Digicate IAS Digicate Telegram Channel Compiled Content (April to July) By V.V. Ronge Patil Join Channel https://telegram.me/digicate Log on to - https://digicate.in 90212163 59 Digicate IAS #Environment_Current GreenDigicate New DealIAS (GND) It is a proposed initiative of United States that aims to address climate change and economic inequality Name refers back to the New Deal, a set of social and economic reforms initiated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression(1929) Digicate IAS The Green New Deal combines Roosevelt’s economic approach with modern ideas such as renewable energy and resource efficiency UN ClimateDigicate Action IASSummit - 2019 Held at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City in September 2019. to further climate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the mean global emperature from rising by more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) above pre industrial levels. Race to Zero Campaign Launched by UN ahead of delayed COP 26 Climate Talks. It aims to codify commitments made via the Climate Ambition Alliance (CAA). It encourages countries, companies, and other entities to deliver net-zero greenhouse-gas emission pledges by the time the Climate Ambition Alliance launched at the Climate Action Summit, New York in 2019. currently includes 120 nationsand others like regions, cities, businessesDigicate and investors. IAS led by Chile Other Leaders - UNFCCC, UK and High-Level Climate Champions. Digicate IAS Pinanga andamanensis rare palm tree from Andaman island critically endangered species with only 600 specimens presently. generally grows in evergreen forests. used in preparing palm oil. Digicate IAS News - The species hasDigicate been brought IAS to Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI), Kerala to prevent its extinction. Log on to - https://digicate.in 9021216359 2 2 Digicate IAS KURMA App citizen science initiative launched for turtle conservation. provides a database to identify a species and also the location of the nearest rescue centre for turtles acrossDigicate the country IAS Developed by the Indian Turtle Conservation Action Network (ITCAN) in collaboration with the Turtle Survival Alliance-India and Wildlife Conservation Society-India Okjokull glacier Digicate IAS Location - Iceland It is 1st Icelandic glacier to lose its status as glacier. The glacierDigicate was officially IAS declared dead by Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) Scientists warn that hundreds of other ice sheets on subarctic island risk the same fate. Iceland loses about 11 billion tonnes of ice/year. Scientists fear that all of island country’s 400-plus glaciers will be gone by 2200. Decarbonizing Transport Project Emerging Economies (DTEE) News : ecently, NITI Aayog and the International Transport Forum (ITF) launched it in India. Its a five-year project to develop a low-carbon transport system through the development of modelling tools and policies. It supports transport decarbonisation across different world regions. Participating countries - India, Argentina, Azerbaijan, and Morocco. - It is a collaborative project of the ITF and the Wuppertal Institute and International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment Digicate IAS UN Climate Change Conference 2019 Held in MadridDigicate, Spain, in IASDecember 2019 under the presidency of the Chilean government. It was 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the 15th meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP15), Significant outcomes - agreement European Green Deal and Under the Climate Ambitious Coalition, 73 countries committed to net zero emissions by 2050, National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) Digicate IAS Digicate IAS Launched in 2015 NABARD is the National implementing entity Join Channel - https://telegram.me/digicate 33 3 Digicate IAS 100% central grant is provided to the State Governments for implementing climate change adaptation projects designed to fulfill the objectives of National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) Digicate IAS mHariyali App The mobile application was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to encourage public engagement in planting trees and Green drives. People can now upload information/photos of any plantation done by Digicatethem IAS The application provides automatic geo–tagging of plants, hence enables periodically monitor the plantation. Khadi andDigicate Village IndustriesIAS Commission (KVIC) It is a statutory body established under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956. works under Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Objective - to plan, promote, facilitate, organise and assist in the establishment and development of khadi and village industries in the rural