Dehradun: A first of its kind carbon-dioxide (CO2) exchange tower has been installed by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) in the forests of Haldwani. The purpose of setting up the tower is to quantify the exchange of CO2 emanating from the forest region and the atmosphere. The tower will help in the study of various issues related to global warming and climate change.
A fungus grown on bagasse can save bamboo from another fungus EVEN as several fungal species act as significant plant pathogens, many have been found beneficial in controlling plant diseases. Take for example the fungus Trichoderma. This fungus is a common biological control agent and is useful in controlling diseases, particularly the white rot disease in bamboo. However, growing
Dehradun | Solan: Even as they look expectantly at skies to open up, farmers in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have begun counting their losses. Scanty rainfall across both the states, they realise, is set to deal them a blow of several crores of rupees. They have already lost 30 to 40 per cent of their crops so far.
DEHRA DUN: The 127 Infantry Battalion (TA) Ecological here popularly known as the Eco Task Force has bagged the prestigious BNHS Green Governance Award 2008 for exemplary work of restoration, conservation and plantation at Aglar Valley and Mussoorie.
DEHRA DUN: Panic prevails in the Rishikesh, Hardwar, Chidderwala, Doiwala and Bahadrabad areas of Uttarakhand as herds of wild elephants and neel gai from the adjoining Rajaji National Park raid the villages in search of fodder every night.
Mill Lane in Garhi Cantonment can once again live up to its name. Uttarakhand Governor B L Joshi on Tuesday inaugurated three renovated Raj-era water mills along it which had been shut for the past six decades.
DEHRA DUN: A 12-year-old girl was killed by a leopard in the Jhajara range of jungles in Vikasnagar town of the district in Uttarakhand, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred when Shanti Thapa and her neighbour went to fetch firewood from the jungles near Rajawala village, where she was attacked by the leopard from behind.
