Chapter 9 Wildlife and Nature Conservation 9.1 Protected Areas The first national park in India was declared in 1935‚ now famous as the Corbett National Park. Since Independence‚ there has been a steady rise in the number of Protected Areas (PAs) (National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries)‚ especially after the enactment of the Wildlife Protection Act in 1972. In 1988‚ there were 54 national parks and 372 sanctuaries covering a total area of 109‚652 sq km. By the year 2000‚ this number
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Mountain Mushroom Farming Mountain Mushroom Farming will be a new entrant to vegetable cultivation .The mountain mushroom farming will be a milestone for the non vegetarian as well as vegetarian consumer. The 2 ropani land at Bhaktapur will be the venue where different kinds of mushroom spice will be in cultivated. Mushrooms are cultivated for their nutritive and medicinal values. In traditional Nepalese food mushroom has relatively low priority due to number of misbelieves and low level of
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is being emerged as one of the most prominent sources of livelihood for rural people‚ with 85 percent of land operators being marginal or small (operating less than 5 acres each).2 Area under fruits and vegetable cultivation is increasing constantly due to introduction of new cultivation practices and improved varieties. Grape is one of the important fruit crop grown in India. It is third most widely cultivated fruit after citrus and banana. Grapes (Vitis vinifera) belong to the Vitaceae family
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thousand percent. The mass production of opium began with the US backed overthrow of the secular government in Afghanistan and escalated expeditiously with the ensuing civil war. Before this the Taliban had banned the use of narcotics and kept poppy cultivation low. But the Taliban required military funding for the conflicts and what better way is there to obtain billions of dollars than by allowing and taxing opium trade? The opium is used to make heroin‚ which is then smuggled into European countries
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to not watch violent or explicit television programs is seemingly universal. However‚ these parents’ reasons for doing so are not entirely unfounded -- the concept that the sight of certain imagery affects one’s behavior can be explained through cultivation theory‚ which posits that continual exposure to a message in the media convinces the brain that that message is applicable to real life (Disha et al.). Certainly‚ it gives parents reason to keep their children from watching excessive violence‚ for
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1. Many companies in the service sector‚ large hotels and resorts for example‚ is implementing empowerment strategies to improve the quality of service provided to residents and guests. Search the internet for an example of such a company with particular emphasis on strategies used to empower front line staff. The basic source of providing competitive advantage and the customer satisfaction in the hotel enterprises is the employee. Empowerment applications play a significant role in increasing
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DEFORESTATION AND SPECIES LOSS 1.0 WHAT IS DEFORESTATION? Deforestation is the process whereby natural forests are cleared through logging and/or burning‚ either to use the timber or to replace the area for alternative uses. 2.0 WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF DEFORESTATION? 12-15 million hectares of forest are lost each year‚ the equivalent of 36 football fields per minute. 3.0 WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION? Deforestation can happen quickly‚ such as when a fire sweeps through the
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Since stem cells have the ability to switch the old and diseased cells‚ the scientists unsure of the ability to use stem cells to treat a variety of ailments. The idea is based on the cultivation of stem cells or adult Marb.ali for example stem cells if the patient is suffering from a heart attack‚ the stem cell cultivation leads him to fix the bug in his heart Number of Campuses within our bodies have a specific stem cell’s ability to fix bugs in our bodies. For example‚ for the number of stem cells
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(Hint: see lecture 2 for an application of cultivation analysis that doesn’t involve violence.) Albert Bandura’s social learning theory is a theory where we learn from others. If I apply what I learned about the social learning theory to the laugh track sitcom format‚ I would find everything funny
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Mumbai‚ Kolkata and Chennai). The corporate office is in Mumbai. Since 1965 Cadbury has also pioneered the development of cocoa cultivation in India. For over two decades‚ we have worked with the Kerala Agriculture University to undertake cocoa research and released clones‚ hybrids that improve the cocoa yield. Our Cocoa team visits farmers and advise them on the cultivation aspects from planting
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