The congress, to be held from December 27 to 31, focusses on including biodiversity in policy-making
In danger: Some of the exotic plants to be displayed at the Indian
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Malabar Botanical Garden Society, a grant-in-aid institution under the State government, will exhibit an assorted and rare collection of 32 aquatic plant species, most of them facing extinction, at the firs
In danger: Some of the exotic plants to be displayed at the biodiversity congress
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Malabar Botanical Garden Society, a Grant-in-Aid institution under the government of Kerala, will exhibit an assorted and rare collection of 32 aquatic plant species, most of them facing threat of extinction, at the first Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) 2010, to be held on the Karyavatto
Nagercoil: The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International year of biodiversity in its 61st session in 2006 to help create awareness of the importance of biodiversity through activities and events.
CUDDALORE: When the global warming is threatening the terrestrial eco-system, the marine plants are holding out the hope to humanity because these are the rich sources for pharmacology, food products and taxonomical studies.
Above all, these plants also have the potential for bio-fuel production.
Hence, the vision of the experts and the policy-makers is now directed towards the oceans to tap
MUMBAI: Be warned. Your child's seemingly innocent remote-controlled car that you would normally sell to the local raddiwallah could soon be categorised as e-waste. That is if the Ministry of Environment and Forests' (MoEF) draft on the disposal of hazardous e-waste is notified and made into a law.
At the time when there is so much discussion about conserving the lakes of the city and removing pollution, a recent study has shown that plants like normal Water Hyacinth and Eichhornia Crassipes function like natural water purifiers and remove heavy metals, nitrates and phosphorous from the lakes.
The national symposium on impact of climate change on aquatic ecosystems has recommended setting up a government-level task force comprising experts to handle policy making and research for mitigating climate change.
The report prepared by the experts suggested formulating stringent rules to control the green house gas emissions. There is also a need for creating awareness on climate change.
The present paper provides an enumerative account of the aquatic and marshy plants of Bakhira wetland situated in Sant Kabir Nagar. In all 119 species belonging to 79 genera and 42 families have been listed.
KOCHI: Human activity has severely affected aquatic ecosystems, so much so that a critical uncertainty remains on how human beings will interact with these ecosystems in the wake of the climatic change issue.
Certain plants absorb pollutants from wastewater for their metabolism. A team from the National Botanical Research Institute in Lucknow, planned a plant-based project to clean the Ganga. U N Rai, environment scientist who heads the team, speaks to Savvy Soumya Misra On how the project began With the help of a non-profit in Pune, our group of four scientists submitted a project on
