Agriculture affects bioldiversity in many ways. Many species are wiped out when forests, grasslands and wetlands are cleared for agriculture. Modern agriculture has brought with it a small number of high yielding crops. Thousands of naturally occurring varieties of crops which were drought and diseases-resistant have probably been lost forever. Infact on human health Harmful […]
JK CM urges civil society to be responsive for safeguarding State’s biodiversity
Srinagar, June 03 (Scoop News) – “Better late than never, we should wake up and work jointly to protect environment and biological diversity of Jammu and Kashmir”, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said on Thursday. He beseeched upon the civil society to be responsive to the issue of safeguarding biodiversity and eco-system of the […]
New Forest Policy to focus on biodiversity, rehabilitation of forests: Shabir
Jammu, March 31 (Scoop News) — Observing that the State’s progress lies in green gold, the Minister of State for Forests and Environment, Shabir Ahmad Khan has said that the Government intends to take all steps for protection and promotion of rich forest treasure of the State. Speaking at a workshop […]
Biodiversity Day
World Biodiversity day celebrated at Garamchishma. CHITRAL: Program for Mountain Areas Conservation (PMAC) celebrated World Biodiversity day in collaboration with conservation management committee and village conservation commit (VCC). Ata Elahi while while highlighting importance of natural resources and its conservation stressed upon the stakeholders to must preserve the natural resources for protection the environment and […]
BIODIVERSITY LOSS AFFECTS LIVELIHOODS
BIODIVERSITY LOSS AFFECTS LIVELIHOODS Mass extinction of plants and animals could have a severe impact on the living standards of the poorest people on the planet and costs up to $ 40 billion a year, the first major report into the economic impact of biodiversity loss has found. Global GDP could decline by 7 […]
Saving the coral biodiversity of St. Martin’s island
St. Martin’s, a small continental island in the Bay of Bengal, is located on the southern most tip of Bangladesh separated from the mainland by a channel which is about 9 km wide. The distance between the island and Teknaf (the head of mainland) is about 34 km. It is said that in 1926, the […]
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