Birth Rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and is a crucial determinant of population growth. It gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and year. The Birth Rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last five decades …
HINDUSTAN Machine Tools is in the process of fabricating three 23 ft X 11 ft and 30 20 ft X 8 ft population clocks that will indicate, along with the time, the increase in size of the population at each point of time. The government, which is acquiring the clocks …
During the protracted negotiations on the Agenda 21 chapter dealing with changing consumption patterns, a strong bid was made by certain northern delegations to underscore the significance of the link between unsustainable consumption and environment. In the last prepcom in New York, the US had even wanted to delete the …
Using data from villages in three districts of Western Rajasthan, this paper describes the decline in area and deterioration in quality of common property resources over three decades. The decline of common property resources is associated with institutional changes in the villages. The introduction of land reforms in the early …
The world is becoming increasingly urbanised with majority of the population residing and working in cities. While increasing urbanisation and economic growth can provide significant benefits, they also present a range of challenges with regard to the escalating resource use and today we witness one of our most important natural …
Climate change and its impacts have become one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. Climate-related risks, whether concurrent or prospective need to be addressed swiftly as part of the development strategy at any level, from a global level down to a local. With an upward growth trend …
On behalf of Conference Organizing Committee, it is our great privilege to invite you to the International Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture - ICFA 2014 - to be held on 09th & 10th September 2014 in Colombo (Hotel Galadari), Sri Lanka. We would like to invite scientist, researchers, scholars and …
Climate change has become a crucial issue for today’s world community. Their impacts influence many aspects of human life and therefore, in need of in-depth studies and its output can be used by policy makers. To address various issues faced by living populations due to climate change, Space Science Centre …
Society is a ‘web-relationship’. In the society political organization and politics are simply meant for the protection of citizen living in a specific geographia. State facilitates smooth and cozy life by minimizing struggle and conflict amongst the people by maintaining law and order, it also protects people from the external …
Maintaining crop production to feed a growing population during a period of climate change is the greatest challenge we face as a species.The increasing crop yields during the Green Revolution in the last century were brought about mostly through the application of chemical fertilisers and pesticides (and during an uncommon …
The earth is in the midst of major climate changes. The Arctic is experiencing the impact of these changes more and faster than other parts of the globe. Processes starting in the Arctic may have deep and profound impacts on other parts of the globe. At the same time the …
There is significant scientific evidence indicating that the global climate is changing, largely due to human activities. Such climatic fluctuations may adversely impact human health and well-being in a variety of ways, including through exposure to extreme weather events; disruption of ecosystems, agriculture, and food production; expansion of infectious diseases; …
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