Communities that depend on Forests and Worship Trees
Tribal people of Jharkhand worship Karam Tree during their Karma Pooja. During this Pooja twigs of Karam Tree are planted at a sacred place. The Pahans (Purohits) worship these branches.
Karama Festival
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Hazardous Waste- Handling and Management
In India, a Hazardous Substances Management Division has been constituted as a nodal point within the Ministry of Environment and Forest. This nodal agency is responsible for Planning, over-seeing and implementing the policies and programmes on management of hazardous substances and Chemical Emergencies.
Fresh Water Ecosystems and Marine Ecosystems
The unit of biosphere having all the components producers, consumers and decomposers and the abiotic components together with physical factors in dynamic relationships is called as ecosystem.
Indicators of Environment
A substance, factor, change, living being or a system that quantifies and simplifies phenomena and helps in understanding complex realities,…
Dahlia – One of The Amazing Flowers of winter
The first Dahlia flower in winter of the year was seen by me only today in my school garden. It looked so solitary, innocent and so beautiful that I could not resist the temptation of taking its photograph.
Benefits of Consuming Bottle Gourd
Bottle Gourd is also known as Calabas, White- flowered Gourd and Tasmanian Bean. Taxonomically, it is known as Lagineria siceraria belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is a vine which is cultivated for its fruit used as a vegetable.
Problem of Urban Congestion
Urban areas are usually densely populated locations. People migrating from villages towards cities further increase the population burden of cities. Thus urban areas are suffering from serious congestion and traffic problems. Here is a case of Ranchi.
Effect of climate change on development of plant roots
Roots of plants too, respond to the changes in climate.
Land Management, Its Needs and Principles
Land management is the process of managing the use and development of land resources in rural and urban areas. Land resources are used for a variety of purposes which may include organic agriculture, reforestation, water resource management and eco-tourism projects.
Toucan- a cute and cruel but friendly and smart bird
Toucan is a cute and friendly bird with a small rounded tail and a long, red and amazing bill. It belongs to family Ramphastidae of zoological order Piciformes belonging to the genus Ramphastos.
There are 37 species in Ramphastidae and the largest birds are known as Toco toucan. The bird about which we are going to talk about right now is the Toucan – yes, the Ramphastos aerial. You might have seen some famous TV serials with Toucan as one of the leading characters on the National Geographic; or some famous children’s films with Toucan as here- like Rio-.
Modern Agriculture and its impact on the Environment
More than half of the population of the world comprises farmers. These farmers know that maintenance and conservation of natural resources are very important to sustain their livelihoods. However, the demand of more and more food due to exploding population and higher expectations for comfort and wealth forces these farmers to exploit more and more of the natural resources through the application of modern technology.
Changing Trends in Government Schools
Days have gone when students felt it very hard for them to have a friendly talk with their teachers. There were miles of hesitations between a students and teachers.
In the classroom set up many students were so shy and hesitant that they even did not lift up their hands to answer a question even when they knew it properly.
