Revival of Reefs in the Gulf of Mannar
Why in news? Researchers reported on 18 August 2025 that coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar off the Tamil Nadu coast are recovering after two...
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Why in news? Researchers reported on 18 August 2025 that coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar off the Tamil Nadu coast are recovering after two...
Why in news? An inspiring story from Chhattisgarhās UdantiāSitanadi Tiger Reserve made headlines on 18 August 2025. Forest officials use...
Why in news? The third round of negotiations for a global treaty on plastic pollution, held in Geneva in August 2025, ended without agreemen...
Location and features Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Karnataka, declared in 1987 and expanded to over 1,027 kmĀ² in 2013....
Why in news? Assamās government announced the success of āOperation Falconā, a yearālong antiāpoaching drive that has led to the a...
Why in news? World Elephant Day is observed every year on 12 August to raise awareness about the importance of elephants and the threats the...
Why in news? The 16th census of the Asiatic lion population, released in 2025, reports an increase in the number of lions in and around Guja...
Why in News? The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its largest decline in coral cover in nearly four decades, largely due to severe coral b...
Why in News? The Maharashtra Chief Minister held talks with the team running the Vantara wildlife centre after public controversy over the r...
Why in news? Marine biologists recently identified Vibrio pectenicida, a bacterium, as the agent causing sea star wasting disease (SSWD), wh...
Why in news? A synchronised survey conducted in early 2025 across Tamil Nadu and Kerala found that the population of the Nilgiri tahr, Tamil...
Why in news? New data released in August 2025 show significant shifts in Indiaās pesticide sector. Insecticides, herbicides and fungicides...
Why in news? On 5 August 2025, Haryana launched the 750āacre Matri Van project in Gurugramās Aravalli hills to restore degraded forest a...
Why in news? Ten critically endangered Asian giant tortoises were released into the Zeliang Community Reserve in Nagaland in August 2025 as ...
Why in news? In August 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Pollution Control Boards (PCBs) can impose restitutionary damages on polluters und...
Why in news? A study by the Wildlife Institute of India reported exceptionally high bird mortality rates around wind farms in Rajasthanās ...
Why in news? In July 2025 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion in response to a request from several small is...
Why in news? Growing climate pressures, geopolitical uncertainties and Indiaās ambition for energy selfāreliance have intensified calls ...
Why in news? The Organisation for Economic Coāoperation and Development (OECD) released a forecast warning that plastic use and waste in t...
Why in news? The silverābacked chevrotain, a species of mouse deer thought to be extinct for more than three decades, was sighted again in...