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WORLD RHINO DAY 22 SEPT 2020

 

    World Rhino Day is observed throughout the world on 22nd September. The World Rhinoceros Day was announced by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in 2010, the day was created as an attempt to generate awareness about the endangered animal, with all its 5 species, black, white, greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan. 

   

INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR 02 OCT 2020

Registration Link:

 https://energyswaraj.org/ssa_2020.php?organization_id=organization_602#registration_from_individual

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SGBAU PRACTICAL EXAM B.Sc III TIMETABLE

 

INTERNATIONAL RED PANDA DAY 19th SEPT 2020

 The red panda is a small arboreal mammal found in the forests of India, Nepal, Bhutan and the northern mountains of Myanmar and southern China. It thrives best at 2,200-4,800m, in mixed deciduous and conifer forests with dense understories of bamboo.

In India, it is found in Sikkim, western Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling district of West Bengal and parts of Meghalaya. It is also the state animal of Sikkim. Listed as Endangered in the IUCN red list of Threatened Species and under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, the red panda has the highest legal protection at par with other threatened species. WWF-India has been working since 2005 in the eastern Himalayan region for the conservation of this species.

INTERNATIONAL OZONE DAY 16 SEPT

 

World Ozone Day: History

On December 19, 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed September 16 the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date, in 1987, on which the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed.

On September 16, 1987, the United Nations and 45 other countries signed the Montreal Protocol, on substances that deplete the Ozone layer. Every year, this day is celebrated as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer.

The purpose of the Montreal Protocol is to protect the Ozone layer by reducing the production of substances that are supposed to be responsible for Ozone layer depletion.

World Ozone Day: Theme

“Ozone for life” is the slogan for World Ozone Day 2020. This year, we celebrate 35 years of global ozone layer protection.

The slogan of the day, “Ozone for life”, reminds us that ozone is crucial for our life on Earth and we must continue to protect the ozone layer for our future generations also.

This year, we celebrate 35 years of the Vienna Convention and 35 years of global ozone layer protection.

What is the Ozone layer?

The Ozone layer is a piece of the atmosphere that has high ozone concentrations. Ozone is a gas that is made of three oxygen atoms O3. Depending on where the ozone layer is, it can either harm life or protect life on Earth.

Most of the ozone stays within the stratosphere whereby it acts as a shield, protecting the surface of the Earth from the harmful ultraviolet radiation of the sun. If this shield was to weaken, we would all be more susceptible to impaired immune systems, cataracts, and skin cancer.

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