The Forest- People and Their Forests in India
Innumerable tribal people live in forests. Most of these are scheduled tribes. They depend on forests for their livelihood.
Forest Produce
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Technological Models
Recently, it has been found that Photo Voltaic Cells cannot be popularly used for power generation on large scales. However, our scientists have discovered that the alignment of Carbon Nano Tube with the polymer composites substrate would give very high efficiency in Photo Voltaic Conversion.
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.
Urban and Rural Waste: Methods of their Disposal
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.
Technological Development
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry, is called as technology.
Structure and Functions of Ecosystems
The environment has two basic components: Biotic and Abiotic. The biotic components of an ecosystem are living beings—plants, animals, and…
How do Organisms get Their Food?
Mode of nutrition through which an organism depends on other organisms for food due to its inability to synthesise food is called as heterotrophic nutrition.
Tulsi- the Immunomodulator Herb
Tulsi or the Holi Basil is taxonomically called as Ocimum tenuiflorum. It is an aromatic and perennial plant which belongs to the taxonomic family Lamiaceae
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?
Control of atmospheric pollution- methods and practices
The Pollution of atmosphere leads to severe consequences on local, regional, national and international levels.
Habitat Destruction
Nearly half of the planet’s plant and animal species live in Rainforests. Less than 2.5 billion acres of Tropical Forest have remained out of four billion acres on the Earth within a few hundred years.
