Environment
Air, Water, Soil and Noise Pollution: Sources, Standards and Control
Pollution for UPSC: air pollutants, smog types, NAAQS and AQI, NCAP and CAQM, BOD and COD, eutrophication, …
Biodiversity: Hotspots, IUCN Red List and Conservation Strategies
Biodiversity for UPSC: levels and patterns, megadiversity, hotspot criteria, IUCN Red List categories, …
Climate Change: Science, the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement
Climate change for UPSC: greenhouse effect, gases and GWP, IPCC findings, UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, Paris …
Ecosystems: Structure, Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycles
Ecosystem structure and function for UPSC: productivity, food chains, the ten per cent law, ecological …
Environment & Ecology — Sectional Mock Test 1
A timed Environment & Ecology sectional test for UPSC Prelims — 25 questions in 30 minutes with UPSC negative …
Environmental Impact Assessment in India: Process, Institutions and Reform
EIA for UPSC: EIA Notification 2006, Category A and B projects, screening, scoping, public hearing and …
Environmental Laws of India: Constitution, Statutes, NGT and Doctrines
India's environmental law for UPSC: Articles 21, 48A and 51A(g), the Water, Air, Forest and EP Acts, Forest …
Major International Environmental Conventions
Environmental conventions for UPSC: Stockholm and Rio, Ramsar, CITES, CMS, Montreal and Kigali, Basel, …
Protected Areas and the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
Protected areas for UPSC: national parks vs sanctuaries, conservation and community reserves, tiger and …
Ecology and Ecosystems
Ecology and ecosystems for UPSC: ecosystem structure, productivity, food chains, ecological pyramids, …
Biodiversity and Conservation
Biodiversity for UPSC: levels and patterns, megadiversity and hotspots, IUCN Red List categories, threats, …
Protected Areas and Wildlife
Protected areas and wildlife law for UPSC: national parks, sanctuaries, conservation and community reserves, …
Climate Change
Climate change for UPSC: greenhouse effect and gases, IPCC findings, the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and Paris …
Environmental Pollution
Environmental pollution for UPSC: air, water, soil, noise and plastic pollution — pollutants, standards, AQI, …
Environmental Laws and Institutions
India's environmental law for UPSC: constitutional provisions, the Water, Air, Forest and Environment …
International Environmental Conventions
International environmental conventions for UPSC: year, place and subject of Ramsar, CITES, CMS, Montreal, …
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental impact assessment for UPSC: the EIA Notification 2006, project categories, screening to …
Biodiversity and Conservation — Practice Questions
UPSC Prelims-pattern practice questions on biodiversity with explanations: Biological Diversity Act, ex-situ …
Climate Change — Practice Questions
UPSC Prelims-pattern practice questions on climate change with explanations: NAPCC missions, COP outcomes, …
Ecology and Ecosystems — Practice Questions
UPSC Prelims-pattern practice questions on ecology with full explanations: succession, edge effect, nutrient …
Environmental Impact Assessment — Practice Questions
UPSC Prelims-pattern practice questions on EIA with explanations: public hearings, Category A and B projects, …
Environmental Laws and Institutions — Practice Questions
UPSC Prelims-pattern practice questions on India's environmental law with explanations: EP Act, Forest Rights …
Environmental Pollution — Practice Questions
UPSC Prelims-pattern practice questions on pollution with explanations: photochemical smog, biomagnification, …
International Environmental Conventions — Practice Questions
UPSC Prelims-pattern practice questions on environmental conventions with explanations: CITES, Nagoya …
Protected Areas and Wildlife — Practice Questions
UPSC Prelims-pattern practice questions on protected areas with explanations: NTCA and tiger reserves, IUCN …
Biodiversity and Conservation — Quick Revision
One-page UPSC revision of biodiversity: levels, hotspots, IUCN Red List categories, threats, in-situ and …
Climate Change — Quick Revision
One-page UPSC revision of climate change: greenhouse gases and GWP, IPCC, UNFCCC annexes, Kyoto and Paris, COP …
Ecology and Ecosystems — Quick Revision
One-page UPSC revision of ecology: ecosystem components, productivity, food chains, ecological pyramids, …
Environmental Impact Assessment — Quick Revision
One-page UPSC revision of EIA: legal basis, 1994 and 2006 notifications, project categories, four stages, …
Environmental Laws and Institutions — Quick Revision
One-page UPSC revision of India's environmental law: constitutional articles, major Acts and years, NGT …
Environmental Pollution — Quick Revision
One-page UPSC revision of pollution: NAAQS and AQI, smog types, acid rain, BOD and COD, eutrophication, …
International Environmental Conventions — Quick Revision
One-page UPSC revision of environmental conventions: year, place and subject of each treaty, protocols and …
Protected Areas and Wildlife — Quick Revision
One-page UPSC revision of protected areas: WPA 1972 categories and sections, amendments, schedules, tiger and …