Mangroves and wetlands vanishing in Kerala

Kerala lost 94% of its mangroves in just 22years. The state had 70,000 hectares of mangroves in 1975 and this reduced to 4200 hectares in 1997. Going by the statistics of the Forest survey on India 2003, there would be around 800 hectares of mangroves left in kerala. The loss is neary 99% which is higher than the loss reported globally by the millennium ecosystem assessment.

Why mangroves important ?
According to experts, one hectare of mangrove forest would give ecosystem service worth around 12 lakhs per annum. The use of mangroves in preventing the damage caused. Now awake and resist mangroves destruction in our coastal area.

This blog post is based on a report published in hindu daily.

Turtles began to lay eggs at kolavipalam beech in Kerala

The turtles, Olive Ridley reached once again at kolavipalam to lay eggs. Last week people engaged in turtle protection collected about 500 eggs from various parts of the beech about 8 km span. The people of this coastal area are well aware of turtle protection and making hatchery. last time when i visited the area I met some of the volunteers involved in turtle protection and discussed the various issues regarding the same. Any way a Big Effort!!

Is it the largest king Cobra in the World ?

A King Cobra Caught in Aralamfarm in Kerala

World Wide Fund for Nature: WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature: WWF

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WWF is an international organization. It is an NGO working for environmental protection. It aims at the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. Formerly, this organization was named World Wildlife Fund. WWF is the larest independent conservation organization in the world. It has more than five million supporters across the world.
WWF started functioning in 1961 in Switzerland. It was initiated by Julian Huxley and Max Nicholson.

Mangroves : China : Courtesy : Shyju M.B

Facts about Conservation .

Conservation is the action taken to preserve and protect the environment from pollution, over exploitation and other harmful features of human activity.

Try to answer these following questions:

• A thin layer of a gas in the upper atmosphere shields the earth from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun. This gas is -------
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  Some synthetic gases have been partly responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer. They are called-----------------
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  Increased quantities of gases in the air such as carbon dioxide trap the heat from the sun. this causes a gradual rise in the atmospheric temperature. This phenomenon is known as the .........
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  Rain that has been polluted by harmful gases like sulphur dioxide is harmful to the environment. This type of rain is called---------
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  The gradual rise in the earth’s temperature due to high level of gases in the atmosphere is called-------
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  The United Nations launched a programme for international cooperation in environmental conservation. It is called the-------
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  Some objects like plastics do not break down naturally and return to the soil. They cause soil and air pollution. Such things are know by the term
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  In 1992, a conference was held in Rio de Janeiro. Representatives of governments discussed what should be done to save the planet. The name of this conference was--------
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  A project was started by Veer Bhadra Mishra to clean the polluted rivers of india. The name of this project is ------------
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  In the 1970s, the people of Uttarakhand carried out a unique movement to protect the Himalayan forests. They hugged the trees to save them from being felled. This movement was called the ---------