All waters in nature, whether rainwater or ocean water, contain dissolved mineral salts. Salinity is the term used to define the total content of... View Article
Fly ash is the fine powder formed from the mineral matter in coal, consisting of the noncombustible matter in coal and a small amount of carbon... View Article
The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change, adopted in 2015. It covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance.... View Article
The Green Climate Fund was started by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Green Climate Fund was created to... View Article
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and... View Article
The Bombay Natural History Society is to spread awareness about nature through science-based research, conservation advocacy, education,... View Article
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Environment and Forests. It aims to carry out... View Article
The magazine published by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is the Hornbill. It is a quarterly magazine that brings studies and... View Article
A wetland can be struck off the Montreux Record provided it has undergone extensive conservation efforts. Chilika Lake was a wetland that was... View Article
Chilika Lake has not been removed from the Ramsar Convention but rather from the Montreux Records. The Montreux Record is a register of wetland... View Article
Yes, Chilika Lake is a Ramsar site. Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha... View Article
Lonar Lake is a Ramsar site. It is located in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham lake, in Agra. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands... View Article
Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister who launched the Ganga Action Plan. Ganga Action Plan abbreviated as (GAP) is one of the longest and... View Article
The Namami Gange is an integrated conservation programme approved by the government of India to accomplish the twin objectives of effective... View Article
The Ganga was declared as a National River by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2008 in order to achieve the objectives of the Ganga Action Plan,... View Article
The Prime Minister of India is the Chairman of the National Ganga River Basin Authority. National Ganga River Basin Authority is a financing,... View Article
