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UPSC Environment and Ecology Notes
Environment and ecology for Prelims and GS Paper III: protected areas, species in the news, conventions, pollution rules and climate policy — with the official data and the previous-year questions.
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Great Nicobar Project: Why the Supreme Court Let the Forest Rights Challenge Go On — Strategy, Ecology and the Shompen
The Supreme Court has refused the Centre's plea to stay a Calcutta High Court case that challenges the ₹72,000-crore Great Nicobar project under the Forest Rights Act. What the project includes, why the island matters strategically and ecologically, who the Shompen are, and how to use the case in GS2 and GS3.
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Why Karnataka Rejected the Western Ghats ESA Draft: Gadgil vs Kasturirangan Explained
Both Houses of the Karnataka Legislature unanimously rejected the seventh draft notification on the Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area and sought a year for a village-by-village survey. What the draft proposes, Karnataka’s objections, Gadgil vs Kasturirangan, and how UPSC tests it.
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