Environment Topics – Prelims 2019  Wild Ass

 Seaweeds (Aquaculture)
Ecology and Environment
 Kelp Forests
 Basic Terms – Autecology, Synecology,
 Neelkurinji
Ecophene, Ecotype, Ecospecies,
 Red Sanders
Biocenosis, Ecotone, Niche, Ecological
 Others – Hangul, Red Panda, Brown
Succession, Productivity, etc
Bear, etc
 Adaptations
 Critically Endangered Mammals and
 Population Interactions
Birds (atleast)
 Nutrient Cycling
 Hornbill
 Ecological Pyramids
 Amur Falcons
 Types of Aquatic organisms, Coral
 Siberian Cranes
Reefs, Wetlands, etc (STAPCOR 2018)
 Sarus Cranes
 CRZ

Biodiversity
 Basic terms like Species richness and Protected Area Network
evenness, Alpha, Beta and Gamma  ESZ
Diversity  Tiger Reserves
 Census – Dolphin, Asian water bird,  30th Elephant Reserve
Tiger Census, etc  Ramsar Sites – Indian Sunderbans
 Project Tiger  Biosphere Reserves – MAB -
 Tiger Range Countries Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve
 Global Tiger Forum  Biodiversity Hotspots
 Global Tiger Recovery Programme  Biodiversity Heritage Sites” (BHS)
 CA|TS  SAWEN
 TX2  Singhpan, Satkosia, etc
 Project Elephant
Acts/Legislations
 Gaj Yatra
 Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and its
 Cheetah Reintroduction Project
Amendments
 Asiatic Lion Conservation Project
 Biological Diversity Act 2002
 New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos
 India Forest Act 1927
2019
 FRA 2006
 Vultures
 Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act
 Great Indian Bustard
2006
 Dolphins
 Crocodiles – Mugger, Salt water and National Organisations (Statutory or not,
Gharial Headed by)
 Hump Backed Mahseer  Animal Welfare Board of India
 Olive Ridley Turtles  Botanical Survey of India
  Zoological Survey of India  Green Skill Development Programme
 National Board for Wildlife  State Of The Global Climate 2018
 National Green Tribunal  Global Energy & Co2 Status Report
 WCCB – Awards  Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
 Parivesh App  Social Cost of Carbon
 Elevation Dependent Warming
 Karakoram Anomaly
International Conventions
 Virtual Climate Summit (V20, CVF)
 UNFCCC – Kyoto Protocol
 Under2 Alliance
 CBD (NR – 6) – Nagoya, Cartagena
 Hothouse
Protocol
 Climate Engineering
 CITES
 Negative Emissions
 CMS – India hosting COP
 Carbon Capture and Storage
 UNCCD – Land Degradation Neutrality
 NAPCC
 GEF (Small Grants Programme, Green
 Indian Cooling Action Plan
Ag)
 Conventions like Stockholm,
 Energy Efficiency - The National
Minamata, Basel, Rotterdam
Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
 Montreal Protocol (NMEEE) – PAT
 Kigali Agreement  BEE - Bureau of Energy Efficiency
 Montreal Protocol Assessment  EESL - Energy Efficiency Services
 TRAFFIC Limited
 WWF - Living Planet Report, Earth  Unlocking NATional Energy Efficiency
hour, Debt-for-nature swaps, etc potential (UNNATEE)
 National Energy Conservation Day and
Awards
Climate Change
 IPCC Report Environmental Pollution
 Paris Agreement  Nitrogen Pollution – SANH,
 Talanoa Dialogue Gothenburg Protocol
 COP 24 – Katowice  Flue gas desulfurization (FGD)
 Sustainable Development Mechanism  Fly Ash
(SDM)  Fly Ash Utilization Policy
 Climate Finance (GCF, Adaptation  Ashtrack App
Fund)  Ashparks
 Loss and Damage  Smog – London and Los Angeles type
 Suva Expert Dialogue  NAAQS
 Transparency Framework  NAMP
 India and COP 24  NAQI
 Second BUR  GRAP
 REDD and REDD+  Comprehensive Environment Pollution
 National REDD+ Policy Index
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National Clean Air Programme Construction & Demolition Waste
 SAFAR Management Rules, 2016, Plastic
Waste Management Rules, 2016 and
 SAMAR
2018
 Apps – Ravayu, Sameer, etc
 Bioplastics
 Bharat Stage Norms – Enforcement
 Plastic Free Zones
and Technology Used
 Ocean Cleanup (GPGP)
 Petcoke Ban
 Clean Seas Compaign
 WAYU
 Alliance To End Plastic Waste
 Pariyantra
 E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016
 Harit Diwali – Green Crackers
and 2018
 Compressed Air-powered Vehicles
 Global E-Waste Monitor 2017
(CAVs)
 Bio-Medical Waste Management
 Reports – World Air Quality Report,
Rules, 2016
Breathe India, etc
 Hazardous and Other Wastes
 CPCB
(Management & Transboundary
 Environment Pollution (Prevention and Movement) Rules, 2016
Control) Authority (EPCA)

 Bioremediation – in Situ and ex Situ

 Water Pollution – BOD, COD, etc  Phyto remediation
 Eutrophication  Mycoremediation
 Oil Spills
 Contamination of metals like lead, zinc,
Renewable Energy
arsenic, copper, mercury and
 Waste to Energy
cadmium, etc
 Rat Hole Mining  Methanol Economy
 SATAT
 Micro plastics
 Uranium Contamination  Biofuels
 National Biofuel policy
 Pesticides Ban
 River Pollution - Central Water  Biojet
Commission Report  Electric Vehicles – FAME I and II,
 National River Conservation Plan Charging Infrastructure, etc
 Namami Gange  National Electric Mobility Mission Plan
(NEMMP) 2020
 Clean Ganga Fund
 National Mission on Transformative
 Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan
Mobility and Battery Storage
 Ganga Praharis
 MOVE
 Blue Flag certification
 EV30@30 Campaign
 India’s First Interstate Connected Wind
 Waste Management – Solid Waste
Management Rules, 2016, Power Project Commissioned in Bhuj
 Offshore Wind Energy
  First Offshore Wind Energy Project
 Scheme For Biomass Based
Cogeneration Projects
 Mission Innovation
 ISA
 SPIN Portal
 Solar Parks
 SRISTI Scheme
 National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy
 Champions Of Earth Award
 Skoch Award
 National Energy Storage Mission
(NESM)
 2nd Global Re-Invest
 Delhi Declaration on Renewable
Energy
 IRENA
 IREDA

Indices/Reports
 Environmental Performance Index
 Emissions Gap Index
 Climate Change Performance Index
 Climate Vulnerability Index
 State Energy Efficiency Preparedness
Index
 Composite Water Management Index
 National Disaster Risk Index
 Global Environment Outlook