Well, Daddy Longlegs or the Grandfather Grey Beard is a Cellar Spider named as Pholcus taxonomically. It is a member of the family Pholcidae (C.L.Koch, 1850). It is an Aranchomorph spider that comes under the phylum Arthropoda.
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.
The balance of nature is maintained by its different components -living and non-living, if they remain unaltered by human beings.
A number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or non-governmental agencies have been playing their important roles in spreading Environmental Awareness across the globe and in developing policies for the protection of environment and sustainable development.
Following institutions have shaped the current era of globalization- (a) International Monetary Fund (IMF), (b) World Bank, and (c) World…
On June 26, 1945 fifty-one; nations representing 80% of the world’s population approved and signed a charter for the establishment of a world body of nations – the United Nations Organisation (UNO); at San Francisco.
There are three phases of development of technology- invention, innovation and diffusion. The invention is a process which incorporates wide range of ideas, material things, and human behaviour in new systematic ways.
The Conservation Status of Biodiversity is usually known through the comprehensive Inventory prepared periodically by the IUCN, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. This comprehensive Inventory of the Conservation Status of Species is popularly known as the Red List or the Red Data List.
Children as they grow, start getting involved in the day to day activities of the family to support their parents. These children go to schools and work in the family in leisure periods. Their household activities are neither harmful nor exploitative.
The Environmental Calamities that shook the humanity during fifties and sixties were powerful enough to generate serious and widespread sense of responsibility among world nations towards the global environment. Some of these calamities include : The killer smog in New York and London which claimed 5000 lives in 1952; The mercury poisoning due to the consumption of mercury-contaminated seafood in Japan;
Ever since the earth was inhabited, humans and other life forms have depended on things that exist freely in nature to survive. These things include water (seas and fresh water), land, soils, rocks, forests (vegetation), animals (including fish), fossil fuels and minerals. They are called Natural Resources and are the basis of life on earth.
The carrot which is taxonomically known as Daucus Curota sub species sativus is an important plant. It is typically orange or blood red in colour. However, it is found in many colours like white, red, yellow etc. All of these are domesticated forms of the wild carrot.
