The Dharma of Ecology
Our beliefs and values, culture and heritage used to preserve and protect the environment through different social, religious and traditional principles
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Gobar Gas Plant in Barsana generates 300 units per day
The engineer couple of Chandigarh, Punjab has established a biogas plant in Barsana. From this plant about 300 unit electricity is generated per day. It is through this electricity that fourteen tube wells are run in the Goshalas.
Monoculture and its impact on the Environment
Growing a single crop species over a large area or farm is called intensive farming or monoculture. Earlier practices of mixed cropping caused problems in crop management, like harvesting, etc. Uniformity in plant height adds beauty to our fields and makes the application of agrochemicals easy. It also saves time and energy in segregating grains in threshing.
Interactions between members of a species
Living beings interact among themselves in the same species, with the members of the other species, and with the components of the abiotic environment in an ecosystem. Interaction between the members of the same species is called as Intraspecific whereas the interaction among individuals of different species is called as Interspecific.
Characteristics of Animals
This word is usually applied for the non-human members of the Kingdom Animalia in animal taxonomy. However, the closer relatives of humans like mammals (having mammary glands) have been included in this term. Thus cows, bats, rats etc also are mammals.
Pollution- disruption of nutrient cycles and habitats
Our natural resources are known to have some specific qualities of their own. These qualities are known as natural qualities. It is due to specific natural qualities that different natural resources have been useful to us and to the whole biosphere. But now, the condition has changed considerably. Most of our natural resources like air, water and soil have gone bad due to pollution of different types. What is pollution?
Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem
Sun is the only source of energy in the biosphere. Every living being can get its share of energy through food only and the energy is directly or indirectly obtained from green plants only.
Care for the Little Angels around You
The balance of nature is maintained by its different components -living and non-living, if they remain unaltered by human beings.
Sexual Reproduction in Plants
Sex organs of plants are found inside flowers. A male reproductive organ is called as Androecium and a female sex organ is called as Gynoecium.
One more step towards Independent India- Training of Mushroom Production to tribal persons of Jharkhand
Button mushroom is very popular in Indian markets and in other countries. It’s commercial production can be a better option for employment. Recently Jharkhand has started the export of vegetables to other countries. If the state produces mushrooms of international standards, the farmers of this state can get better self employment.
Management and Protection of Crops
Proper arrangement of resources and techniques to check losses to crops through different factors is called as Crop Protection Management.
Animal body parts and sense organs
Most animals of the same kind have same body parts. But their body parts differ in size, shape, colour and functions.
