Iyengar sanjay ! ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND ITS EFFECT ON INDIAN ECONOMY The environmental problems in India are growing rapidly. The increasing economic development and a rapidly growing population that has taken the country from 300 million people in 1947 to more than one billion people today is putting a strain on the environment‚ infrastructure‚ and the country’s natural resources. Industrial pollution‚ soil erosion‚ deforestation‚ rapid industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and land degradation
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Forest This article is about a community of trees. For other uses‚ see Forest (disambiguation). | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2011) | A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) Mixed deciduous forest in Stara Planina‚ Serbia A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with a high density of trees. As
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has been growing rapidly making it one of the highest in the EU. The industrial sector plays a key role in the growth as it makes up majority of Lithuania’s GDP. Important industrial sectors include energy‚ chemicals‚ machine building‚ electronics‚ forestry products‚ construction material‚ food processing and
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houses 3.4 million acres of land that has gone untouched‚ and undisturbed by increases in population and industrialization. As such‚ the resources here have gone untapped. Consider being able to provide incentives for the local industries such as forestry‚ and mining in the area‚ to use more environmentally friendly technologies to not only increase the effectiveness of harvesting in these areas‚ but to also minimize the damaging effects of this harvesting to the surrounding landscape and ecosystems
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known as Lumle Agricultural Research Centre (LARC). In July 1995‚ the responsibility for extension activities was handed-over to the Department of Agriculture Development (DoAD)‚ the Department of Livestock Services (DoLS)‚ and the Department of Forestry (DoF). Palpa‚ Gulmi and Arghakhanchi were added to LARC’s Research Command Area which covered 18‚500 km2 and 360‚000 farming households. In July 1998‚ LARC was handed over to NARC from the DFID and had been named as Agricultural Research Station
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aware of the hazards. If we are able to successfully do this we will be able to lower the depletion of our natural resources. Works Cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_goods_and_services retrieved on 16 Nov 2010 http://www.fao.org/forestry/docrep/wfcxi/PUBLI/V2/T0E/1-6.HTM retrieved on 16 Nov 2010
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A study on the physical aspects of the Mpenjati estuary- beach system. Roxanne Munsamy University Of KwaZulu-Natal Abstract A study was conducted at the Mpenjati estuary on the 4th of August 2012 to determine the physical aspects within the estuary beach system. This paper gives an overview of the factors affecting the slope of the estuary‚ sediment sizes and the tidal prisms. The beach slope was measured using the Emery board method and it was found to be characteristic of the KwaZulu-Natal coastline
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Honduras is a country in Central America‚ it’s bordered to the west by Guatemala and to the southwest of El Salvador. It has a population exceeding of eight million and spans about 112‚492 km2. It has three major topographical regions also large amounts of hills and mountains that dominate the landscape. Some bodies of water that are part of Honduras are the Nakunta River‚ Patuca River and Warunta River. The Patuca River is the largest river in Central America and the longest in Honduras. The Nakuta
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preserving the ecosystems that produce natural resources. - renewable resources • water‚ wind‚ etc. - non-renewable resources • oil‚ coal‚ etc. 3. HOW HUMAN ACTIVITIES AFFECT SOIL & LAND - Farming can lead to pollution - Agriculture and Forestry help sustain soil 4. HOW HUMAN ACTIVITIES AFFECT WATER RESOURCES - industrial and agricultural chemicals - residential sewage - non-point sources 5. HOW HUMAN ACTIVITIES AFFECT AIR RESOURCES - smog • big cities - acid rain • burning
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the backhoe.[5] In the UK‚ wheeled excavators are sometimes known as "rubber ducks."[6] Usage[edit] Excavators are used in many ways: Digging of trenches‚ holes‚ foundations Material handling Brush cutting with hydraulic attachments Forestry work Forestry mulching Demolition General grading/landscaping Mining‚ especially‚ but not only open-pit mining River dredging Driving piles‚ in conjunction with a pile driver Drilling shafts for footings and rock blasting An old excavator under
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