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Forests are critical for sustainable development, environment and also for livelihood. They provide a wealth of goods and services that are essential for people's lives, cash income and green economy. Maintaining and enhancing our planet's forest resources is essential if we are to succeed in the global efforts to alleviate poverty, address water scarcity and biodiversity loss, and mitigate climate change. Culturally and historically, the intrinsic value of ...
In the present era, inspite of socio-economic and technological advancements, society is facing so many problems like stress, which not only imbalance our mental status but also affects our physical health. Stress is often termed as a twentieth century syndrome, born out of man’s race towards modern progress and its ensuing complexities. Stress has become the bone of modern life, with life running at such a fast pace, the ultimate victim becomes the body ...
Biological Resources of a huge variety are available to the mankind since his origin and man has been using them for various purposes and growing them traditionally. He has increased their production many folds due to improved technologies. However, the exploding human population is creating severe crisis of several bio-resources. It is only the wise and planned management of these bio-resources, which may lead to their un-interrupted supply.
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The Book 'Advancing Frontiers of Ecological Researches in India' is a compilation of excellent reviews/research papers contributed by the most eminent ecologists of our country. Understanding of the basic principles of ecology and their application in our day-to-day life is called eco-planning and has resulted in the ecodevelopment of the society. Almost all the important aspects of ecology have been dealt with, i.e. Forest Ecology, Grassland Ecology, Cropland ...
Biodiversity is an irreplaceable resource therefore its extinction is always for ever. This is the reason, patenting of biodiversity of any region is being permitted nowadays under Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to curb the genetic piracy as biodiversity originates at the molecular is the first level of biodiversity. It is the index of variety of nature and comprises every form of life, form the tiniest microbes to the mightiest beasts and gigantic trees. It ...
Forestry represents the second-largest land use in India after agriculture, covering almost 641, 130 square kilo meters, about 22 percent of the total land area (FAO 2005). Forests provide a wide range of products environmental services and ecological benefits. About 275 million poor rural people in India depend on forests for at least part of their subsistence and cash livelihoods, which they earn from fuelwood, fodder, poles, and other non timber forest ...