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...
#wildlife_sanctuary ❇️ Sohagibarwa Wildlife Sanctuary ➖ Located in the Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh state. ➖ Situated on the west Bank of the Gandaki River, near the border with Nepal. ➖ One of the tiger habitats of in Uttar Pradesh.
GLOBAL BIOFUEL ALLIANCE Context: Supported by G20 countries and organisations like IAE, ICAO, WEF, World LPG Foundation and on the side- lines of the latest G20 meeting at New Delhi, the Global Biofuels Alliance was announced • Leaders of India, Singapore, Bangladesh, Italy, USA, Brazil, Argentina, Mauritius and UAE have launched Global Biofuel Alliance. • Global Biofuel Alliance is an initiative by India as the chair of G20 that aims to serve as a catalytic platform, fostering global collaboration for the advancement and widespread adoption of biofuels. • It is an alliance of governments, international organisations and industry to facilitate adoption of biofuels. ABOUT BRICS
• The members of BRICS are Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (Added in 2010), Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi
Arabia and UAE (5 new members added in 2024)
• The grouping was formalized with the first meeting of BRIC Foreign Ministers in 2006. The BRIC’s first summit
was held in ...
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