Report on Visit to Deepor Beel in Assam – a wetland included under National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme of the Ministry of Environment & Forests. 13-14 August 2008 1. Context The Expert Team constituted by the Planning Commission‚ Government of India‚ to Review the status of implementation of the National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme (NWCMP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests‚ by visiting selected wetlands in the country‚ made an on-the-spot review and
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The Bahamas is a famous paradise holiday destination where I have a great experience spending holiday there. It is the 8th most reliant nation on tourism in the world. The Bahamas is a country consisting of more than 3000 islands‚ cays and islets in the Atlantic Ocean. It allocates from the north of Cuba and Hispaniola to the southeast of Florida. Nassau is the capital and which is the major port for cruise traveling and tourism shopping. Apart from the close location to the US and sunshine beaches
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12 The Effects of Air Pollutants on Vegetation and the Role of Vegetation in Reducing Atmospheric Pollution Iuliana Florentina Gheorghe1 and Barbu Ion2 1Ecological University of Bucharest‚ Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Protection 2Forest Research and Management Institute Romania 1. Introduction The main air pollutants are represented by gases forms‚ particles in suspension‚ different ionizing radiation and noise. The gases forms are: oxidized and reduced forms of carbon (CO2‚ CO‚ CH4)‚ of
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Some environmental problems in Viet Nam today Thai Cong Tung Abstracts Demographic growth‚ urbanization‚ industrialization‚ infrastructure development...are contributing to increase stress on the natural resource base in Viet Nam today. The paper highlighted those stresses : the rural exodus to the cities due to scarce land resources in the countryside‚ the pollution problems in the urban environment‚ the migration of people to forested areas with direct impacts including the deforestation‚ the watershed
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GCSE Biology for teaching from September 2011 onwards (version 1.1) 3.3 Unit 1: Biology 1 B1.1 Keeping healthy Subject Content A combination of a balanced diet and regular exercise is needed to help keep the body healthy. Our bodies provide an excellent environment for many microbes which can make us ill once they are inside us. Our bodies need to stop most microbes getting in and deal with any microbes which do get in. Vaccination can be used to prevent infection. Candidates should use
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Aquatic ecosystem An estuary mouth and coastal waters‚ part of an aquatic ecosystem. An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem located in a body of water. Communities of organisms that are dependent on each other and on their environment live in aquatic ecosystems. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and freshwater ecosystems. What is an aquatic ecosystem? Aquatic systems are those that contain plants and animals that predominantly depend on a significant amount of water
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Environmental Implications of the Tourism Industry Terry Davies Sarah Cahill Discussion Paper 00-14 March 2000 Resources for the Future 1616 P Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20036 Telephone 202-328-5000 Fax 202-939-3460 Internet: http://www.rff.org © 2000 Resources for the Future. All rights reserved. No portion of this paper may be reproduced without permission of the authors. Discussion papers are research materials circulated by their authors for purposes of information and discussion. They
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Roebeling‚ P.C.‚ van Grieken‚ M.E.‚ Webster‚ A.J.‚ Biggs‚ J.‚ and Thorburn‚ P.‚ (2009)‚ Costeffective water quality improvement in linked terrestrial and marine ecosystems: a spatial Sanderson‚ B.G.‚ and Coade‚ G.‚ (2010)‚ Scaling the potential for eutrophication and ecosystem state in lagoons‚ Environmental Modelling & Software 25‚ pp Sarker‚ A.‚ Ross‚ H.‚ and Shrestha‚ K.K.‚ (2008)‚ A common‐pool approach for water quality management: An Australian case study‚ Ecological Economics 68‚ pp Savina‚
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Sources of Organic Fertilizers and Amendment Abstract: Fertilizer is one of the most important things for agriculture & crop production. But here we go to discuss about the sources of organic fertilizers. Here we try to inform about different types of organic fertilizer and sources. We also like to discuss here about different structures and functions of organic fertilizer and soil amendment. We show a guide line; by that our farmer can improve production system through organic fertilizers.
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The ocean is one of Earth’s most valuable natural resources. It provides food in the form of fish and shellfish—about 200 billion pounds are caught each year. It’s used for transportation—both travel and shipping. It provides a treasured source of recreation for humans. It is mined for minerals (salt‚ sand‚ gravel‚ and some manganese‚ copper‚ nickel‚ iron‚ and cobalt can be found in the deep sea) and drilled for crude oil. The ocean plays a critical role in removing carbon from the atmosphere and
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