African Penguin Conservation in South Africa

The African penguin, a unique species endemic to southern Africa, is facing alarming population declines. Recent legal actions in South Africa have initiated measures to protect these penguins and their breeding sites. A landmark court ruling on March 18, 2025, ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Gaps in Forest Finance

A new report titled, “Transforming Forest Finance,” reveals that existing funding mechanisms are insufficient and often counterproductive. It highlights an alarming gap between required and actual financial support for forest conservation. The findings come just before the International Day of ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Dog-Faced Water Snake

Recently, the dog-faced water snake, scientifically known as Cerberus rynchops, was documented for the first time in Assam’s Nalbari district. This sighting is as it is located approximately 800 km from its known coastal habitats in Bangladesh. The presence of ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

FireSat Initiative

The the first satellite under the FireSat project was launched by Google recently. It has successfully entered low Earth orbit. The project aims to create a constellation of over 50 satellites that will use artificial intelligence to identify and track ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

WMO’s State of Climate 2024 Report

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently released the State of Climate 2024 report. It revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) levels reached 420 parts per million in 2023. This is the highest concentration in the last 800,000 years. Alongside CO2, other ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

India’s First Frozen Zoo

Darjeeling’s Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has launched India’s first frozen zoo. This innovative facility aims to preserve the genetic material of endangered Himalayan species. In collaboration with the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, the zoo will ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Air Pollution Crisis in West Bengal Cities

West Bengal is facing a severe air pollution crisis. A recent report by IQAir marks that all cities, except Kolkata, experienced worsening air quality in 2024 compared to the previous year. Kolkata remains the second most polluted metro city in ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Heatwave Preparedness in Indian Cities

Recent studies highlight the inadequacies in heatwave preparedness across major Indian cities. A report by the Sustainable Futures Collaborative (SFC) analysed nine cities, revealing a lack of long-term strategies to combat the increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves. The cities ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

National Wildlife Health Policy

Five years after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic. the Indian government is reviewing a draft of a National Wildlife Health Policy (NWHP). This policy suggests monitoring wildlife diseases, doing more research, and setting up new testing labs. The policy aims ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs

30th Session of the International Seabed Authority

The 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) commenced on March 17, 2025, in Jamaica. Nearly 170 member states and the European Union convened to discuss deep-sea mining regulations. This meeting comes amid increasing pressure from mining industries eager ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2025

Category: Environment Current Affairs