Urban Biodiversity, in broader terms, is referred to the varieties of species living in an urban area. The presence of adequate biodiversity in an area depicts the health and productivity of its ecosystem. In the absence of biodiversity, an area is usually depicted as unhealthy and lack several basic necessities. The human-induced environment makes biodiversity …
World Wildlife Day 2020 would be celebrated on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020. Wildlife, as we all know, plays an utmost important role in maintaining the balance of life on our planet. The Wildlife includes all the faunal diversity present on Earth living in the wild. The more the wildlife, the more would be the ecological balance …
Conservation of Biodiversity Biodiversity can be effectively summed up as the sum total of all the inhabitants on planet ‘Earth’. To be more precise, it is the combination of all the life forms on Earth. ‘Biodiversity’, the term itself means the diversity of the biological species present on the Earth. The species richness of a …
World Wildlife Conservation Day December 4th is celebrated every year as World Wildlife Conservation Day. The day is being marked as an important step towards conserving and protecting the decreasing numbers of wildlife species across the globe. Wildlife plays an important role in balancing the environment. This practice of conserving wildlife species along with their …
What is Traditional Knowledge? Traditional knowledge refers to the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities around the world developed from experience gained over the centuries and adapted to the local culture and environment. Traditional knowledge is transmitted orally from generation to generation. Many widely used products, such as plant-based medicines, health …
Biodiversity Hotspots in the World – The areas serving as the richest spot for biodiversity location are termed as ‘BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS’. The concept of Biodiversity Hotspots was given by Sir Norman Myers in the year 1988. Biodiversity Estimation of Earth BIODIVERSITY, in general terms, comprises the variability of all life forms present on the Earth …
