Indian Hornbill

◆IUCN status: Vulnerable
◆CITES: Appendix 1

◆long-lived, living for nearly 50 years in captivity.

◆significant proportion in the Western Ghats and the Nilgiris.

◆Referred to as 'forest engineers' or 'farmers of the forest' for playing a key role in dispersing seeds of tropical trees

◆The Hornbill Festival is a celebration held every year December,Nagaland

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Seed Bombs: Solution to Man-Animal Conflict

◆Started by Odisha’s Athagarh Forest Division casting seed balls (or bombs) inside different reserve forest areas to enrich food stock for wild elephants.

◆This has been done to prevent man-elephant conflict

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National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP)

It provides a framework and direction to the government agencies for all phases of the disaster management cycle.

aim of the plan is to make India disaster resilient and drastically lessen the damage

(NDMP) was first released in 2016.The plan was updated in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

The NDMP 2019 incorporates Prime Minister's ten point agenda for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Swachh Survekshan 2020 report

◆released by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry
◆rankings based on the categorisation of cities on population, instead of releasing overall rankings.
◆Indore was ranked the cleanest city in the overall category this year followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai.

Swachh Survekshan

◆Launched by in 2016.
◆It is meant to monitor the performance of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
◆aimed at inculcating a spirit of healthy competition among cities

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◆Lead in the body is distributed to the brain, liver, kidney and bones. It is stored in the teeth and bones, where it accumulates over time.

◆Lead in bone is released into blood during pregnancy and becomes a source of exposure to the developing foetus.

◆WHO has identified lead as 1 of 10 chemicals of major public health concern.

◆WHO has joined with  the United Nations Environment Programme to form the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint. 

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National Transit Pass System (NTPS)

◆It is an online transit pass generation system for timber, bamboo and other forest produce
◆launched recently by the Union Environment Ministry
◆pilot project will be functional in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana for now.

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Dhole (Asiatic wild dog)

◆Endangered –IUCN.
◆CITES – Appendix II.
◆Shedule II of wildlife act 1972
◆In India, the first conservation breeding centre for dhole was built at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) in 2014.

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Leopard

◆Scientific Name- Panthera pardus.
◆Listed in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
◆Included in Appendix I of CITES.
◆Listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
◆Nine subspecies of the leopard have been recognized, and they are distributed across Africa and Asia.

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Thumbimahotsavam 2020

◆It is the first-ever State Dragonfly Festival in Kerala.

◆This is part of a national dragonfly festival being organised by the WWF India, Bombay Natural History Society & Indian Dragonfly Society in association with the National Biodiversity Board, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Development Programme and IUCN – Centre for Environment Conservation.

◆The Dragonfly Festival started in 2018

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EndoSulfan

◆known by its trade name Thiodan.
◆organochlorine insecticide
gets accumulated in food chains 
◆bioconcentrate in aquatic organisms
◆Carcinogenic mean Cancer causing ,Affect on sexual character

◆Endosulfan is listed under both Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

◆Supreme Court in India has banned the manufacture, sale, use, and export of endosulfan throughout the country, citing its harmful health effects in 2015

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1.Atapaka Bird Sanctuary at Kolleru Lake, Pelican Festival Andhra pradesh

2.Pulicat Lagoon Flamingo festival
At TN and AP

3.Loktak Lake -Phumdi ,sangai,Manipur

4.Chilika lake -country’s largest brackish water lagoon, 
Nalabana Island and Kalijai Temple - Located on an island in the Chilika Lake.

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National Transit Pass System (NTPS)

◆It is an online transit pass generation system for timber, bamboo and other forest produce
◆launched recently by the Union Environment Ministry
◆pilot project will be functional in Madhya Pradesh and Telangana for now.

#Prelim2020 #evironment #Aug2020