The Ecotrends

September 30, 2024

Positive and Negative Interdependence among Organisms in Ecosystems

Interdependence between two species through which individuals of either one or both species benefit is called positive interdependence. The benefits to the individual of any species through this relationship may be continuous or transitory, obligate or facultative. Both partners in this type of relationship may be in close contact; one may be inside some specific area or attached to the surface of the other’s body. Positive interdependence is divided into three major types: mutualism, Commensalism, and proto-cooperation.

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February 23, 2021 Recommended

Eat Okra to remain Fit and Fine

Bhindi in Hindi and Okra in English has been an integral part of the Indian vegetable since very long.

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January 6, 2024 Recommended

Urban and Rural Waste and their Management

Different activities may generate waste which may be solid or liquid. The quality of both solid and liquid wastes is increasing and if the wastes are disposed in an uncontrolled manner these may cause adverse impact on public health and environment. Hence these wastes need to be managed efficiently so as to safeguard public health and environment. In definitional terms, solid and liquid waste management is the collection, transportation, processing, recycling, treatment and disposal of waste materials.

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May 20, 2022 Recommended

Sharifa, the Annona squimosa

Sugar apple or Sharifa is the fruit of taxonomically known tree Annona squamosa. It is native to tropical climate in the Americas and West Indies.

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August 9, 2021 Recommended

Responsibilities of Industries and NGOs towards Environment

New Technologies are developed for improving and increasing industrial production. Similarly, new projects are formulated for providing energy to those industries.

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September 22, 2021 Recommended

Reproduction in Human Being

In human beings reproduction takes place through the activities of male and female reproductive organs. To understand this, it is essential to study the structure of male and female reproductive systems separately.

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November 30, 2020 Recommended

Integrated Forest Conservation- Public-Private Ownership

In the new strategy of the Forest Management, local public is allowed to be involved in conservation and management of forests with the government. This strategy is called as Integrated Forest Conservation and Management.

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May 13, 2021 Recommended

Now, Mid-Day- Meal to Helpless Seniors

The Government of India is planning to offer mid-day-meal to the helpless elderly persons also. Till now, school going children of up to 8th standard of schooling were provided free mid-day- meal in their schools.

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September 21, 2022 Recommended

Ant Colony and Bee Colony

Ant colonies are Eusocial which means living in a cooperative group in which usually one female and several males are reproductively active and the non-breeding individuals care for the young and protect the group. These are very much like those found in other social animals though the various groups of these developed sociality independently through convergent evolution.

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September 2, 2022 Recommended

Shelter – Definition, Need and Types

The dictionary meaning of a shelter is – something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal or anything is protected from adverse conditions, and where it can reproduce is called as a shelter.

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December 3, 2020 Recommended

Urban Environment Facing lots of Problems …

As per an assessment, about 600 million people inhabited urban areas of the world in the year 1950. But now urban areas have been recorded to be inhabited by about half of the total population.

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January 21, 2021 Recommended

Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Components

The biosphere is itself a vast ecosystem which incorporates all the small ecosystems. But, the biosphere may have different types of physical conditions, communities of plants and animals, and climatic conditions in its different zones.

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