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Environmental Science is the study of the interactions among the physical, chemical and biological components of the environment; with a focus on pollution and degradation of the environment related to human activities and the impact on biodiversity and sustainability from local and global development.
It is inherently an interdisciplinary field that draws upon not only its core scientific areas, but also applies knowledge from other nonscientific studies such as ...
The international level, there has been an initiative to build a solid institutional framework and guidelines for the forest-sector-based development in all countries that deal with forests directly or indirectly in various forms of protection and utilization. For this purpose, under the auspices of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), the Inter-governmental Panel on Forests and the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IPF/IFF) drew up a set of proposals ...
During the interview, questions on farmer’s personal views and wishes were noted and the farmer’s personal experiences with the dept. people were also noted. The connection of data from the irrigation department was done by distributing the questionnaires containing field conditions and field operations, to various officials at different levels. Office data in the form of discharge data, structural condition records and other relevant data were also ...
This is good for local businesses and collectors, providing important cash income that pays for children to go to school and helps to reduce poverty in areas where the options for earning money are limited. Though difficult to measure compared with the more visible export of wild edible fungi, local trade is of considerable value to collectors and increases the supply of food to many areas of weak food security.Local markets around the world reveal a widespread ...
Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organism and how these properties are organism and their environment. Environmental Science for Environmental Science can create an effective approach to environmental management on different spatial scales. This book which is written by recognized specialists of ecosystems and environment is dedicated to students and scientists concerned by environment questions ...
Soil, water and vegetation are three basic natural resources. The survival of God's creation depends upon them and nature has provided them as assets to human beings. The management of natural resources to meet people's requirements has been practised since the pre-Vedic era. Farmers were ranked high in the social system and village management was in their hands. In order to manage land, water and vegetation, technical knowledge suitable to the specific ...
The aim of this book is to summarize accompany intensified use of the soil. It is intended to assist all those concerned with agricultural development and the environment to recognize the problems of soil degradation, and the compatibilities and incompatibilities of increased agricultural production with protection of the environment. This book also describes how, under lower demographic pressure in the past, soil management practices have evolved to provide ...