CURRENT AFFAIRS 2014-ENVIRONMENT & BIODIVERSITY

As we are heading towards a new year,lets have a look at the events related to ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY took place in the year 2014 

Here is the total package of current affairs 2014 related to ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY

• NGT FORMS PANEL TO DISPOSE SAND ON YAMUNA RIVER BED.
• NGT BANS TYRE BURING IN THE OPEN &REUSE OF TYRE AS FUEL.
• BANGLADESH OIL SPILL DISASTER THREATENS WILD LIFE IN  SUNDERBANS FOREST.
• MANGROVES IN SUNDERBANS LOSING CAPACITY TO SOAKUP CO2
• TYPHOONS :;
• HAGUPIT-PHILIPPINES 
• RAMMASUM{GOD OF THUNDER}-PHILIPPINES
• NATIONAL TIGER AUTHORITY APPROVES CREATION OF GURU GHASIDAS NATIONAL PARK IN CHATTISGARH
• 2015 TO BE CELEBRATED AS YEAR OF WATER CONSERVATION DAY
• MOEF APPROVES WAIVER OF GREEN CLEARANCES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
• NEWTON-BABA FUND LAUNCHES BY INDIA AND UK
• WORLD'S TALLEST HYBRID WIND TURBINE 120MTR HEIGHT INSTALLED IN KUTCH, GUJARAT
• CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS PUSHING TIGERS TOWARD EXTINCTION
• KERALA'S ASTHAMUDI CALM FISHERIES TO RECEIVE MSC CERTIFICATION.
• SC GIVES FREE HAND TO NGT TO WHIP GANGA POLLUTING INDUSTRIES.
• JAIRAM RAMESH TO CHAIR FUTURE EARTH'S ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
• E-RICKSHAWS RECOGNISED AS SPECIAL CATEGORY THREE WHEELEDVEHICLES.
• KAMALBAWA WINS THE MIDORI PRIZE
• THE GREEN BUS PROJECT INDIA'S.FIRST ETHONOL RUN PUBLIC BUSINESS LAUNCHED IN NAGPUR. 
• ZERO DEFECT-ZERO EFFECT :PM ASKS.FOR MANUFACTURING SECTOR
• SOUTH AFRICA GOVT RELOCATES RHINOS FROM KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
• INDIA'S FIRST JELLY FISH LAKE FOUND IN GUJARAT:EIL MALK ISLAND IN PALAU IS WORLD'S RENOWNED JELLY FISH LAKE.
• CHINA PLANS TO BAN USE  OF COAL IN IT'S CAPITAL BY2020.
• NGRBA BROUGHT UNDER MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
• "NANOFLARES" ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTRA HEAT PRODUCTION IN SUN.
• BUMBLE BEES ARE ABLE TO DETECT THE NUTRITION LEVEL IN FLOWERS FROM THE COLOUR  OF PETALS.
• URBANISATION ACTIVITIES IMPACTED WETLANDS ECOSYSTEM 
• RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED NEW SPICES OF 'MAYFLY' IN INDIA.
• IUCN ADDS 8MORE BIRDS SPICES TO THE 2014 REDLIST.
• CII -GEC LAUNCHED "EPEAT" ENVIRONMENTAL RATING SYSTEM.
• SWATCH BHARAT KOSH TO FUND SWATCH BHARAT AND SWATCH VIDYALAYA
• OWING TO MONTREAL PROTOCOL OZONE LAYER ON THE ROAD IF RECOVERY.
• R22 OZONE DEPLETING FRIDGE GAS -SMUGGLERS FRESH CHOICE.
• INDIA'S FIRST COROL GARDEN TO BE SET UP IN GUJARAT
• COMPREHENSIVE SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CRITERIA INDIA LAUNCHED
• COAL BLOCK ALLOCATION FROM 1993 TO 2010DONE ILLEGALLY :SC 
• IUCN  RELEASES RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES – FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 MASCOT “BRAZILIAN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO” ENLISTED AS VULNERABLE.
• SCIENTISTS LOCATE MASSIVE UNDERGROUND WATER RESERVOIR, ‘THREE TIMES’ THE SIZE OF EARTH’S OCEANS. 
• JAPAN KILLS 30 MINKE WHALES DESPITE ICJ ORDER
• GUJARAT GETS NCA APPROVAL TO RAISE HEIGHT OF NARMADA DAM
• “NANAUK”, THE TROPICAL CYCLONE THAT EMERGED IN THE EAST-CENTRAL ARABIAN SEA IS LIKELY TO HIT OMAN 
• ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE TO NAVY’S PROJECT SEABIRD (KARWAR NAVAL BASE)
