In last week of October 2022, a leopard was spotted on IIT Kanpur's campus. What was the reaction of students (obviously in addition to being careful)?
Well, students allowed their creativity to flow & developed some amazing comic strips.
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And the search for the elusive leopard continues 😊
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For fast environment clearances (EC), India’s environment ministry issued (Jan 2019) standard EC conditions for non-coal mining projects. Now @prakashjavadekar has asked an expert panel to make them practically implementable, monitorable & feasible & minimise number of conditions
Now, on @PrakashJavdekar direction, an expert panel of environment ministry on June 12 discussed a report of QCI (Quality Council of India)/ National Accreditation Board for Education & Training (NABET) that analysed the standard EC conditions.
The panel said that EC conditions shall be reduced to extent possible & shall be monitorable & quantifiable for effective compliance. It noted that wherever forest or wildlife issue is involved, forest & wildlife clearance "shall be in place" before project is appraised for EC.
A group of 291 conservation scientists & allied professionals including 12 former members of Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) on May 12 wrote to @PrakashJavdekar expressing serious concerns over green clearances process during #COVID19 lockdown.
The letter said that communication strategies (like video conferences) used “in its present form, are inadequate & do not pay due diligence to forest and environmental clearances” process.
India's latest tiger census (2018) is finally out - India is now home to 2,967 tigers. It means it has more than doubled its tiger population in the last 12 years.
2014 - 2,226
2010 - 1,706
2006 - 1,411
In the future, it would also mean more human-wildlife conflict as tiger habitats and corridors are increasingly under threat.
So @PMOIndia while releasing the latest tiger estimation results reignites the environment vs development debate. He also stressed that protected areas in the country have increased.