ENVIRONMENTAL WATCH

• NATIONAL MISSION ON ENHANCED EFFICIENCY: PRIME MINISTER COUNCIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ANNOUNCED A NATIONAL MISSION ON ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY.THE MISSION IS SAID TO ENABLE ABOUT 750 BILLION WORTH OF TRANSACTION IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY.THE MISSION IS SUPPOSED TO SAVE 5% OF ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN INDIA AND ABOUT 100 MILLION TONNES OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION WILL BE REDUCED EVERY YEAR. A NEW PROVISION IS ALSO INTRODUCED UNDER THE MISSION THAT PROVIDES FOR DOMESTIC TRADE OF CARBON CREDITS.UPTILL NOW , CARBON CREDITS EARNED CAN BR TRADED ONLY IN INTERNATIONAL MARKET.



• GROUND WATER DEPLETION IN NORTHERN INDIA:NASA’ GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT (GRACE) SATELLITE PAIR HAVE FOUND AND REPORTED THAT THE GROUND WATER LEVEL IN NORTHERN INDIA HAVE BEEN DECLINING AS FAST AS 33cm(ONE FOOT ) PER YEAR,OVER THE PAST DECADE.


• KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK: THE STATE WILDLIFE ADVISORY BOARD HAS DECIDED TO FORWARD A Rs.7.8 CRORE ANTI-EROSION SCHEME TO THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL.THE SCHEME WAS PREPARED BY THE WATER RESOURSE DEPARTMENT FOR PROTECTING KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK FROM EROSION CAUSED BY THE BRAHMAPUTRA.


• POISONOUS EATING HABITS FOUND IN TIGERS: TIGERS IN SUNDERBANS ARE RESORT TO ABBERANT FOOD HABITS, ON THE ACCOUNT OF INCREASED COMPETITION FOR CATHING PREY AND CHANGING HABITATS.RECENTLY A TIGER’S TOMACH IS DETECTED TO INGEST A POISONOUS SNAKE.


• POLAR MELTING WILL CHANGE EARTH’S TILT:NASA SCIENTISTS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT GLOBAL WARMING MAY DISTORT THE DISTRIBUTION OF MAN AROUND THE EARTH TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WILL SHIFT THE TILT OF EARTH’S AXIS OF ROTATION SLIGHTLY.


• PLANT FILTER TO RECYCLE WATER: SCIENTIST AT LONDON HAVE DESIGNED A PLANT FILTERATION SYSTEM IN WHICH WASTE WATER IS RECYCLED BY THE PLANT SUCH AS REEDS AND BUSHES. IT IS IN THE FORM OF A MINI ECO-SHOWER THAT COLLECTS THE WASTEWATER OF BATHROOM AND CLEAN IT EFFECTIVELY.