CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Coast Guard has launched ‘operation Oliva’ coastal patrolling in coordination with the state Forest Department. The operation is part of its annual mission to ensure safe mid-sea sojourn of breeding Olive Ridley sea turtles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Operation Olivia is a project carried out by the Indian Coast Guard to protect the population of Olive Ridley turtles during their nesting seasons from December to May.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every year, the Indian Coast Guard’s “Operation Olivia”, initiated in the early 1980s. It aims to protect Ridley turtles as they congregate along the coast of the Odisha coast for breeding and nesting from November to December. It also seizes unlawful trawling activities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Government of India – UNDP Sea Turtle Project is a national sea turtle conservation project which is being executed by the Ministry of Environment of Forests, with the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun coordinating the various sub-programmes within the project.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: The sea turtle project began in 1999 at the Indian Institute of Wildlife, Dehradun, with the collaboration of UNDP (United Nations Development Program) and India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.