areas REducing PLAstic in Nature (REPLAN) project By Khadi and Village Industries Commission’s (KVIC) launched in September 2018 To remove existing waste plastic material from nature and use it in semi-permanent manner. Under the project, KVIC manufactures plastic-mixed handmade paper. the waste plastic is collected, chopped, cleaned, beaten and treated for softness. Digicate IAS Ozone Layer Hole Over Arctic Closed ReasonDigicate is the recent IAS polar vortex. ( andNot reduced pollution levels amidst Covid-19 lockdowns Ozone Hol It refers to a region in the stratosphere where the concentration of ozone becomes extremely low in certain months. Polar vortex It is a large area of low pressureDigicate and coldIAS air that surrounds both of Earth'sDigicate poles. IAS They always exist, but weakens during the summer and strengthen in the winter. Log on to - https://digicate.in 9021216359 4 4 Digicate IAS Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN) Project of Department of Biotechnology (DBT). singleDigicateportal data IAS provider on India’s bio resource - plant, animal, marine, spatial distribution and microbial resources. It will provide platform to the diverse data providers in a mutually sharable environment with full ownership protocols Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) Digicate IAS formed in 2001 Based in USA. It is a globalDigicate partnership IAS Initiative of IUCN for Conservation of turtles and tortoises It was formed in response to the Asian Turtle Crisis (over-exploitation of Asian turtle populations to supply Chinese markets) National Board for Wildlife constituted under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 An apex body to review all wildlife-related matters and approve projects in and around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. It is an advisory body on framing policies and measures for conservation of wildlife Composition chairman - Prime Minister vice-chairman - Minister of Environment Total Members - 47 Functions - To promote the conservation and development of wildlife and forests. to review all wildlife-related matters and approveprojects in and around national parks and sanctuaries. Its approval is mandatory for alternation of boundaries in national parksDigicate and wildlife IAS sanctuaries. Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary Digicate IAS Digicate IAS Digicate IAS Join Channel - https://telegram.me/digicate 55 5 Digicate IAS News -to be upgraded into a National Park - recently declared by Assam Govt Location - Assam declared as an Elephant Reserve in 1992 under Project Elephant Digicate declared as IAS a Wildlife Sanctuary in 2004 Important Fauna - Hoolock gibbon, Asian elephant, Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, gaur, Chinese pangolin, Himalayan black bear, Red giant flying squirrel Context - Recently seen in news due to protests against the Mininglicence grant given by National Board for Wild Life’s (NBWL) Digicate IAS Conference of Parties(CoP)- 13 - Bonn Convention Held in India in March 2020. ThemeDigicate - “Migratory IAS species connect the planet, and We welcome them home”. Mascot - Great Indian Bustard Logo: Kolam Art form of Southern India Highlights A draft resolution was presented by the European Union: EUROBATS Agreement- focuses on insect decline. The ‘State of India’s Birds Report 2020’ was released - 79% of Indian species of birds declined in population. 3 Migratory Mammals Targeted 1. Gobi Bear found in Gobi-desert of Mongolia Critically Endangered, IUCN Red List 2. Persian Leopards found in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia Endangered, IUCN Red List 3. Urials (Wild sheeps) Digicate IAS Found in Kazakhstan, Pakistan and India Vulnerable,Digicate IUCN IAS Red List Digicate IAS Digicate IAS Log on to - https://digicate.in 9021216359 6 6 Digicate IAS Lonar Lake colour changed to Pin Digicate IAS Digicate IAS The salinity and algae can be responsible for this change. It is a craterDigicate lake IAS located in Maharashtra Notified as National Geo-heritage Monument created by an asteroid collision with earth impact during the Pleistocene Epoch It is a Saline lake. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 It reports on the status and trends of the world’s forest resources. Report is released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Findings : Forest area has declined all across the world in the past three decades. The world lost 178 mhaof forest since 1990, The rate of forest loss in 2015-2020 declined to an estimated 10 million hectares (mha), down from 12 million hectares (mha) in 2010-2015. Digicate IAS Gharial (Gavial) Habitat - RiversDigicate with high IAS sand banks, used for basking and building nests. Found in - Girwa River, Chambal River, Ken River, Son River, Mahanadi River, Ramganga