Seeds are a very simple and integral part of our food web and ecosystem; as the beginning (or maybe end?) of many plant life cycles, they seem an essential aspect to consider when doing anything to do with growing. Yet in recent years the integrity and variety of many seeds has come under threat (see for example 1,2,3), so that …
To boost green cover in parched areas of Bangla, the Forest Department has decided to conduct the State’s first pilot project for spreading seed balls on barren land. The project would start during the State’s Van Mahotsav Week, beginning July 14. Self-help groups (SHG) as well as students would be spreading the seed balls on barren land. Two SHGs have …
Kolkata, Jul 08 : With an aim to boost green cover in parched areas of Bengal, the Forest Department has decided to conduct the State’s first pilot project for spreading seed balls on barren land. The project would start during the State’s Van Mahotsav Week, beginning from July 14. Self-help groups (SHG), as well as students, would be spreading the …
BHUBANESWAR: One of the leading chain of hotels and resorts Kamat Hotel India Ltd launched an initiative to help regrow forest cover in the State by using organically created seed-balls. Minister for IT and Sports Tusharkanti Behera inaugurated the seed-ball broadcasting event at Yatri Niwas in Konark on Friday. The seed-balls that are easier to plant as compared to saplings are …
Planting billions of trees across the world is one of the biggest and cheapest ways of taking CO2 out of the atmosphere to tackle the climate crisis, according to scientists, who have made the first calculation of how many more trees could be planted without encroaching on crop land or urban areas. As trees grow, they absorb and store the …
