IMD Summer Forecast 2026
both
Safer Alternatives to Traditional Fireworks
prelims
Future of India's Forest Carbon Storage
both
Multiple Apex Predators Sighted in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
prelims
Himalayan Griffon Vultures Death in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
both
Olive Ridley Turtle Conservation on Hope Island
both
Hudsonian Godwit Proposed for CMS Protection
both
Biomass-based Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
both
India Achieves Record Wind Energy Growth
both
India Withdraws COP33 UNFCCC Host Bid
prelims
Hydro Electric Projects (Arunachal Pradesh)
both
Flex Fuel Vehicles (FFVs)
both
Limnonectes Motijheel
both
Gourami Fossils
both
Sea Breezes Weakening
both
World Earth Day 2026
both
Earth Hour 2026
both
Dwarka Basin Fossil Discovery
both
March 2026
Grid Bottlenecks in India's Renewable Energy (RE) Expansion
mains
Winter Air Pollution: CREA Analysis & City Rankings
prelims
World Water Day 2026 — "Industry for Water"
both
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) Technologies
both
Planetary Boundaries Breached: State of India's Environment (SOE) 2026
both
National Chambal Sanctuary — Supreme Court Suo Motu Cognisance
both
Project Great Indian Bustard (GIB) — Captive Breeding
both
Cheetah Reintroduction: Botswana Translocation & Project Cheetah
both
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification Amendment
both
India's Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 2031-35
both
India's 7th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
both
Dharali Flash Flood: Ice-Patch Collapse, Not a Cloudburst
both
Earth's Energy Imbalance Hits a 65-Year Peak (WMO)
both
Supreme Court Formally Disposes of the M.C. Mehta Case
both
Nor'westers
both
Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs)
both
Air Quality Index (AQI)
both
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
both
SAFAR
both
CAAQMS
both
GRAP (Graded Response Action Plan)
both
Bharat Stage (BS) Emission Standards
both
National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)
both
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF)
both
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
both
World Wildlife Day 2026
both
Dual-sex crab of Silent Valley
both
Black rain over Tehran
both
Kappatagudda Wildlife Sanctuary
both
India-Nepal MoU
both
India's first firefly checklist
both
Green Ammonia & Green Methanol standards
both
India's 1st National Report on the Nagoya Protocol
both
ICIMOD Hindu Kush Himalaya report
both
State of the World's Migratory Species: Interim Report (2026)
both
UN World Water Development Report 2026
both
National Highways Green Cover Index (NH-GCI)
both
Environment Audit Rules, 2025
both
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
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Rossby waves & wet-bulb heat
both
February 2026
Weakening of India's Environmental Laws
both
Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)
both
River Pollution in India
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Great Nicobar Mega-Infrastructure Project
both
Rat-Hole Mining
both
International Conference on Dam Safety 2026 (ICDS 2026)
prelims
Circular Economy in Mobility – NITI Aayog Reports
both
Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero (NITI Aayog Report)
both
Arctic Warming Amplifies Invasive Species Threat
prelims
Sacred Groves
prelims
India Expands Ramsar Network to 98 Sites
prelims
State of Finance for Nature 2026 (UNEP Report)
both
River Delta Subsidence
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Gujarat Reclaims 'Tiger State' Status
prelims
Conservationists Raise Concerns Over 'Turtle Trails'
both
Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026
both
IOC Ocean Carbon Research Report 2026
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Fishing Cat
both
BeeCorridors
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Peatlands
both
Bio-based Chemicals
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Green Ammonia & SIGHT Auction
both
Desert Dust Bacteria & Himalayan Health
both
Thwaites Glacier Thinning
both
Loggerhead Turtle
both
New Dragonfly Species in Kerala
both
Eurasian Otter in Kashmir
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Thermogenesis in Sacred Lotus
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Sikkim Sundari (Rheum nobile)
both
January 2026
Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026
both
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)
both
Easier Rules for Private Afforestation on Leased Forest Land
both
Carbon Credit Trading Scheme Expanded to Four New Sectors
both
Arctic Report Card (ARC) 2025
both
Two New Ramsar Sites — Patna Bird Sanctuary & Chhari-Dhand Wetland
prelims
Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project
prelims
Second Rangewide Estimation of River Dolphins
both
Snowfall Deficit in the Western Himalayas
both
Grasslands' Policy Invisibility
both
White-bellied Heron and the Kalai-II Hydropower Project
both
Year-End Review 2025 — Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
prelims
10 Years of the Paris Agreement
both
Madhav Gadgil and the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel
both
Climate-Resilient Agriculture in India
both
Dulhasti Stage-II Hydropower Project Clears EAC Review
both
Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment
both
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and COP30
both
Olive Ridley Turtles Face Nesting-Season Threats
both
Southern Ocean Carbon Anomaly
both
Economic Survey 2025-26: Environment and Climate Change
both
Star Labelling — BEE Ratings
both
Digital Climate Atlas (ACASA-India)
both
Environmental Protection Fund Rules, 2026
both
Ocean Heat Content Record
both
Water Bankruptcy
both
Secondary Pollutants (Delhi PM2.5)
both
Blue Category of Industries
both
Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary ESZ
both
Hope Island & Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
both
Bactrian Camel
both
Freshwater Pufferfish
both
Mycorrhizal Networks
both
Stingless Bees (Meliponini)
both
Popocatépetl Volcano
both
Galaxy Frogs
both
Dugong
both
Avian Flu (H5N1) in Kerala
both
Holocene Epoch
both
Kondagai Lake Climate Records
both
Ice Memory Sanctuary
both