Plants and trees shed their leaves from time to time. This happens due to a number of reasons. From some plants and tree leaves continue falling throughout the year. At the same time new leaves continue developing to compensate their number.
An area or structure that protects animals from adverse conditions is called an animal shelter. Different kinds of animals need different types of shelters. Different kinds of animals and their shelters are mentioned here.
Kinds of animals and their shelters
Animals can be classified into terrestrial, arboreal, aquatic and amphibians.
Terrestrial Animals
Land animals are called as terrestrial animals. Some of these animals like lion, tiger, bears and bats live in rock caves. Illustration
Snakes live in ground, under rocks and in abandoned ant hills. Some snakes live insid
Two organisms- male and female are essential for sexual reproduction. Now let us study some basic methods of reproduction in single organisms.
We have many types of butterflies around us. These are good pollinators of crop plants and grass pollinators. Theecotrends lens has some images of these pollinators
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.
Substances that cause pollution of air are called as air- pollutants or atmospheric pollutants. These are fine Primary Pollutants that contribute more than 90 percent of global air pollution. These fine pollutants are carbon monoxide (CO); Nitrogen oxides (NOx); Sulphur oxides (Sox) and particulates. These pollutants can be put into two broad categories A. Gaseous Pollutants, and B. Particulates.
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.
Everyone has stated experiencing heat with the start of changes in season. Everyone has started feeling need of fans, air conditioners, coolers and refrigerators. Walking of people outside houses has become still due to partial lockdown of corona phase 2 lockdown. Under these conditions people need electricity supply for rest and recreation.
There have been a number of environmental movements in India through which people have been protesting for conservation of forests and other natural resources. Here some important People’s Movements have been introduced in brief.
Sparrow or the House Sparrow taxonomically belongs to the family Passeridae. It is found in most parts of the world.
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;
Innumerable tribal people live in forests. Most of these are scheduled tribes. They depend on forests for their livelihood.
