Flora and Fauna


Importance of Afforestation in India

Source: importantindia.com Published: February 16, 2014 By H Patra Afforestation refers to the process of converting a non-forest land into a forest. Afforestation is highly important to maintain the biodiversity. India is an emerging or developing country whereas the...

Afforestation: Meaning, Importance and Current Efforts

Source: en.wikipedia.org Published: February 1, 2017 Afforestation is the effort to plant trees in barren lands so as to create a forest. It is important because it helps check the over-use of natural resources by providing an alternative source pool. Learn more about...

English City Combats Climate Change With 3 Million New Trees

Source: mnn.com Published: January 25, 2017 Alexandra Park, a large urban park in Manchester, England, is getting some leafy company thanks to the City of Trees initiative, which will oversee the planting of 3 million new trees while caring for and reviving existing...

Biofeedback System Designed to Control Photosynthetic Lighting

Source: sciencedaily.com Published: May 9, 2016 System helps lights adapt to plants’ needs in controlled environment agriculture Source: American Society for Horticultural Science Summary: A chlorophyll fluorescence-based biofeedback system was used to maintain the...

Award-Winning Biodegradable Agar Packaging Could Replace Plastic

Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 16, 2016 The prototype agar packaging developed by a group of Japanese designers took top honors in the 2016 Lexus Design Awards. by Orion Rodriguez A group of designers from Japan have created a prototype design that could...

The Forgotten Climate Solution

Source: global.nature.org Published: February 17, 2016 By Justin Adams, Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance (Currently seconded to the TFA from The Nature Conservancy) Click here to watch “Natural Climate Solutions”: https://youtu.be/nU0yNgHHH1g Natural...

El Cerrito: Living Roofs Top Middle School Buildings

Source: eastbaytimes.com Published: July 5, 2016 CREDIT: LIVEROOF– The roofs on the Korematsu Middle School gymnasium and multipurposebuildings include layers of drought-tolerant sedum plants above awaterproof lining that channels rainwater runoff into storm...