Posted by
Sheikh Gulzaar
on
December 08, 2016
It is the second most expensive nut and needs cold and hilly terrain with a few days of sub-zero temperature. Therefore, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir make
the best choice in India. It takes three to five years for hazelnut plants to grow and yield fruit.
For more details:
http://jkmpic.blogspot.in/2016/12/fruit-plants-kashmir.html
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Posted by
Sheikh Gulzaar
on
September 08, 2015
We are also fascinated by the fungus and just started a page because we believe it is important to do it in a sustainable way. Otherwise cordyceps sinensis will be disappearing soon from the slopes of the Kashmir Himalayan.
For more details: jkmpic@gmail.com
Home : http://jkmpic.blogspot.in
Ph: 09858986794/01933-223705
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Posted by
Susan Sharma
on
February 25, 2015
The same day President Obama designated three new national monuments, he unveiled the "Every Kid in a Park" initiative to connect children and their
families with the great outdoors. Fourth graders and their families from coast to coast will be granted free admission to our nation's national parks, and the National Park Foundation will award transportation grants to schools in need. "A walk in the woods
will change a child's life," says Jackie Ostfeld, director of the Sierra Club's Our Wild America campaign, "and President Obama understands that not all kids have the same opportunities to connect with nature."
Learn more about the "Every Kid in a Park" initiative.
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Posted by
mayur
on
October 21, 2013
hi i am mayur jariwala.
i just join wild life because i love wild life and nature.
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Posted by
Susan Sharma
on
July 12, 2013
Take a peep into the Beautiful Kedar Valley. It got devastated by the recent floods of June 2013. It needs Healing. Here is a call to join an Effort to Rebuid
http://www.slideshare.net/susansharma/kedarnath-wild-life-sanctuary
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Posted by
Susan Sharma
on
March 16, 2013
21st of March is celebrated as International Day of Forests.*
Before planting a tree in your neighbourhood, why not understand more about local trees which will grow well in your area?
Here is more information about the CD
The CD contains information about 300 native plants along with their photographs. CD provides the feature to get ready plant lists suitable to an area by selecting district and taluka. There are nine categories of the uses for easy selection, namely, Landscaping,
Medicinal, Timber, NTFP, Roadside plantations, Religious plants, Hedges, Ecological restoration and Rare and uncommon plants.
CD also includes information about Nakshtra Plants, Mangroves & Plants common to India.
It will be useful for those interested in plants and also architects, planners, developers, nurserymen, land developers & landscape contractors.
*The United Nations General assembly has proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests. From 2013, the day will be observed each year to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of forests and trees to all life on earth.
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Posted by
Shashi Kant Sharma
on
January 24, 2013
It is'nt just about sustainable living.
Saving Greens is necessary for our very survival - be it the essential for species survival bio-diversity, the 'basic' water of life, life-regenerating climate (weather cycles) or the beautyof nature which heals minds and brings smiles to the most harried amongst
us. Every little bit that any one does will help
Good News is that some Institutions are working to make a difference
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) have added their weight to save the Aravalis in and around Gurgaon-Faribadabad belt.
As reported in the Times of India of January 25, 2013, NGT have passed an order prohibiting non-Forest Activity in three villages in the Gurgaon-Faridabad belt. These are Kot, Mangar, Roz-ka-Gujjar and Sikandarpur (of Marble Market and Wine shops fame)
Some of us have been agitated about the Aravalis being sold off to developers by fobbing off the transaction as a step for developing tourism...........This was a move for destroying the Mangar Forests - a 500 acre grove of the Dhau Tree held sacred by the
locals. The effort of the people there is comparable with the Chipko movement of yore in Uttrakhand. A group of 5-6 residents of Mangar Bani literally moved mountains to create awareness about their forest and what that sylvan surrounding was doing to sustain
the Gurgaon-Faridabad belt By the way the sale of Forest land was happening in the garb of 'consolidation of land' (misuse of that policy was reported when the Haryana IAS Officedr Khemka was in the news)
For details on the struggle for saving Mangar Bani and Photographs of this Forest visit http://www.indianwildlifeclub.blogspot.in/2012/07/mangarbani-sacred-grove.html
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Posted by
Dr.Susan Sharma
on
October 04, 2011
For stressed-out families, spending more time in the natural world — a nature stimulus package — may be just what the doctor and the economist ordered. Here are a few of the benefits:
1. With gas prices on the rise, families are rediscovering both the joy and the cost-effectiveness of getaways in nearby nature, including regional, state or national parks. As Outside magazine puts it, "near is the new far."
2. Unless we're talking about a new bass boat or a high-tech tent, nature toys are free or cheap, and they encourage self-directed creativity. In 2008, the National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y., inducted the stick, which it called not only possibly the
oldest toy, but "possibly the best."
3. Green exercise is free. In the United Kingdom, and now in the United States, families are eschewing commercial indoor gyms. Groups of families form " green gyms" and meet once or twice a week to hike, garden or take some other type of exercise in the natural
world.
Read more at
http://richardlouv.com/blog/
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Posted by
Susan Sharma
on
August 22, 2011
Bhatti Mine Sanctuary-The tale of a new forest
" ....Twenty years ago, Bhatti, located on the south-eastern part of the southern ridge of the Aravali range .. was a ruin that had been plundered for its red silica and sandstone. in 1991, fearing further loss of green cover, the Delhi state government, with
the help of a Supreme court order, stopped mining in the area. .....A new threat cropped up last year when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi said it wanted to use Bhatti Mines as a landfill site, a move scotched by the courts.
Read more
http://epaper.livemint.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=22_08_2011_024_002&mode=1
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Posted by
Susan Sharma
on
October 18, 2007
Incorporating Nature in Hospitals
Hospitals still need to bring nature into the clinical setting. But there are a few trailblazing institutions as well as people like Becky Pape, CEO of Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital in Oregon, who have become believers.
Indeed, only a curving bank of ceiling-to-floor glass separates patients undergoing chemotherapy at Samaritan Lebanon’s Emenhiser Center from a 11,250 square-foot Japanese garden. Designed by an award-winning father-and-son team, Hoichi and Koichi Kurisu
of Kurisu International, the garden boasts three gentle waterfalls and mature black pines.
“We now know that exposure to nature is not just a nice thing—it’s essential,” says Pape. “We’ll never build anything the way we did it before when it was all about technology. I’ve been completely converted. Before the garden, I would have bought a CT scanner
or the equivalent with a large sum of money, but now I think we have to marry the technology with an improved environment for patients and staff.”
Source: http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3863
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