Forest guards escort 18 children to school in Assam due to tiger threat GUWAHATI: A group of 18 children might have felt like VIPs on Monday when they were escorted to their school and brought back home by forest guards wielding gun. The forest department had to take this measure as a str...
The influence of transportation as a potential factor contributing to air pollution was examined through an indicator of the number of registered motor vehicles in the city [29]. Data on the source of power at the state level was captured by computing the share of state-wise installed generation...
Odisha has been one of the first states to formulate a systematic action plan on climate change. The State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) was formulated originally for 2010–2015 by the Ministry of Forest and Environment of the Government of Odisha. The action plan targets 11 sectors,...
Solving a Problem of State Tyranny: Director General Siddhanta Das: Have Forest Service Officers been threatening ordinary citizens, seizing their property, then threatening them with arrest if they complain? If so, how many cases of wrongful seizure and wrongful imprisonment have WCCB caused among ...
Later when the season has passed and the female is pregnant, the male Kartazonos of India reverts to its savage and solitary state. They say that the foals when quite young are taken to the king of the Prasii and exhibit their strength one against another in the public show...
a substantial amount of water consumption globally, including both groundwater and surface water, remains unmeasured. Madhya Pradesh (MP) has a very varied semi-arid geographical region in Central India. Recent studies have found that 36 out of 51 districts in the state of MP have been facing...
Solving a Problem of State Tyranny: Director General Siddhanta Das: Have Forest Service Officers been threatening ordinary citizens, seizing their property, then threatening them with arrest if they complain? If so, how many cases of wrongful seizure and wrongful imprisonment have WCCB caused among ...
For years, Indian River State College has been a beacon of higher learning providing quality, affordable education to students. In March 2022, the college launched the Promise Program, making the road to getting a two-year degree even more accessible for area high school graduates...Treasure...
DeLuca TH, MacKenzie MD, Gundale MJ, Holben WE (2006) Wildfire-produced charcoal directly influences nitrogen cycling in forest ecosystems. Soil Sci Soc Am J 70:448–453 Article CAS Google Scholar FAO (2009) Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. OECD–FAO Agricultural Outloo...
A basin management action plan (BMAP) is a framework for water quality restoration, containing local and state commitments to reduce pollutant loading through current and future projects and strategies. BMAPs contain a comprehensive set of solutions, such as permit limits on wastewater facilities, urb...