In India, a Hazardous Substances Management Division has been constituted as a nodal point within the Ministry of Environment and Forest. This nodal agency is responsible for Planning, over-seeing and implementing the policies and programmes on management of hazardous substances and Chemical Emergencies.
The acid rain affects living and non- living components of environment. In July 1982, Stockholm- the venue of U N –conference on acid rain, suffered heavy acid showers for about a week. In India too, acid rains have been reported since last twenty years in areas where thermal power plants are located and also around Delhi, the capital of India.
Through different means – natural and unnatural the process of keeping in a limit the growth of population is called as Population Control. It is essential for the welfare of human families. This is the reason why its name has been changed to the Family Welfare.
Living beings in environment like animals and plants constitute more than half of the environment in the biosphere. All of these need to be conserved.
Conservation of species in their natural habitats- in areas where they occur under normal conditions is called in-situ conservation.
This type of conservation strategy protects the entire area. Such an area is protected and maintained to conserve all the known or unknown species inhabiting it.
In this type of conservation, species are not isolated or provided with health care, food, or mating facilities. Only factors detrimental to species’ existence and development are eliminated in this conservation strategy. Human interference, such as hunting, cutting down trees, collecting firewood, etc., is completely banned in such areas.
These birds used to fly in and around our houses about some decades ago. But these birds are very rarely seen in our surroundings.
Palash or Butea monosperma is an important tree of taxonomic family Fabaceae which is native to tropical and sub-tropical India. It is also found in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Srilanka etc.
In early society, girls were restricted from play. They were restricted inside homes. This was something to do with our social conditions and traditions. But, girls are being given more rights today than they had earlier.
Following principles and guidelines have been accepted for the control of different types of pollution- A. Prevention of entry into…
The balloon vine is an interesting plant of India which is also called as Love in a Puff, the heart pea, the heart seed etc. Botanically, it is called as Cardiospermum halicacabum .This plant belongs to the taxonomic family Sapindaceae or the Soapberry family.
We have been hearing about environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity, energy crisis, and the sustainable environment since long. So many things have already been infused in school syllabi as well. But how many of us really apply in our real life the things about which we have read in our classes? If you collect yourselves and think seriously, you may find that you are still not as careful as you are supposed to be.