• RHODIS: DNA-BASED TOOL TO PROBE POACHING
• RANCHIS’ KANKE DAM ENDANGERED BY WASTE.
• OLIVE RIDLEY CONSERVATION PROGRAMME RESTARTED AFTER NEARLY 25 YEARS.
• BIOLOGISTS DISCOVER 14 NEW ‘DANCING FROG’ SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS
• EL NINO EFFECT MAY SHRINK INDIA’S GDP BY 1.75%: ASSOCHAM
• ‘NET METERING’: AN INNOVATION TO SLASH ELECTRICITY BILLS
•   “SOLAR-JET”: AN EU PROJECT MAKES “SOLAR” KEROSENE FROM SUNLIGHT
• POLO, INDIA’S ONLY GORILLA, BREATHS HIS LAST
• CLIMATE CHANGE MAY LEAD INDIA TO WAR: UN REPORT
• “INDIAN RHINO VISION (IRV) 2020”-LAUNCHED BY WHO-INDIA TO PROTECT VULNERABLE RHINOS
• ENVIRONMENTALIST MS. ALMITRA PATEL IS THE MEMBER OF SUPREME COURTCOMMITTEE FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF INDIA.
• U.S. – INDIA ENERGY DIALOGUE 2014 TO ADVANCE CLEAN ENERGY ACCESS: PROMOTING ENERGY ACCESS THROUGH CLEAN ENERGY (PEACE)
• “GREAT EARED NIGHTJAR” SPOTTED FIRST TIME IN KOLLAM’S SHENDURNEY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.
• IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES: 15 BIRD SPECIES FROM INDIA ARE IN CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LIST
• MYSTERIOUS FOUR NEW MAN-MADE OZONE-KILLING GASES DISCOVERED ;CFC-112, CFC112A, CFC-113A, HCFC-133A.
• NOTED ENVIRONMENTALIST MR. CHANDI PRASAD BHATT SELECTED FOR THE GANDHI PEACE PRIZE FOR 2013.
• WELSPUN SOLAR MP PROJECT, THE LARGEST SOLAR POWER PLANT OF INDIA LAUNCHED AT BHAGWANPUR IN NEEMUCH, MADHYA PRADESH.
• STUDY: FERTILIZATION DESTABILIZES GLOBAL GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS
• THE INDIRA GANDHI ZOOLOGICAL PARK (IGZP) OR VIZAG ZOO WILL BE THE FIRST ZOO IN INDIA TO HAVE A CONSERVATION BREEDING CENTRE FOR THE ENDANGERED WILD DOG OR ‘DHOLE.’
• DR. MARCO LAMBERTINI APPOINTED AS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) INTERNATIONAL. 
• THE SAVING ASIA’S VULTURES FROM EXTINCTION (SAVE) PROGRAMME DECLARED THAT IT HAS PLANS TO RELEASE UP TO 25 BIRDS INTO A 30,000-SQ-KM DRUG-FREE “SAFE ZONE”.
• INDIA RANKED 155TH OUT OF 178 COUNTRIES WITH AN INDEX SCORE OF 31.23 POINTS, IN ITS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, IN THE 2014 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX (EPI) ISSUED BY YALE UNIVERSITY.
• INDIA’S MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (MOEF) HAS GIVEN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE TO SOUTH KOREAN STEEL MANUFACTURER POSCO FOR ITS RS 52,000 CRORE STEEL PLANT IN ODISHA.
• THE SUPREME COURT HAS DIRECTED THE CENTRE TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL REGULATOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES. THE APEX REGULATOR WILL SUPERVISE GRANT OF CLEARANCES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FOREST POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
• THECABINET COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (CCEA) APPROVED CAPACITY BUILDING SCHEME AND RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.
•   HIMACHAL HIGH COURT BANS ON FOOD IN PLASTIC PACKS
• PETA’S PERSON OF THE YEAR: DR SHASHI THAROOR
• SCIENTISTS SPOT RARE INDIAN PITTA AFTER 60 YEARS.
• MOCLIC SOFTWARE CAN PREDICT WEATHER
• STUDY: MANGROVES IN FLORIDA EXPANDING POLEWARD

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE REGARDING THE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-2014

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