The fruit originated in the Americas, possibly in Mexico or Peru, and it was first referred to in English by the name of “crocodile pear“. One of the best things about the avocado is just how adaptable it is, from avocado toast to guacamole and a variety of avocado-based mousses. Av...
The top animal in New Zealand is undoubtedly the national kiwi bird. Kiwis are very shy and elusive and mainly found in forests during nocturnal hours. Your best chance to spot a kiwi is at a wildlife sanctuary such as Pukaha National Wildlife Centre or see kiwi chicks at the National Kiwi...
Bawa K S, Joseph G, Setty S, 2007. Poverty, biodiversity and institutions in forest-agriculture ecotones in the western Ghats and eastern Himalaya ranges of India. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 121(3): 287-295. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2006. 12.023. ...
The starting of deforestation by shifting cultivation (burning of forests for farming) dates back to 7000 BC (Neolithic period). The rich biodiversity of India has 6 major and 16 subtypes of forests11. Present day statistical data recorded the...
it is found as mineral silica and is used to build strong weapons, transportation and buildings forests: forests provide clean air and preserve the ecology of the world. trees are being cut for housing and construction projects frequently asked questions – faqs q1 what are the key ...
Random Forests (RF) is applied to the data processing and the results show that trace elements of sphalerite can successfully discriminate different types of Pb-Zn deposits except for VMS deposits, most of which are falsely distinguished as skarn and epithermal types. To further discriminate VMS ...
Selecting and qualifying a supplier of polymer insulators is a complex proposition. While there are standards that govern certain aspects ...
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is the nodal agency for management and control of hazardous substances whether they be chemicals, wastes or micro-organisms. Under the rules, manufacture, storage or imports of hazardous chemicals must be notified, and preventive and control measures in case ...
These approaches have shown that supervised machine learning methods like random forests can achieve some success discerning crop types in smallholder systems, but small field size, high within-crop variation, and low training set size continue to limit map accuracies and the generalizability of ...
Forest management is the main factor shaping lowland forests outside strict nature reserves. Whereas some relatively novel management approaches such as even-aged retention systems are implemented in some regions, the vast majority of forests in Europe are managed under even-aged clear-felling systems...