VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

23 Nov 2024 10:03

#Environment

✅Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve

🅾️What?- India's 56th tiger reserve.(India's third-largest tiger reserve)-4th reserve in chattisgarh

🅾️Significance: Part of India's largest contiguous tiger habitat, connecting with Bandhavgarh (MP) and Palamau (Jharkhand).

🅾️Fauna: Tigers, leopards, jackals, nilgai, bison, chitals, hyenas, cobras, etc.

🅾️Flora: Rich in sal, saja, dhawda, and kusum;

🅾️Topography : encompasses hills, plateaus, valleys, river systems, and biodiversity.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

06 May 2024 08:20

#Environment

✅Mushk Budhiji Rice variety from Kashmir.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

06 May 2024 08:20

#Environment

✅RETV: Residential Envelope Transmittance Value

🅾️Definition: RETV measures the heat flow through a building's entire envelope (walls, roof, windows, etc.). A lower RETV means better insulation.

🔰Importance:

⚜️Energy Consumption: Lower RETV directly translates to reduced heating and cooling costs.
Indoor Comfort: Buildings with lower RETV maintain comfortable temperatures with less effort, regardless of external weather.

⚜️Building Codes: Many regions have RETV requirements in their building codes to promote energy efficiency

⚡️Embodied carbon?- click here


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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

06 May 2024 08:20

#Environment

✅The Green Credit Programme (GCP)

🅾️What?- a government initiative that rewards individuals and organizations for their positive contributions to the environment

🅾️Launched by MoEFCC- The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) administers the program.

🅾️The Green Credit Registry and trading platform, being developed by ICFRE along with experts, would facilitate the registration and thereafter, the buying and selling of Green Credits.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

01 Apr 2024 04:47

#Environment #SnT

✅Bees that do not sting

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

20 Mar 2024 10:09

#Environment

✅Global Methane Pledge and the Methane Roadmap Action Program (M-RAP)

🅾️What?- The Global Methane Pledge (GMP) aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030. It encourages signatories to develop national Methane Action Plans.

🅾️The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC): Supports the GMP through the Methane Roadmap Action Program (M-RAP), providing funding and guidance for developing countries to create National Methane Action Plans.

🅾️Objectives of M-RAP
⚜️Quickly identify country-specific methane reduction needs.
⚜️Build capacity to pinpoint major methane sources (agriculture, fossil fuels, waste).
⚜️Translate existing plans into clear roadmaps for action.
⚜️Achieve consistent understanding and tracking of methane reduction goals across nations.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

19 Mar 2024 06:11

#SnT #Environment

✅Amphibian that gives milk- Important points

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

10 Feb 2024 16:15

What next for VK IAS? - crisis as an opportunity and the journey behind VK IAS.
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08 Feb 2024 07:08

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

16 Dec 2023 04:32

#Environment

✅Livestock emissions


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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

16 Dec 2023 04:32

#Environment

✅Cop 28- Dubai outcomes

📍List of initiatives important for Prelims

⚜️Loss and Damage (L&D) Fund
⚜️Global Stocktake Text
⚜️Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge
⚜️Global Cooling Pledge for COP 28
⚜️Climate Finance
⚜️Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA)
⚜️Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy
⚜️Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
⚜️Coal Transition Accelerator
⚜️Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnership (CHAMP) for Climate Action
⚜️Global River Cities Alliance (GRCA)
⚜️Green Credit Initiative

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

07 Dec 2023 14:03

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A lot of research went into understanding the actual problem for prelims - Irrespective of where and how you are preparing for this exam- this is relevant for all UPSC Aspirants. Please do watch this- without fail and also without getting distracted. I request you not to  watch it casually - Take time to let it sink and contemplate so that you can understand your problems before taking a decision .

- Yours VK.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

06 Dec 2023 07:11

✅Gs-3 : Climate change - COP 28 resolutions

📍Context : AR 6 - IPCC- 6th Assessment Report-The target is to achieve Net zero emissions - Why?- Read this report

📍So net Zero targets for various countries are as follows

⚜️1. For EU- Click here
⚜️2. China- Click here
⚜️3. For India-by 2070- Click here

📍For achieving this- 3 major thematic areas to focus on

⚜️1. Fossil fuels- The west's hypocrisy ( just see who is heading the COP 28 meeting 🙂)- Click here
⚜️2. Renewable energy- CLick here
⚜️3. Methane abatement- for which India is not keen- Why?- Click here

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

30 Oct 2023 05:44

✅Gs-3 : Pollution- Solid waste

➡️Future Projections: Waste generation could double to 350,000 tonnes/day with population growth.

➡️Indigenous Approach: Sorting & Recycling: Already prevalent ('kabaadiwala' system). Biodigestion: Suited for India's moist waste (up to 60%). Generates methane & compost

🛑Govt hopes to rope in private sector for this- but why PPP is not helping the cause of waste management?- Click here

⚜️So the Central Govt Role: Incentivize municipalities for organic waste collection for CBG plants.

📍Also read - Genetically modified bacteria degrade plastics in saltwater- Click here


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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

20 Oct 2023 09:25

#Environment

✅Dhanauri Wetland

🅾️What?- a bird-watching area in UP- NGT asked UP govt to confirm the Ramsar

🅾️Home to over 120 Sarus cranes (Sarus Cranes is the state bird of Uttar Pradesh)- has 1% of the biogeographic Sarus crane population.

