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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (India State of Forest…
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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develop and enhance standards of cleanliness on beaches
Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE)
Integrated Coastal Management Programme
non-profit organisation promoting sustainable development through environmental education
HQ :red_flag: Copenhagen, Denmark
refused to allow captive breeding of Chiru
underfur is used to make Shahtoosh wool
3 to 5 hides are used to make a single shawl
cannot be sheared or combed
to collect it animal has to be killed
Shahtoosh wool collection and sale is banned in India
tibetan antelope
close to goat family
Schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
MoEFCC Argument
Near threatened by IUCN
can only be maintained with continued high level of protection in Nature
commercial poaching and smuggling
rapid population decline
Lives in Tibetan landscape
needs large expanse of land for its movement and ranging patterns to fulfil its feeding and breeding requirement
Not feasible or economical in Ladakh region
poor survival rates
Proposal of Parliamentary Panel
this will increase the number of these antelopes
add to livelihood of people of Kashmir
China and Mongolia are breeding for its wool
Cost of embroidered shahtoosh shawl can run in crores
Green Good Deeds campaign
sensitise people and students about climate change
Green sainiks on line of Polio sainiks
India State of Forest Report 2017
Total forest and tree cover has increased over 8,021 sq km
increase also observed in very Dense Forest which absorbs maximum Carbon dioxide
India ranked 10th with 24.4% of area under forest cover
North Eastern States and Islands have more than 75% area under forest cover
Highest Percentage : 1st Lakshadweep (90%), Mizoram (86%), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (81.7%)
Maximum forest cover state : Madhya Pradesh
Non Forest 77%, Moderately dense (9.38%), Open forest (9.18%), Very Dense (2.99%), Scrub (1.4%)
Total mangrove cover stands at 4921 sq km
Genetically Modified (GM) mustard crop
contain a gene(s) that has been artificially inserted instead of the plant acquiring it through pollination
second food crop which got its clearance from the central regulator
GEAC had earlier in 2010 cleared the Bt Brinjal
not accepted by then environment minister Jairam Ramesh
Bt Cotton
only a non-food GM crop – is commercially cultivated in the country
DMH - Dhara Mustard Hybrid
Barnase-Barstar Technology
mechanism to prevent self pollination and allow cross pollination to allow hybrid crops
Developed by Centre of Genetic Manipulation for Crop Plants
funded by
Department of Biotechnology
National Dairy Development Board