There are about 981 protected areas in India. It consists of 104 national parks, 566 wildlife sanctuaries, 97 conservation reserves and 214... View Article
Oil zapper was developed by Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) in a project supported by the Department of Bio-Technology. Oilzapper is... View Article
The Indian Forest Act of 1865 declared forests as state property. The act of 1865 empowered the British government to declare any land covered... View Article
The first Forest Act in India was passed in 1865. It would be successively amended in the coming years. The Indian Forest Act of 1927 would... View Article
The main objective of the Forest Act 1927 was to consolidate and reserve the areas having forest cover, or significant wildlife, to regulate... View Article
Ex situ conservation is conservation of selected rare plants/animals in places outside their natural homes. It includes botanical gardens or... View Article
Sacred groves are a fine example of in-situ conservation. Sacred groves are forest fragments, size varying between 0.5 -500 hectare,(some groves... View Article
The advantages of the in situ conservation are as follows: Both the species and environment are conserved Large populations can be protected... View Article
The main purpose of in-situ conservation is to enable biodiversity conservation within the same ecosystem it belongs to.In-situ management... View Article
In-situ conservation is the method of conserving animal and plant species within their environment. It is done when their numbers are deemed... View Article
In-situ conservation is the method of conserving plant and animal species within their natural environment. This method of conservation is... View Article
About 99% of the four billion species that have evolved on Earth have become extinct. In the last 5000 years about 900 species have gone extinct.... View Article
Carbon credits primarily help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. A carbon credit equals one ton of hydrocarbon fuel as... View Article
The ozone hole occurs during the Antarctic Spring, which happens from September to early December, as strong westerly winds circulate around the... View Article
The ozone layer is expected to return to normal levels by 2050. But for it to happen it is important that the world comply with the Montreal... View Article