🅾️Important Bird Area by Bird Life International and has been documented by the BNHS (Bombay Natural History Society).

⚠️Observe : What is the central Asian Flyway?- is this on the central asian flyway?- What about Haidepur wetland and Tso Kar Wetland Complex

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

19 May 2024 09:19

#Environment

✅Sea Otters

🅾️Behaviour of animals is a theme that can be important for prelims exam.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

06 May 2024 08:20

#Environment

✅List of Rare mammals in India

🅾️Snow Leopard

🅾️Asiatic Lion

🅾️Nilgiri Tahr - a rare and endangered mountain goat found in the Western Ghats mountain range of southern India

🅾️Pygmy Hog - the world's smallest and rarest wild pig, found only in Assam in northeastern India

🅾️Malabar Civet - a rare and endangered nocturnal mammal found in the Western Ghats of southern India

🅾️Dhole or Indian Wild Dog - a highly social and endangered canid species found in forests of India

🅾️Hoolock Gibbon - an endangered primate found in the northeast Indian states, known for their singing and acrobatics

🅾️Lion-tailed Macaque - an endangered and arboreal primate found in the Western Ghats of southern India

🅾️Indian Pangolin -

🅾️Indian Flying Squirrel - a nocturnal and arboreal mammal found in the forests of India, known for their gliding abilities.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

06 May 2024 08:20

#Environment

✅Grass- Monocot or Dicot?

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

01 Apr 2024 04:48

#Environment

✅Sources of Black carbon

🅾️Black carbon has a shorter lifespan in the atmosphere compared to CO2, but its immediate warming effect is significant.

🅾️Controlling black carbon emissions can provide faster climate benefits compared to solely focusing on CO2 reduction.

🅾️Several initiatives exist to address black carbon, such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).

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01 Apr 2024 04:47

#Environment #SnT

✅Humans spread virus to animals

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

19 Mar 2024 06:11

#Environment #SnT

✅Carbon cycle- Carbon sequestration- latest studies and its impact

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

19 Mar 2024 06:10

#SnT #Environment

✅What are Sea Anemones?

🅾️Sea anemones are saltwater animals-Despite their appearance, they are not plants.

🅾️Although they look flower-like, they are carnivorous. They use stinging cells called nematocysts on their tentacles to catch prey like small fish and crustaceans.

⚠️One of the most fascinating aspects of sea anemone biology is their frequent symbiotic relationships:Clownfish and Anemones: Clownfish have a protective mucus coating that makes them immune to the anemone's stings. They live within the tentacles, gaining protection, while the anemone benefits from scraps of the clownfish's food and the fish chasing away potential predators.

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08 Feb 2024 14:41

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07 Feb 2024 19:47

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

16 Dec 2023 04:32

#Environment

✅Barracuda

🅾️What?- India’s Fastest Solar-Electric Boat-Jointly developed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and Navalt

🅾️It is named after the swift long fish

🅾️ it can accommodate 12 passengers, promising a noise-free, vibration-free, and pollution-free journey.

➡️Overall theme that this news addresses- Energy transition.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

10 Dec 2023 08:42

#Environment #Species

✅African Honeyguide bird

🅾️What to observe?- This illustrates a rare and remarkable instance of mutualism between humans and wild animals

🅾️This relationship suggests a cultural coevolution between species, where both humans and birds have developed a method of communication and cooperation that benefits both parties. The behavior has been sustained over generations, indicating its success and the adaptive advantages it offers.

➡️This is how you have to observe patterns and interlink with your static concepts in environment.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

07 Dec 2023 05:43

✅The prelims season is coming.

✅What skills are needed to clear the prelims exam ?

🔥A video to decode prelims exam into a step-by-step actionable agenda is coming up tomorrow. This will also explain how VK IAS's upcoming prelims mentorship program will address the needs of student( Not just a test series with 1000s of questions 🙂)

✅Even if you don't decide to take the mentorship program ( with CA classes and Test series) - feel free to use this video to plan your prelims preparation and reduce uncertainty.

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

05 Dec 2023 06:23

✅Gs-3- food processing/Agri cropping patterns

🅾️Problem : How food systems are linked with anthropogenic disruptions -Click here

⚜️Impact : Read this article - UN Report by FAO highlights the staggering $1 trillion hidden costs of agri-food systems; environmental harm and health issues are significant contributors.India's Green Revolution practices have led to heavy reliance on water and chemical inputs, with 70% of fresh water used for agriculture.

🔰Solutions : You should also know the Challenges that India's Food System should handle- Click here and read the comments under the article

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

30 Oct 2023 05:43

✅Gs-3 : Environment- Climate change

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🅾️Present news?- Cloud seeding and its impact- calcium chloride as cloud seeding flare

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VK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu

28 Sep 2023 07:27

#Environment
✅Gs-3 : Conservation - the menace of invasive alien species - Conocarpus banned by Gujarat and Telangana

🔰Background-Read about cartagena and nagoya protocol

✅Examples : These examples are very important for prelims

⚜️Prosopsis Julifera- vilayati kikar-Threats to the Biodiversity of Aravallis

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⚜️ Temparate Montane Grasslands-IAS

⚜️ Forked fanwort in kerala water bodies

⚜️Cestrum nocturnum

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