The Ecotrends

October 2, 2022

Legal Regimes for Sustainable Development

Modern development has caused a number of environmental problems at local, regional, national and international levels. Global Climate Change, depletion of ozone layer, increasing inequality, reduction in the means of livelihood for poor, scarcity of food, increasing number of disasters, extinction of species, falling underground water table etc. are some of the major environmental problems created by modern unsustainable development. These problems are challenging the existence of human race on this planet.

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August 26, 2021 Recommended

Restrictions on Play for girls

In early society, girls were restricted from play. They were restricted inside homes. This was something to do with our social conditions and traditions. But, girls are being given more rights today than they had earlier.

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September 30, 2021 Recommended

Population Control

Through different means – natural and unnatural the process of keeping in a limit the growth of population is called as Population Control. It is essential for the welfare of human families. This is the reason why its name has been changed to the Family Welfare.

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April 19, 2021 Recommended

Mahua and Its Importance

Mahaua or the Madhuca longifolia is indigenous to India. It is a good sized tree and it grows up to 20 meters in height.

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October 1, 2024 Recommended

Transfer of Food through Ecosystems

All biosphere ecosystems have well-organized functions, such as cycling nutrients through food chains, operating biogeochemical cycles, and maintaining the energy flow received by green plants through solar radiation.

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October 28, 2024 Recommended

Direct causes of the loss of biodiversity

Species become endangered due to both natural and anthropogenic causes. Since man has no control over natural causes, we should consider anthropogenic causes only. Anthropological causes may be classified into two fundamental categories: Direct Causes and Indirect or underlying causes.

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December 30, 2022 Recommended

Impact of Human Population Growth

The gap between the rich and the poor has increased due to population growth. The rich people are exploiting more resources than poor people. Malnutrition is one of the most common effects of these problems. The poorest people in developing countries do not get adequate calories to develop their health properly.

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February 3, 2021 Recommended

The Valentine’s Day and The Valentine’s Week

I did not know about the Valentine’s Day or the Valentine’s Week even till I was married. I don’t know either when I knew about it.

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December 27, 2023 Recommended

Phases of technological developments

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.

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May 11, 2023 Recommended

Some Types of Technologies

There are many different types of technologies or technological models- such as Low-tech, Hi-tech, alternative, intermediate, appropriate, blended, hard, and soft technologies.

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March 23, 2023 Recommended

Landfilling and Incineration

Land-filling is the process of disposing solid waste in low lands or into trenches through proper sanitary methods. It involves- collection, transport, compaction, etc. processes along with proper management for gas-outlet etc. For land filling, the important thing to be taken into account is the distance of waste collection site to the waste dumping site, because it involves cost of transportation.

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February 13, 2025 Recommended

Waste Management Technology in India Principles and Guidelines

Following principles and guidelines have been accepted for the control of different types of pollution- A. Prevention of entry into…

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