M-STrIPES – a software-based monitoring system
What is M-STrIPES? M-STrIPES (Monitoring System for Tigers – Intensive Protection and Ecological Status) is a software-based monitoring system launched across tiger reserves by National Tiger Conservation…
Rice – source of both methane and nitrous oxide
What is the contribution of agriculture in anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs)? Agriculture is estimated to account for 10%–20% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide…
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) – more with less
System of Rice Intensification (SRI) emerged in the 1980’s as a synthesis of locally advantageous rice production practices encountered in Madagascar by Fr Henri de Laulanie. What…
Tiger – Global Efforts to Conserve Big Cat
Wild tigers (Panthera tigris) have for centuries occupied a very special place in the nature and culture of Asia. These magnificent big cats sit at the top…
Tiger – Indian Efforts to Conserve the Big Cat
Project Tiger – An Assessment https://fotisedu.com/project-tiger-an-assessment/ Tiger – Global Efforts to Conserve Big Cat https://fotisedu.com/tiger-global-efforts-to-conserve-big-cat/ In India, tigers inhabit, a wide variety of habitats ranging from the…
Project Tiger – An Assessment
It is difficult to visualize India without tigers. It will be like imagining an inky black sky without stars: – John Seidensticker. ֍ It is estimated that…
DEPLETION OF OZONE LAYER – PREVENTION AND CONTROL
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS) Chlorofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxides (N2O), carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), methyl bromide (a soil fumigant and insecticide), aircraft emissions, n- propyl bromide and Halon- 1202…
OZONE LAYER – ITS FORMATION AND SIGNIFICANCE
What is Ozone? Ozone is one of the three allotropes of oxygen, an element in gaseous form. It is triatomic and less stable than oxygen. Its chemical…
BIOREMEDIATION – TYPES , ADVANTAGES & EXAMPLES
What is bioremediation? It is often used to describe a variety of quite different microbial processes that occur in natural ecosystems, such as mineralization, detoxification, co-metabolism or…
MELTING ICE CAPS AND SHEETS
What is an Ice Cap ? A dome shaped glacier with a generally outward and radial flow of ice is known as ice cap. The marginal regions…