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“✅Upsc prelims environment and ecology
✅GS3 Topics
🔸 Environment & Biodiversity
🔸 Agriculture”
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🔆 CAQM Directs States to Use Drones for Monitoring Stubble Burning
📍 Why in News?
✅ The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has directed Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to deploy UAVs (drones) for effective monitoring of stubble burning ahead of the paddy harvesting season
📍 Why Drone Surveillance?
✅ Enables rapid deployment over large agricultural areas
✅ Provides high-resolution, real-time imaging
✅ Offers flexible flight patterns complementing satellite imagery and ground inspections
✅ Detects active fire locations and smoke plumes accurately
✅ Maps affected fields and generates time-stamped evidence for prompt enforcement action
📍 Key Directions by CAQM
✅ Deploy drones across paddy cultivation areas
✅ Prioritise surveillance in identified hotspot villages and fire-prone locations
✅ Integrate drone monitoring with satellite imagery and ground-based inspections
📍 Significance
✅ Strengthens early detection and real-time monitoring of stubble-burning incidents
✅ Facilitates faster enforcement and accountability through digital evidence
✅ Supports efforts to improve air quality in the NCR and adjoining regions, especially during winter pollution season
📍 About CAQM
✅ Established under the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021
✅ Responsible for coordinating measures to prevent and control air pollution in the NCR and adjoining areas
📍 Mains Question
“Technology-driven monitoring can significantly improve compliance with environmental regulations.” Discuss with reference to the use of drones for controlling stubble burning in India. (15 Marks, 250 Words)
#Environment
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🔆 Centre Reissues Draft Notification on Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area (ESA)
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has reissued the draft notification proposing an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in the Western Ghats for the seventh time, amid unresolved concerns raised by six States.
📍 Key Highlights
✅ The proposed ESA covers 56,825.7 sq. km across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
✅ Once notified, it will prohibit mining, quarrying, sand mining, new thermal power plants, and highly polluting industries, while regulating activities such as hydropower projects.
✅ The draft will remain open for 60 days for public objections before final notification.
✅ States have expressed concerns over the impact on agriculture, plantations, infrastructure, and livelihoods.
📍 Background
✅ Madhav Gadgil Committee (2011) recommended the entire Western Ghats (1.29 lakh sq. km) as an ESA.
✅ K. Kasturirangan Committee later recommended ~37% of the Western Ghats (59,940 sq. km) as ESA, balancing conservation with development.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ Western Ghats: A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world’s 8 “hottest hotspots” of biodiversity.
✅ It is the origin of major peninsular rivers such as the Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, and Tungabhadra.
📍 Mains Question
“Conservation of ecologically sensitive areas must strike a balance between environmental protection and developmental needs.” Discuss with reference to the Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area (ESA) notification. (15 Marks, 250 Words)
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🔆 Co-existing with Tigers Outside Protected Areas
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ With 35–40% of India’s tiger population now living outside designated Tiger Reserves, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched the Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves (TOTR) initiative to promote coexistence and reduce human–tiger conflict.
📍 Key Highlights
✅ Project Tiger (1973) expanded from 9 reserves (18,278 sq. km) to 58 reserves (84,488 sq. km).
✅ India’s tiger population increased from 1,411 (2006) to 3,682 (2022), accounting for over 70% of the world’s wild tigers.
✅ All India Tiger Estimation (2022) recorded tiger presence across 212 forest divisions; 40 divisions in 9 States have been selected for the first phase of TOTR.
✅ Participating States include Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Assam.
📍 Key Features of TOTR
✅ Adopts a landscape-based, science-driven approach to conserve tigers outside protected areas.
✅ Focuses on human–tiger conflict mitigation, rapid response teams, technology-enabled monitoring, and community participation.
✅ Promotes timely compensation, awareness programmes, and stronger institutional capacity for long-term coexistence.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA): Statutory body established under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (amended in 2006).
✅ All India Tiger Estimation is conducted every four years using camera traps, GIS, and scientific sampling.
📍 Mains Question
“The future of tiger conservation in India lies beyond protected areas.” Discuss with reference to the Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves (TOTR) initiative. (15 Marks, 250 Words)
#Environment
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🔆 India Leads the World in Tiger Conservation
📍 Why in Focus?
29 July – International Tiger Day highlights India’s global leadership in tiger conservation. India now hosts nearly 70% of the world’s wild tigers, driven by science-based conservation, strong institutions and technology-enabled monitoring.
