Environment

It is sad story of Jaipur (Rajasthan) India that water bodies are drying up. First was the lake of Ramgarh which has supplied water for hundreds of years has dried up due to illegal tree felling…

 With puskher lake dried up due to human settlement activities, pollution and destruction of vegetation urgent action is required to restore the old glory of the world famous Pushkar.  …

Bioenergy is considered as the resource with the highest environmental impact amongst the renewable energy sources and this does not refer to incineration or waste treatment only, but it even applies…

Scientific Name Cinnamomum verum Presl ( syn C.zeylanicum Bi) Family Lauraceae Used Part Bark Distribution Area A tree native to Sri Lanka and cultivated in South India for its aromatic bark and…

Scientific Name B. monosperma (Lam.) Taub. syn. B. frondosa  Koenig ex Roxb.   Family   Fabaceae  (Papilionaceae )   Used Part  Fruit pieces   Distribution…

Ginseng Araliaceae Panax pseudoginseng Wall. Family Araliaceae is a very rare 30-60 cm tall erect herb distributed in the interior temperate mountainous regions of Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal and China,…

P. pseudoginseng Wall. A very rare 30-60 cm tall erect herb distributed in the interior temperate mountainous regions of Sikkim,  Bhutan, Nepal and China, recorded in the Western Himalayas from…

The North Sea was once isolated from surrounding oceans and its change to a more fresh water state led to a significant reduction in the diversity of life, say a team of German and British…

We will be conducting an restoration effectiveness monitoring workshop at this years Oregon Network of Watershed Council Gathering in Klamath, Oregon at the end of October.  Please join us as…

The state of Rajasthan is situated between 23º3’ and 30º12’ N latitude and 69º30’ and 78º17’ E longitude . The total land area of the state is about 3,24,239 km² , out of which about 1,98,100 km² is…