Oil palm plan is a recipe for disaster

GS Paper 3: Topics covered: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.   Context: Environmental activists and politicians have expressed concerns over the centre’s proposal to promote oil palm cultivation in the Northeastern states and in the Andaman and Nicobar islands More on this: The concerns are primarily expressed on the ground that promotion …

Eco-sensitive zone of the Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary notified:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.   Context: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the eco-sensitive zone of the Deepar Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the south-western edge of Guwahati. The notification specified an area “to an extent varying from 294 metres to 16.32 km” as the …