📍 Key Highlights:
✅ India’s Tiger Population (AITE 2022): 3,682 tigers (more than doubled from 1,411 in 2006); 70% of the global wild tiger population.
✅ Project Tiger
Launched: 1973
Ministry: MoEFCC
Tiger Reserves: 58 across 18 tiger-range States
Area Covered: 84,500 sq km (2.56% of India’s geographical area).
✅ NTCA (National Tiger Conservation Authority)
Statutory body established through Wildlife (Protection) Act amendments, 2006
Oversees Project Tiger, approves Tiger Conservation Plans, issues SOPs and provides scientific, technical and financial support.
✅ Scientific Monitoring
AITE is the world’s largest biodiversity survey (every 4 years) led by NTCA and WII
NTCA’s camera-trap survey holds the Guinness World Record for the largest camera-trap wildlife survey.
Technologies used:
M-STrIPES – GPS, GPRS & Remote Sensing
CaTRAT – AI-based camera trap image classification
ExtractCompare – Identifies individual tigers through stripe patterns.
✅ Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE)
Evaluates reserve management.
By 2022:
51 reserves assessed
12 rated Excellent
Average management score: 78%.
📍 Key Facts for Prelims
✅ International Tiger Day: 29 July
✅ Origin: St. Petersburg Tiger Summit (2010)
✅ Tx2 Goal: Double global wild tiger population by 2022
✅ Global Wild Tigers
2010: ~3,200
2022: ~4,500
Latest estimate: 5,711.
✅ Royal Bengal Tiger declared National Animal in 1972.
✅ Tiger = Apex Predator + Umbrella Species → Conserving tigers protects entire forest ecosystems.
📍 Key Institutions & International Initiatives
✅ IBCA (International Big Cat Alliance)
95 big cat range & partner countries
Covers 7 big cats
Secretariat in India
Approved by Union Cabinet on 12 March 2024.
✅ Global Tiger Forum (GTF)
Only intergovernmental organisation exclusively for tiger conservation
Headquarters: New Delhi
Members: 13 tiger-range countries.
✅ ITHCP
IUCN’s flagship tiger conservation programme
Funded by KfW Development Bank (Germany).
✅ CA|TS (Conservation Assured Tiger Standards)
Global certification for tiger conservation areas
Launched at 1st Asian Parks Congress (Japan), 2013
23 Indian tiger reserves accredited.
📍 UPSC Value Addition (High Recall Contrasts)
✅ Project Tiger → Conservation scheme
✅ NTCA → Statutory authority regulating tiger conservation
✅ WCCB → Tackles wildlife crime & trafficking
✅ AITE → Population estimation survey (every 4 years)
✅ MEE → Management performance assessment of tiger reserves
✅ M-STrIPES → Field monitoring platform
✅ CaTRAT → AI-based species identification
✅ ExtractCompare → Individual tiger identification using stripe patterns
✅ Core Area (Critical Tiger Habitat) → Highest protection
✅ Buffer Area → Conservation + sustainable livelihoods
✅ Wildlife Corridors → Ensure connectivity between tiger reserves.
✅ Mains Question:
“India’s success in tiger conservation reflects the importance of science-based governance, technology and community participation in biodiversity conservation.” Examine. (250 Words)
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🔆 CAFE III Norms: Driving India’s Clean Mobility Transition
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ The Ministry of Power has released the draft Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) III norms to improve vehicle fuel efficiency, reduce emissions, and strengthen India’s energy security.
📍 Key Highlights
✅ Targets to reduce average emissions from 113 gCO₂/km to 77 gCO₂/km by FY2031–32.
✅ Introduces Carbon Neutrality Factor, Super Credits, and Credit Banking & Trading to provide compliance flexibility.
✅ Compliance period extended to 3-year blocks, allowing manufacturers greater flexibility.
✅ Aims to reduce crude oil dependence, promote clean mobility, and support India’s climate goals.
📍 Concerns
✅ Excessive flexibility may weaken the effectiveness of fuel-efficiency norms.
✅ Easier purchase of compliance credits could delay technological upgrades and EV adoption.
✅ India lacks an integrated CAFC-NEV dual credit system like China.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ CAFE = Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency standards based on manufacturers’ fleet average.
✅ BEE functions under the Ministry of Power.
✅ Strong fuel-efficiency norms improve energy security, reduce oil imports, and cut GHG emissions.
