The Kaziranga National Park, which has also been designated as a tiger reserve by the Government of India, gets its name from the Karbi language, where ‘Kazi’ means ‘Goat’ or ‘Deer’ and ‘Rangai’ means ‘Red,’ culminating in ‘the land of…
Guindy National Park Guindy National Park is located in Chennai District’s Mambalam – Guindy Taluk, in the city’s south-west corner. Prior to 1958, this same area had been under Raj Bhavan’s control. Later, the then-Governor of Tamil Nadu offered to…
National Park in Tamil Nadu: The state of Tamil Nadu has 5 National Parks which are Guindy National Park, Mudumalai National Park, Mukurthi National Park, Indira Gandhi National Park (Annamalai), and Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park. Each one of the National…
The Sea of Azov is bounded in the east by Russia and in the west by Ukraine. Azov sea is an internal sea with passage to the Atlantic Ocean going through the Black, Marmara, and Mediterranean Seas and it is…
Amrabad tiger reserve has an area of 2,800 Sq. Km. in the districts of Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda of Telangana, is the second-largest tiger reserve in India in 2021. It was earlier a part of Nagarjunasagar – Srisailam Tiger Reserve but, post-bifurcation of Andhra…
This article discusses the Glasgow Declaration along-with role of deforestation, land degradation and LULCC in climate change, climate change mitigation and adaptation in the larger context of the Recently signed Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use at Cop26…
In this article we will understand what is Prompt Corrective Action of RBI and when does it comes into play, what are the criteria of prompt corrective action. And we will also see what happens when Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) is implemented and is it enough…
This article will look into COP 26 along with a brief history of events and conferences that led to COP 26, like UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement of 2015. We will also see about the latest achievements of COP 26 along with a brief about…
Gangetic Dolphin and Indus river Dolphin are classified as two subspecies under South Asian River dolphins (Platanista gangetica). This article will discuss these species, including a Map showing the distribution of Gangetic Dolphin and Indus river Dolphin in India. You can also download the Map from our…
Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched India’s First Manned Ocean Mission Samudrayan at Chennai on 29 OCT 2021. The Mission will be a part of the Deep Ocean Mission, which was launched in 2018 by the Earth Science Ministry of India. You…
