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Professor Emeritus ,Former Head of the Department of Botany, and Director Life Sciences, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. 302004, India At present freelance consultant with Bioenergia. Spain and... Read More »

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Man s greed is ever increasing and for meeting his luxury designs over exploitation of nature in some part of the globe while over population is  casuing hevoc in other part of the globe.
Man s greed is ever increasing and for meeting his luxury designs over exploitation of nature in some part of the globe while over population is  casuing hevoc in other part of the globe.
"According to the Met office, the heat wave sweeping the state had low-lying Una sizzling at 44.8 degrees on Wednesday, while Mandi recorded 44.8 degrees, Dharamshala 38.2 degrees, Kullu 38.6 degrees, Solan 36.5 degrees and Kalpa, in the shadow of Kinner Kailash peak in Kinnaur district, 25 degrees.
Said octogenarian apple orchard owner Rattan Chand, "Having lived more than 80 summers here, I can only say that the summers are getting worse with each passing year. And this summer is certainly one of the hottest I have seen." " News paper report.

In India mass scale cutting of trees along the roadside, increasing urbanisation, rampant destruction of trees on private land, forest land, panchayat land. has taken place. Cutting trees and selling them at high costs is the only alternative left to landless labourers. People collect wood each day to burn for making food and jungles are bing destroyed. Neo rich demand more and more precious woods. Forest department in place the Indian forest cover has been reduced from 37 percent during British Rule to less than 10 percent and in my openion or observation there are hardly dense forests to be seen and in some fragile ecosystem the loss is even more and forest cover is not even 1( One ) percent. Forest officials have multiplied.

During a visit to Europe one feels its so cold at time of the year. I dint even bring sufficient clothing to face the low temperatures in May in central europe. India is facing 47 degree in Alwar , a place known for the tiger reserve and dense forests in the vicinity of Aravalli hills . The barren hills will work like fireplace and emit all the heat for the population. Jaipur is also surrounded by hills on all the sides and will meet same fate. Stop thinking that water is provided by Governments . Its provided by nature and if dont conserve water civilizations will be lost and next 30 years what Jaipur will witness is anybodies guess.

When men starting eating meat it might have been necessity because human body cant make proteins from amino acids directly. Plants can utilize inorganic nitrogen and organic nitrogen sources to make their proteins. However some plants growing in marshy , humid places dont have chance to obtain their nitrogen sources in plenty so to meet deficiency of proteins in their body they catch insects and eat them . They get enough proteins directly to keep them healthy