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CPCB Report on Polluted River Sites

CPCB Report on Polluted River Sites

Why in news? The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released its 2023 assessment of India’s river water quality in September 2025. The...

Bonnet Macaques

Bonnet Macaques

Why in news? News reports from Thiruvananthapuram in September 2025 stated that several bonnet macaques were found dead under suspicious cir...

AI‑Enabled Centre at Betla National Park

Why in news? The forest department of Jharkhand announced in September 2025 that Betla National Park will host India’s first artificial‑...

Yellow-Crested Cockatoos

Yellow-Crested Cockatoos

Why in news? Conservationists in Hong Kong installed nest boxes for the critically endangered yellow‑crested cockatoo, as natural tree hol...

Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra

Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra

Why in news? Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS) in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district has received attention for its success in conserving ti...

Global Plastic Pollution Crisis

Global Plastic Pollution Crisis

Why in news? International studies warn that plastic waste could reach 1.2 billion tonnes per year by 2060, tripling current levels. Only ab...

Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary and the Cheetah Mating Programme

Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary and the Cheetah Mating Programme

Why in news? Madhya Pradesh has launched a cheetah mating programme at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary to establish a second viable populati...

Two New Species of Aspergillus section Nigri from the Western Ghats

Why in news? Scientists at the MACS–Agharkar Research Institute in Pune discovered two previously unknown species of black aspergilli (sec...

Pallas’s Cat in Arunachal Pradesh

Why in news? A wildlife survey by WWF‑India and the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department has captured the first photographic evidence of Pa...

Building Climate‑Resilient Cities in India

Why in news? With heatwaves, floods and pollution affecting urban areas, the need to make Indian cities resilient to climate change has beco...

Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary Becomes a Tiger Reserve

Why in news? Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha was formally upgraded to a tiger reserve in 2025 after receiving approval from the Natio...

Rio Earth Summit 1992

Why in news? As debates on climate policy continue, analysts looked back at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to understand how it shaped global env...

Younger vs Older Forests

Why in news? Environmental debates in August 2025 compared the carbon‑sequestering roles of younger forests and old‑growth forests. Thi...

Invasive Alien Species

Why in news? A global report released in 2025 estimated that invasive alien species have caused economic losses exceeding two trillion US do...

Expansion of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve

Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife approved West Bengal’s proposal in August 2025 to add over 1,000 km² to the Sundarbans Tig...

New Guidelines on Tiger Corridors

Why in news? The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has issued updated guidelines on identifying and conserving tiger corridors. T...

World Orangutan Day 2025

Why in news? World Orangutan Day is celebrated every year on 19 August. The 2025 theme urged people to save orangutans and the rainforests t...

Saltwater Crocodile

Why in news? The latest census in the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve recorded 213 sightings of saltwater crocodiles in 2025, including a large...

Water‑Scarce Districts in India

Why in news? In August 2025 the government released updated data on districts facing severe groundwater stress. It identified 193 districts...

Ranthambore National Park

Ranthambore National Park

Why in news? An unfortunate incident in August 2025 left twenty tourists stranded during a tiger safari in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Nation...