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Water is an indispensable necessity to our very existence. Because of its central significance in the life, the knowledge and skills about management of water is vitally important for all aspects of human life and activities. As an important source of drinking water, protection and management of watershed is inevitable. Watershed management is the process of guiding and coordinating use of land and water resources in a watershed. When watersheds remain in ...
Deep in Eastern India beats a heart of darkness. It is a secret heart, entangled in the shadows of superstitions and medieval beliefs, a heart nearly beyond help and struggling for light. Casting the Evil Eye takes a hard look into this remote, tribal belt of India and steps into a murky world: of witch doctors and witch hunters, of spells and counter-spells, of poverty and rank material greed, of death and devilry, of oppression and ostracism—ultimately, of ...
Climatic conditions are of extraordinary importance for the existence of mankind, and the risks of climate change have long been recognised. Today, human activity is altering entire global systems, such as the atmosphere and the oceans, at an unprecedented rate. Climate change has become an important additional stress on the ecosystem which is already affected by increasing resource demands, unsustainable management practices and pollution, which in many cases ...
Water harvesting is the activity of direct collection of rainwater that would otherwise have gone the drainage system, into ground or been lost to the atmosphere through evaporation. As an effective method of utilising rainwater for domestic and agricultural use, it is already widely used throughout the world. Today, countries across the world promote water harvesting as the principal means of harvesting as the principal means of supplying household water. ...