Conservation

Environmental Protection Policy, Environmental Policy Instruments

The Environment Protection Act is an important legislation that provides for coordination of activities of the various regulatory agencies, creation of authorities with adequate powers for environmental protection, regulation of the discharge of environmental pollutants, handling of hazardous substances, etc. The Act provided an opportunity to extend legal protection to non-forest habitats (‘Ecologically Sensitive Areas’) … Read more

Scientific Water Harvesting

Scientific Water Harvesting What is Water Harvesting It means capturing rain where it falls or capturing the run off in your own village or town. And taking measures to keep that water clean by not allowing polluting activities to take place in the catchment. Therefore, water harvesting can be undertaken through a variety of ways … Read more

Management of land and water resources

Management of land and water Resources LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA Land and water have been the basic Elements of life support system on our planet since the dawn of civilization. All great civilizations, flourished where these resources were available in plenty and they declined or perished with the depletion of these resources. In recent … Read more

Horticulture Development

Horticulture-development/”>Special Promotional Programme For Horticulture Development Definition of Horticulture: Horticulture may be broadly defined as the Science and art of growing fruits, vegetables and flowers and crops like spices condiments and other Plantation Crops. It is a science of cultivation of Garden Plants. The word Horticulture in derived from the Latin word Hortus meaning enclosure … Read more

Force and laws of motion

Motion Motion is a change in position of an object with respect to time. Motion is typically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, time and speed. The branch of physics which deals with the study of motion of material objects is called mechanics. Mechanics is divided into following branches. (i) Statics : Statics … Read more

Food web and Food chain

FOOD CHAIN- A food chain starts with producers and ends with top carnivores. The sequence of eaten and being eaten, produces transfer of food energy and it is known as food chain. Grazing food chain-The consumers which start the food chain, utilising the plant or plant part as their food, constitute the grazing food chain. … Read more

Basic concepts of ecosystem

Eco-System-An ecosystem is defined as a structural and functional unit of Biosphere consisting of community of living beings and the physical Environment, both interacting and exchanging materials between them. It includes Plants, trees, animals, fish, birds, micro-organisms, water, Soil, and  people. When an ecosystem is healthy (i.e. sustainable) it means that all the Elements live … Read more

Rural tank rejuvenation

Rural tank rejuvenation A tank is a low, earthen bund constructed across a shallow valley to hold the rainfall runoff from its catchment area. Tanks may be either isolated or in cascades. In a cascade, when the upper tank gets filled, the spill over the surplus weir is led into the tanks lower down, one … Read more

Bio-diversity – Types and Depletion

Fisheries. Education and awareness. Education and awareness are essential for conserving biodiversity. People need to understand the importance of biodiversity and the threats it faces in order to take action to protect it. Policy and regulation. Policy and regulation can also play a role in conserving biodiversity. Governments can pass laws that protect biodiversity and … Read more