Outcomes of World Environment Day: 5 June

  Environment and Ecology; Pollution

In news:

• Yesterday we read about Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP); theme for the World Environment Day 2018 – “Beat Plastic Pollution”.
• India is committed to reducing the use of plastic and would join the Clean Seas programme — a Sweden-led initiative to reduce littering of marine ecosystems.
• Delegation of the European Union (EU) and embassies of the member states adopted a ‘Green Pledge’, under which the 28 EU member-states made a commitment to green their embassies.

Miscellaneous points:

• Animal Discoveries, 2017 – publication released by Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) lists 300 newly discovered species of fauna.
• Plant Discoveries, 2017 – publication released by Botanical Survey of India (BSI) lists 239 newly found flora species.
• Among the States, Kerala recorded the highest number of discoveries — 66 species, sub-species and varieties of plants and 52 species of animals.

Article link: Environment Day bouquet: 539 species discovered in India in 2017 …