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ENVIRONMENT GREENING AND RESTORATION OF WASTELAND WITH AGROFORESTRY (GROW) REPORT GROW initiative by NITI Aayog-to assess agroforestry suitability across all districts in India. Around 17% of India’s total geographical area is wasteland. This initiative is Needed for the aim to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 and create an additional carbon sink. 3 main types of agroforestry systems : Agrisilvicultural systems : Crops+ Trees Silvopastoral systems- trees+ animals Agrosilvopastoral systems= Crops+Trees+animals ALASKA POX Why in News “An elderly man from Alaska recently became the fi rst person to die after contracting Alaska Pox.” It is a double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the same genus (Orthopoxvirus) as smallpox, monkeypox, and cowpox. First discovered in Alaska in 2015. Orthopoxviruses are zoonotic viruses that can infect various mammals, including humans. While human-to-human transmission of Alaska Pox has not yet been...
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