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A major event was the Eighth World Forestry Congress, devoted to the theme Forests for People that gave a thrust to community forestry. In an address to Congress, even Westoby took a major departure form his previous stance, acknowledging, the dreamed snowball-effect of forest industries on rural economies has not materialized. The term social forestry first surfaced in 1976 report of the National Commission of agriculture in India, in which it was used for a ...
Contents:PART:I: Duality - Pair of Opposites Pleasure and pain, Past and future, Love and hatred, Politeness and arrogance, Forgiveness and anger, Greed and contentment, Desire and renunciation, Charity and miserliness, Bondage and freedom fear and courage, Passion and dispassion, Optimism and passimism, Like and dislike, Faith and suspicion, Attachment and non-attachment, Honesty and dishonesty, Nobility and jealousy, Vanity and simplicity, Depression and ...
These “ useful” plants include many types of vegetation, including the herbaceous flowering plant that come especially to mind when we think of herbs (such as parsley, basil, or thyme) as well as non-herbaceous trees and shrubs, vines, ferns, mosses, and other plant groups. The useful herbs include plants whose life cycles are annual (such as anise and basil), biennial(parsley, angelica, and clary gage), and perennial, including bay, lavender, lemon ...
Over the past 25 years a major revolution has occurred in biology. Research advances, especially at the molecular level, have permitted exponential increases in our understanding of fundamental life processes. The leading edge of these advances has been in the biomedical disciplines. Human health-related areas have been the major beneficiaries. There is an increasing realization that other potential beneficiaries of the biological revolution are the agricultural ...
The 73 Constitutional Amendment Act 1993 ushered in a new era of democratic decentralization, in which both powers and responsibilities are devolved upon elected Panchayats at the district, intermediate and village levels. The Eleventh Five-Year Plan, which has identified inclusive growth as the overarching objective, seeks to 'substantially empower and use PRIs as the primary means of delivery of essential services that are critical to inclusive growth.' The ...