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biotechnology in agricultureproduction of enough food to meet the demands of an ever-increasing population in the world is a major task and a
monitoring of resource utilisationcontinuous recording of the changes in the quality and quantity of variousresources is as imyortant an
management of water resources managementmanagement of water resources management of water resources means a programme to provide an adequate
management of forest resourcesconsidering the ever growing demand of wood and realising the importance of conserving our forest resources it has
treatment of soil sickness due to overuse without rest soil becomes deficient in the requisite nutrients and loses its fertility rotation of
land use planning and managementpeople see land everywhere and get an impression that plenty of it is available besides they do not care
solid wastesolid waste in some cases can be a resource a good example is the factory at yokohama in japan which is engaged in converting waste
recycling of used resources and wastesome of the materials once used need not go waste these can be re-used the process through which the
minerals minerals like coal iron copper steel etc are used in all kinds of industries and in every-day life the rate of consumption of minerals
forest coveran analysis of satellite imageries and air photos indicates that in 1982 about 1 iof land area in india was thick forests and
use of natural resourcesyou studied about various natural resources such as land water soil minerals etc you know that these resources are limited
types of resource mapsgenerally several types of maps based on the type ofresburces are prepared some of these are soil maps
exploration of resourcesexploration of resources involves complex techniques which depend on the physical chemical and biological properties of
biogasyou may have heard of the use of cattle dung for production of biogas which is used for cooking water weeds like water hyacinth water
wave and tidal energywaves and tides are another source of energy which is perpetual and can be converted into electric energy particularly where
resource energythe demand for energy doubles every 14 years and is taken as one of the indicators of development of a country india
non-renewable resourcesafter learning about the renewable resources like water forests etc you would like to know what our non-renewable resources
water resourceswater as you know is the most essential component of life our water resources are limited though apparently water is
natural resourcesresources or the wealth nature has bestowed on us are essential for civilised living and therefore they have to be wisely used
pollution due to radiationshazards of nuclear radiations are extremely serious because they upset the genetic make up of the living beings
pollution due to noisesound is an important means of communication but high levels of noise could damage hearing and cause deterioration
eutrophicationmaterials such as sewage or organic wastes from milk plants canneries slaughter houses paper mills starch factories and fish
controlling air pollutionnow let us see how air pollution can be controlled i photochemical smog-eliminating this would require
depletion of ozone layersince the last decade or so there is concern about the possible reduction in the ozone layer surrounding the earth
greenhouse effectscientists have reason to believe that air pollution both due to carbon particles or soot and carbon dioxide would affect