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2023-07-06 16:06:01 Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC)

Spearheaded by the UAE in partnership with Indonesia, MAC was launched at the COP27 Summit in Egypt to scale up and accelerate the conservation and restoration of the mangrove forests.

The alliance will raise awareness about the role of mangroves as a "nature-based solution to climate change".
The alliance will be amplified at the G20 Summit that will be held between November 15 and 16, 2022 in Bali under the presidency of Indonesia.
The MAC seeks to scale up, accelerate conservation, restoration and growing plantation efforts of mangrove ecosystems for the benefit of communities globally, and recognize the importance of these ecosystems for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Mangroves:

A mangrove is a shrub or a small tree that grows along the coastlines and has roots in salty sediments, often underwater. They also grow in swamps.
Mangrove forests can survive extreme weather conditions and require low oxygen levels to survive.
The mangroves cannot survive freezing temperatures and thus are found mainly in tropical and subtropical latitudes.
UNESCO celebrates July 26 as the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem to raise awareness about mangrove ecosystems and to promote their conservation.
According to MAC, Mangrove forests can store ten times more carbon per hectare than terrestrial forests. Also, they can store carbon up to 400 per cent faster than land-based tropical rainforests.
According to Global Mangrove Alliance (GMA), when the mangroves are cut, the carbon stored in these plants gets released into the air. So, preserving them to keep the carbon emissions levels low is necessary.
Once the plants die, they take the stored carbon into the soil. This is called "Blue Carbon".
Moreover, Mangrove forests act as natural barriers against rising tides and storms. Each year, they prevent property damages of over $65 billion.

Mangroves in India:

India contributes to nearly half of the total mangrove cover in South Asia.
According to the Forest Survey report 2021 released in January, mangroves cover in the country is 4,992 square km, which is 0.15 per cent of the country's total geographical area. Since 2019, the cover has risen by only 17 sq km.
West Bengal has the highest percentage of mangrove cover in India, mainly because it has Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world. It is followed by Gujarat and Andaman, and Nicobar islands.
Other states that have mangrove cover are Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Kerala.

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2023-07-05 18:37:04 Sagar Samriddhi

Government launched ‘SAGAR SAMRIDDHI’ recently.
It is an online dredging monitoring system.

Aim
To accelerate ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative of the government.

Who developed it?
This system has been developed by National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) the technological arm of Ministry of Ports,Shipping and Waterways.
The new technology brings in marked improvement against the old system of Draft & Loading Monitor (DLM) system.
The system will bring in synergy among multiple input reports.

The ‘Sagar Samriddhi’ monitoring system will allow:
Daily and monthly progress Visualisation, Dredger performance and downtime monitoring, easy location track data with snapshot of loading, unloading and idle time .

Significance
The annual maintenance dredging at Major Ports and Waterways is around 100 million cubic meters, for which about Rs.1000 crores are spent each year by the Ports and IWAI.
Now with implementation of the Dredging guidelines and by using the Sagar Samriddhi, online dredging monitoring system, the dredging cost will be greatly reduced along with bringing in more transparency and efficiency in the overall system."


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2023-07-05 08:49:01 Initiatives to Promote Women in Science

The Vigyan Jyoti Program: It was established to address the country's underrepresentation of women in various fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
KIRAN Scheme: It was launched in 2014-15 to help women scientists advance academically and administratively.
The DST (Department of Science and Technology) has also established Artificial Intelligence (AI) labs in women's universities with the goal of fostering AI innovations and preparing skilled labor for AI-based jobs in the future.
Women scientists can work in research labs in the United States as part of the Indo-US Fellowship for Women in STEMM (WISTEMM) program.
The Consolidation of University Research for Innovation and Excellence in Women Universities (CURIE) program aims to improve R&D infrastructure and establish cutting-edge research facilities in order to foster S&T excellence in women's universities.
Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions (GATI): The program was established to create a comprehensive Charter and framework for assessing Gender Equality in STEM.


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2023-07-04 19:31:10 Recently, the National Anti-Doping Agency, India (NADA India) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SARADO) in New Delhi.

South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SARADO):

It was formed on 16th May 2007 in the South Asian Anti-Doping Program Project Development Meeting held in Maldives.
Member countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Mission: To promote and co-ordinate the fight against doping in sport in all its forms in among South Asia RADO member countries.

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