Rugda- A Nutrient Packed Vegetable
Rugda or the Lycoperdon or Calvatia or Geastrum is a round ball mushroom mainly indigenous to Jharkhand state of India.
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Disruption of Food-chains and Genetic Erosion
The population explosions of earlier and present days have already caused and are still causing serious impacts on the global environment. As for the biological environment, the human population has stressed most biological systems, comprising flora and fauna, as well as biological diversity.
Macro and Micro Ecosystems and Relation among Organisms
A habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
What Indians use cow dung cakes for?
Cattle dung has been used in India to sweep cutcha houses and to make cakes for burning in kitchens. One of the best uses of dung is for making compost etc. manure. Indians, especially Hindus use cow dung for making compost, dung cakes and for religious purposes.
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.
Forest – Fires in Uttarakhand and Himachal
Since October 1st to November 9th, a total of 92 incidents of forest-fires have been recorded that have burnt about 133.55 ha of forest in Uttarakhand.
The Dharma of Ecology
Our beliefs and values, culture and heritage used to preserve and protect the environment through different social, religious and traditional principles
Habitat Destruction and Loss of Water Bodies
The predominant features that create structural complexity in the environment, such as plants or animals are called as a habitat.
A process, in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the plants and animals occupying it, is named as Habitat destruction. In the process of habitat destruction, plants and animals that previously used the place are displaced or destroyed, reducing biodiversity.
Responsibilities of industries for Environment
New Technologies are developed for improving and increasing industrial production. Similarly, new projects are formulated for providing energy to those…
Local and Global Effects of Pollution
On the local and regional levels, air pollution creates various types of problems against living and non- living environment. In the living environment it causes different types of physical, physiological and mental diseases.
Types of Extinction of Species
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.
Study of Environment
Environment may be defined as ‘Complete range of various sets of external conditions comprising- physical, biological, and for human beings- cultural, economic and political conditions; in which human beings and other life forms exist in continuous interactions among themselves.
