in marine resource productivity are also visible damages in our bodies of water. And lastly, the siltation and shortening of the life span of multi-billion peso dams constructed and operated for the purpose of supplying water for domestic uses, irrigation and the generation of electric power. Aside from our bodies of water, environmental tragedies also effect in our landforms and habitats. One of its results is massive erosion and the consequential loss of soil fertility and agricultural productivity
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reduced and rainwater is inhibited from adequately percolating (penetrating the soil) into the ground to allow for aquifers and groundwater to be recharged. (Environmental Science, 2010) Improvements in the efficiency of water use such as improved irrigation systems as well as efficient management of modern technologies that waste more water than is needed for productions is the only solution to elude the scarcity of our freshwater supply. The six billion people that currently inhabit the population
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services for millions of people in China. California especially among many states in the United States of America rely heavily on ground water. Ground water comes from the surface water supplies of natural landscape recharge and water irrigation for agriculture. When aquifers become
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consequences and one of those consequences is the occurrence of desertification. In short, it occurs when a certain area overuses their water resource and over grazes their land until the water resource is gone and the soil can no longer be used for irrigation. On a global scale the amount of usable water and land exceeds the demand, but in particular areas, the scarcity of these resources is already a serious problem. Desertification is one of the greatest environmental and economic challenges we have
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4 Agriculture 4.1 An important aspect of ‘inclusive growth’ in the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007–12) is its target of 4 per cent per annum growth in GDP from agriculture and allied sectors. This target is not only necessary to achieve the overall GDP growth target of 9 per cent per annum without undue inflation, but it is an important element of ‘inclusiveness’ since the global experience of growth and poverty reduction shows that GDP growth originating in agriculture is at least twice as effective
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attached a form of security to water rights by establishing that a compensation would be given in the event of water expropriation as may be required in draught years. Rights were specified for both surface and ground waters; also, consumptive (e.g. irrigation, mining) and non-consumptive use (hydropower, industry) of water was defined. Although water use rights existed in Chile before 1981, the ‘protection’ of rights under the 1981 water code facilitated water trading and the operation of water markets
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Sustainable Cities – A Focus on Gurgaon By Annet Serena Eric, Jyothish Jacob, Rahul Buddala, Rejith Ravindran, Robin Rajan Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon TABLE OF CONTENTS A BRIEF HISTORY OF GURGAON ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND HVAC WATER – FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ENERGY EFFICIENT TRANSPORT REFERENCES 2 3 12 18 24 27 1 GURGAON – A BRIEF HISTORY The name of this town emerged on the world map in 1972, when world fame Maruti Industry was set up in Gurgaon
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Module Number: U54062 Environmental Management in Hospitality and Tourism Annotated Bibliography Module Leader: Mr. Sandeep Munjal By Himanshu Sharma SHTM 2011-2015 Contents Hotel’s Going the ‘Green’ Way with Technology. 2 Environmental Impact of Hotel Minibars 3 Environment Responsive Solutions for Hospitality. 4 Beas river – turning into dumping site for hotels and others 6 Hotels undertake water conservation 7 Hotel’s Going the ‘Green’ Way with Technology. Source:
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Black Ice Software, Inc. Demo version TRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURE IN NORTH-WESTERN BANGLADESH: EXPLORING THE VULNERABILITIES OF THE POOR PEOPLE’S LIVELIHOOD AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE Dr. A.N.K. Noman Professor, Department of Economics University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh Email: noman_eco@yahoo.com & Md. Shafikuzzaman Joarder Lecturer, Department of Sociology University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh Email: shafikuzzaman@gmail.com Black Ice Software, Inc. Demo version EXECUTIVE
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To comprehend what the focal points are developing with hydroponics, first you should comprehend what hydroponics is. Hydroponics is basic. Hydroponics is developing with water rather than soil. Normally a client includes gathered supplements into the water, reenacting the composts found in soil. With hydroponics you have a great deal more control over your develop then you do with soil, on the grounds that essentially including the perfect measure of supplements in the water ensures that you will
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