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Environment And Sustainable Development
Identify six factors contributing to land degradation in India.
Following are the factors responsible for land degradation are:
(i) Loss of vegetation occuring due to deforestation.
(ii) Unsustainable fuel wood and fodder extraction.
(iii) Shifting cultivation.
(iv) Encroachment into forest lands.
(v) Forest fires and over grazing.
(vi) Non-adoption of adequate soil conservation measures.
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What is “Appiko Movement”?
The “carrying capacity” of the environment is like a “plimsoll line” of the ship. Explain.
Make a list of items that can be recycled.
Define “Dual Pricing”.
What are renewable resources?
What are non-renewable resources?
What does the carrying capacity imply?
When does the environment fail to perform its third and vital function of life sustenance?
What does absorptive capacity mean?
Which factors have placed a huge stress on the environment in terms of its first in functions.
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