Coordination in plants
Auxins move to darker side of the part of a plant and cause cells of that side to grow larger. These may induce cell division as well. In both of these cases the part of the plant bends.
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Tiger Population falls down to zero in Jharkhand
We have damaged ecosystems in the name of development. Wildlife too is facing danger. Our activities have impacted in such ways that animal population has fallen into a serious zone of danger.
Protect Teens from Anxiety and Depression
Adolescence remains a critical phase of life. Extra efforts are to be put in managing teens especially in a disturbed period like spread of a pandemic when we have to remain indoors during a lockdown.
Approaches and techniques of Environment and Social Impact Assessment
Constructing a new infrastructure; expanding a residential area; building an industrial plant; increasing the capacity of an airport – are some typical examples of developments that can be carried out only if the competent planning authorities grant the authorization.
Jharkhand to Link Farmers with Mushroom Propagation
The Government of Jharkhand is preparing to add one more link in the chain of creating income source for farmers of the state.
Questions and answers on Heredity/Bio- X
1. Trait-A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and trait-B in 60%of the same population….
All about wind energy
The Wind is Air in Motion. It is caused by differential heating of land, water, hills and mountain slopes by sun rays. About 25 % (i.e., 0.34 KW/m2) of incident solar radiation is dissipated as wind energy. There is kinetic energy in wind.
Macro and Micro Ecosystems and Relation among Organisms
A habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
Joint Forest Management (JFM) and National Scenario
The concept of joint forest management was initiated on a large scale through guidelines issued by the government of India in 1990. According to those guidelines the village communities are to be involved in the development and protection of degraded forests based on taking their genuine share of benefits from those forests.
The Stockholm Conference
The tragedies in the environment stimulated the world nations the recognition of which first appeared in the shape of the United Nations Conference on Human Environment for the preservation and enhancement of its quality, at Stockholm from June 6 to June 16 in the year 1972. The delegates from 114 nations attended the conference and signed the Stockholm Declaration.
Our Natural Resources- Let’s Conserve
The conservation of environment implies the sustainable use as well as management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and soils of the earth.
Exotic and Introduced Plants
Some propagules or seeds incidentally travel long distances and reach to other county. There they germinate and produce new plants.
