Coral Reefs
◆Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral
◆corals have a symbiotic relationship with an algae called the zooxanthellae
◆Known as the rainforests of the sea" for their biodiversity,


◆FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR FORMATION OF CORAL REEF:

1.Warm tropical oceans with minimum temperature of 20 degree (30 degree north and 25 degree south latitudes)
2.Oceanic water free of sedimentation;
3.Transparent parts of ocean bodies;
4.Relatively low salinity ocean bodies

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6th Global Environment Outlook (GEO)

Published by: UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

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World Air Quality Report 2019

Published by: Pollution tracker IQAir and Greenpeace

Bangladesh is the most polluted country

India is the 5th most polluted country

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State of the Global Climate Report 2019

Published by: World Meteorological Organization

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Climate Change and Land

Published by: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

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Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Published by: UN’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

Key global threats:

◆overexploitation of land and sea resources,
◆illegal poaching,
◆deforestation,
◆plastic waste,
◆fossil fuel emissions and climate change.

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🔺The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)


-The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) is a worldwide system established by the World Meteorological Organization – a United Nations agency – to monitor trends in the Earth's atmosphere.


- The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme of WMO focuses on building a single coordinated global understanding of atmospheric composition, its change, and helps to improve the understanding of interactions between the atmosphere, the oceans and the biosphere.

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The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)

-is a network of 83 central banks and financial supervisors that aims to accelerate the scaling up of green finance and develop recommendations for central banks' role for climate change

- RBI joined it.

-HQ - Paris , France

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🔹Two new Ramsar sites added🔹

☑️India now has 49 Ramsar Sites

📌Khijadia wildlife Sanctuary

— Freshwater wetland near the coast of the Gulf of Kutch (Gujarat).

—Habitat for endangered Pallas's fish-eagle, vulnerable common pochard, Dalmatian pelican, greylag goose, and common crane.

📌Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary

—A freshwater marsh in the Sant Kabir Nagar district in Utter Pradesh

—It is an eco-sensitive zone protected under the Wildlife Protection Act (1972)

—Habitat for endangered Egyptian vulture, vulnerable greater spotted eagle, common pochard, wamp francolin, woolly-necked stork.

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☘️National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS)
● It is a Central Sector Scheme of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Objective:

● Utilization of Remote Sensing Technology for Inventorization, Assessment and Monitoring of country's natural resources.

● Major achievements:

-- Development of knowledge-based decision tool.
--Monitoring of Snow and Glaciers of Himalayan Region.
-- Desertification Status Mapping.
-- Application of Remote Sensing for Integrated Land use, Water and Energy Management etc.

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