Water is an integral part of land/soil productivity. Its misuse can cause both degradation and erosion of soils. Management of water resource is considered to necessary for well being of human life as well as crop yields. There is a gap between the seasonal availability of water and its equitable supply throughout the year. Accordingly the storage of water and passage through soils is very important. It is well known that about 70% area in this country is subject to varying degree of water stress
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together conservation experts from around the world to share information and ideas‚ and set a global policy agenda for protected areas. The 5th IUCN World Parks Congress was held in Durban‚ South Africa from September 8–17‚ 2004‚ and was attended by approximately 3‚000 protected area experts‚ practitioners‚ and decision makers. The 5th WPC brought human–wildlife conflict (HWC) to the global stage as part of an effort to address current challenges facing protected area management and conservation. The
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In today’s world‚ most of us know that it is important to turn off lights and other electrical appliances to conserve energy‚ but not everyone understands that the reason for the emphasis on cutting back on the use of energy is due to the inevitable depletion of our environment’s nonrenewable resources. Of course‚ electric power is not the only factor that has lead to our supply of nonrenewable resources declining in recent decades. The overdependence on natural gas and oil to fuel our cars and
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What are we doing to protect our surroundings? Garbage heaps are increasing and disposal of waste seems an alarming task. People are becoming insensitive towards plants and animals thereby harming our ecosystem. As a student‚ what have you done to protect our environment? Do you know why we need to conserve our wildlife? We must make a conscious effort to conserve the world’s plants and animals. Plants are essential for our own survival. Plants use the sun’s energy to make food—a process called
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Energy Resource Plan As the power bill is nearing to be three times as much as it has been‚ one thing on every household’s mind is‚ how are we going to conserve energy? Conserving energy is more than just “saving the planet”. It is preserving earth for future generations‚ your kids‚ your grandkids‚ and your lineage. We need to treat the earth like a precious family heirloom that is nearing its breaking point. There are two categories of energy: renewable and nonrenewable. Renewable energy comes
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How to Conserve Water Conserving water is an easy way to help me and the environment. It helps me because it gives me some money and it helps save the world. Saving water is very important because even though water does not run out we are limited of what people can use. So keep reading to learn how to conserve water at home. I enjoy taking long 20 minute showers. Well did you know that if the world takes 20 minute showers that we are wasting over 150‚000
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sleep I looked on the bed-stand to find an old article that dated back to my third year of elementary school. After rereading this article thirteen years later‚ with a smile‚ I recognized my destiny is and has always been devoting my career to the conservation and preservation of our ecosystems. In my third grade class we attempted to introduce higher biodiversity along a creek through adding plants‚ which in turn attracts other organisms. Some of the older teenagers had rampaged through and stole our
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Arren Quigley Architectural Genius in the Renaissance At the beginning of the Renaissance a problem was apparent in Florence. The city was trying to distinguish themselves from Milan‚ their rival‚ and had built a great cathedral‚ Santa Maria del Fiore‚ with this in mind. The problem was that for 122 years the church had been left open to the elements. No roof had been built. In 1418‚ the town fathers of Florence decided that the time had come to build a roof. The roof had to be grand and tall.
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Nature and Animal Conservation Deforestation reduction strategies Effective implementation is critical in addition to stakeholder participation‚ and management plans of development‚ and attention to enforcement. The Strategies ought to be hand and hand as the recognition of national critical roles of municipal and state governments‚ empowering societal civility of the private sector‚ A professional animated part in lessening deforestation‚ same time working for conjunction for legislature. Some
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10 URBAN ENVIRONMENT Suneel Pandey‚ Shaleen Singhal‚ Pragya Jaswal‚ and Manraj Guliani Great cities are planned and grow without any regard for the fact that they are parasites on the countryside‚ which must somehow supply food‚ water‚ air‚ and degrade huge quantities of wastes. —Eugene Odum Six to seven million people are added annually to urban India. At the beginning of this millennium‚ 285 million Indians lived in its nearly 4400 towns and cities (Census 2001)
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