Survey and Exploration of Natural Resources
April 14, 2008 by Editor · Leave a Comment
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Exploration of plant resources of the country and identification of plant species with economic virtues is carried out by the Botanical survey of India (BSI), established on 13 February 1890 and its various circles.
During the successive plan periods, the functional base of Botanical Survey of India was expanded to include various new areas such as inventorising of endemic, rare and threatened plant species; evolving conservation strategies; studies on fragile ecosystems and protected areas like Sanctuaries, National Park and Biosphere Reserve; monitoring of changes in floristic components; conservation; multiplication and maintenance of germplasm of plant genetic resources, endemic and threatened species, wild ornamentals, etc.
In Botanic Gardens ethnobotanical and geobotanical studies and development of National Database of Herbarium (including type specimens) and live collections, plant genetic resources, plant distribution and nomenclature. Read more
Popularity: 31% [?]
Indian Forest Policy and Law
India is one of the few countries which has a forest policy since 1894. It was revised in 1952 and again in 1988. The main plank of the forest policy is protection, conservation and development of forests. Its aims are Read more
Popularity: 22% [?]
River Systems of India
April 13, 2008 by Editor · Leave a Comment
The river systems of India can be classified into four groups viz.,
1 Himalayan rivers
2 Deccan rivers
3 Coastal rivers
4 Rivers of the inland drainage basin Read more
Popularity: 43% [?]
Natural Resource Management In India
March 13, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · Leave a Comment
In research efforts under natural resource management, soil maps of 12 districts in seven states were prepared for alternate land-use options and crop zoning, and the soil-erosion status map of Assam and Tripura was prepared for undertaking appropriate soil-conservation measures. Installation of mechanical and vegetative measures rehabilitated 48 percent of wasteland to cultivation. Conservation measures were also developed for rehabilitation of degraded hillocks in the Eastern Ghats. Read more
Popularity: 13% [?]
