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Hudsonian Godwit – Migratory Shorebird at Risk
Why in news? The Hudsonian godwit is making headlines because its population has collapsed. Reports presented at the Convention on the Conservation of...
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Why in news? The Hudsonian godwit is making headlines because its population has collapsed. Reports presented at the Convention on the Conservation of...
Why in news? UNESCO has advised Indian authorities that any plan to divert the Aghanashini River in Karnataka to the Vedavathi River must comply with ...
Why in news? Conservation organisations reported in March 2026 that the population of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Bi...
Why in news? Following complaints from residents of Balasore district, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) directed ...
Why in news? Researchers studying mangrove ecosystems along India’s west coast have described a previously unknown crab species, Chhapgarus ngankeea...
Why in news? The Assam government announced in March 2026 that it would notify a new Burhachapori No. 5 Reserved Forest covering about 224 hectares ad...
Why in news? Environmental activists and researchers sounded an alarm in March 2026 over the shrinking of Kolleru Lake, one of India’s largest fresh...
Why in news? A pair of Shaheen falcons was recently observed nesting in an under‑construction high‑rise building in Kochi, Kerala. This rare sight...
Why in news? Botanists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) discovered a new species of wild kiwi, Actinidia indica, during fieldwork in Arunachal...
Why in news? The Supreme Court declined to interfere with a Bombay High Court order allowing the removal of nearly 45,700 mangrove trees for the Verso...
Why in news? On 20 March 2026 the National Productivity Council (NPC) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ...
Why in news? Environmental experts have warned that climate change is likely to accelerate the spread of Prosopis juliflora, a hardy shrub introduced ...
Why in news? The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam reopened to tourists for the 2025–26 season, drawing attention to its remarkable population of...
Why in news? The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court that 42 illegal resorts and farmhouses operating in the eco‑sensitive zone of ...
Why in news? A new study has warned that mangrove estuaries across the tropics are slipping into a chemical state called hypercapnic hypoxia, where ca...
Why in news? Recent satellite data processed by Carbon Mapper and analysed by the Stop Methane Project have revealed that 15 of the world’s top 25 m...
Why in news? The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a 2025 assessment treating the Indian wolf as a distinct taxon and cat...
Why in news? The Stockholm International Water Institute announced that Professor Kaveh Madani, Director of the United Nations University’s Institut...
Why in news? A recent survey of the Hindon River in western Uttar Pradesh reported zero dissolved oxygen at several sites, indicating that the water i...
Why in news? Scientists from Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya and Vidyasagar University have described a new species of estuarine fish from the Rupnarayan Riv...