📍 Mains Question
“Fuel-efficiency regulations are not merely environmental measures but strategic instruments for energy security and industrial transformation.” Discuss in the context of the proposed CAFE III norms. (15 Marks, 250 Words)
#Environment
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🔆 BURIED QUESTIONS: RISKS OF PROJECTS IN THE FRAGILE HIMALAYAS
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ A suspected methane pocket burst at the under-construction Teesta Stage-VI hydropower project in Sikkim damaged a tunnel and killed at least 15 workers.
📍 Key Concerns
✅ The Teesta basin lies in a seismically active, young and highly fractured Himalayan region, where underground gas pockets may pose excavation risks.
✅ The incident raises questions over geological risk assessment, gas detection, ventilation and worker-safety safeguards.
✅ Multiple hydropower projects along the 400-km Teesta stretch are located in the environmentally fragile Himalayan belt.
✅ The 2023 South Lhonak glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), which destroyed the Teesta-III dam, had already exposed the region’s vulnerability.
✅ Beyond immediate rescue operations, the government should conduct an independent review of compliance with environmental-clearance conditions.
📍 Mains Question
Infrastructure development in the fragile Himalayan region requires a balance between developmental needs and ecological and human safety. Discuss.
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🔆 Zoopharmacognosy: When Animals Self-Medicate
📍 Why in Focus?
Recent studies have highlighted Zoopharmacognosy—the behaviour of animals using plants, soil and natural substances to prevent or treat diseases, offering insights into animal behaviour, evolution and potential medicinal discoveries.
📍 Key Highlights:
✅ Zoopharmacognosy (zoo = animal, pharmaco = medicine, gnosy = knowledge) refers to self-medication by animals using natural substances.
✅ Orangutans in Indonesia have been observed applying a paste of Dracaena leaves mixed with saliva to relieve muscle and joint pain, while chimpanzees consume Desmodium gangeticum leaves to eliminate parasites.
✅ Animals such as elephants use oregano for respiratory relief, whereas monkeys, dogs, cats and sheep eat grass to expel intestinal parasites.
✅ Geophagy—the deliberate consumption of soil or clay—is practised by many animals to obtain minerals or relieve digestive problems, while some birds use herbs to protect nests from parasites.
📍 Challenges / Issues / Implications:
✅ Behavioural knowledge can aid wildlife conservation, veterinary science and drug discovery.
✅ Habitat destruction may reduce animals’ access to medicinal plants essential for natural self-medication.
✅ Greater scientific research is needed to validate traditional observations and identify bioactive compounds.
✅ Mains Question:
“What is Zoopharmacognosy? Discuss how the self-medicating behaviour of animals contributes to biodiversity conservation, veterinary science and biomedical research.” (250 Words)
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🔆 Sikkim Tunnel Disaster: Methane Hazard in Fragile Himalayas
📍 Why in Focus?
A methane gas explosion inside the NHPC’s 500 MW Teesta Stage VI Hydroelectric Project (HRT) at Samardung, Namchi district, Sikkim, on 20 July claimed the lives of 25 workers, raising concerns over underground construction safety in the fragile Himalayan region.
📍 Key Highlights:
✅ The explosion was triggered when drilling intersected a methane pocket trapped in coal-bearing Himalayan rocks, releasing highly flammable gas.
✅ Methane accumulates in porous rocks, geological faults and coal-bearing strata, where decomposed organic matter generates gas over millions of years.
✅ Himalayan hydropower projects require comprehensive geological, geotechnical, geophysical and hydrological investigations, along with continuous gas detection and safety monitoring.
✅ The Teesta basin lies in the Rangit Tectonic Window and Himalayan seismic zone, making it vulnerable to earthquakes, landslides and underground geological hazards.
✅ The region has witnessed repeated disasters, including the 2023 South Lhonak Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) that damaged the Teesta-III Project, highlighting the cumulative risks of infrastructure development in the Himalayas.
📍 Challenges / Issues / Implications:
✅ Inadequate identification and monitoring of subsurface methane pockets during tunnelling.
✅ Increasing climate change-induced hazards such as glacier retreat, GLOFs and landslides affecting Himalayan infrastructure.
✅ Need to balance hydropower development with geological safety, environmental sustainability and disaster resilience.
✅ Mains Question:
“The fragile Himalayan ecosystem poses significant challenges to infrastructure development. Discuss with reference to hydropower projects, geological hazards and climate-induced risks.” (250 Words)
#DisasterManagement #Environment
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