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Trees and forests provide a habitat for many species of animals and plants. Tropical rainforests are among the most biodiverse habitats in the world. Trees provide shade and shelter, timber for construction, fuel for cooking and heating, and fruit for food as well as having many other uses. In much of the world, forests are shrinking as trees ...
Van Mahothsavlit. ' Forest festival ', is an annual one-week tree-planting festival in India which is celebrated in the first week of July. It is a great traditional Indian festival that reflects Indian culture and heritage to honor and love mother earth by planting trees, by creating awareness of nature's beauty, and by fostering an environment to promote the concept of reduce, reuse, and ...
Drumstick Tree (Horse-radish, Munga Soudha in Hindi, Sojne in Bengali, Sahajan in Bhojpuri, Shevga-शेवगा in Marathi, Nugge kayi in Kannada, Midhosaragavo in Gujarati, Mulaga in Telugu and Murungai Maram முருங்கை மரம் in Tamil;the fruit is Murungaikkai in Tamil and Malayalam) -- Moringa Oleifera
] Several Hindu legends refer to this tree. For example, Valmiki Ramayan reads: [27] In the stands of Lodhra trees, [28] Padmaka trees [29] and in the woods of Devadaru, or Deodar trees, Ravana is to be searched there and there, together with Sita. [4-43-13] The deodar is the national tree of Pakistan, [30] and the state tree of Himachal ...
Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees. The first Christmas tree farm was established in 1901, but most consumers continued to obtain their trees from forests until the 1930s and 1940s.
Following is the list of trees and plants found in Madhya Pradesh: large trees ... Botanical and Standardised Hindi Names of Important and Common Forest Plants of ...
The natural cover of India varies with altitude; these evergreen forests are bounded with high alpine meadows nearer to the snowline and temperate forests of short stout trees at lower elevations. In the Himalayan foothills are deciduous trees, with shrubs, bamboo, ferns and grass.The trees here are tall with harwood and broad leaves. The trees ...
The residents declared that they would embrace—literally "to stick to" (chipkna in Hindi)--trees to prevent cutting of ash trees in their district. [ citation needed ] According to those [ 39 ] who critique the ecological awareness and similar theories, Chipko had nothing to do with protecting forests, rather it was an economic struggle using ...