Many ... are used for mining, agriculture, grazing, and recreation and for development of dams.

Regulates earth temperature and hydrological cycle.

It also over use many resources because of their greater human population.

Refers to energy sources which are not based on the burning of fossil fuels or the splitting of atoms.

Wood, tidal, solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, biofuel, geothermal, hydrogen.

Our forests contribute substantially to the national economy. The international timber trade alone is worth over US $ ... per year.

Change of forest with depletion of tree crown cover more than 90%.

The natural reserves which man utilizes for sustenance and welfare.

Comes from damming of rivers and utilization of high pressure, its kinetic energy is transformed into turbine blades and used to generate electricity.

Are built across the river in order to store water for drinking, agricultural, industrial purpose.

Any component which can be transferred in a way such that it becomes more valuable and useful.

Litter helps in maintaining soil fertility.

The surface of the tropical ocean and at deeper level.

Petrol, electrical energy, coal burning.

Advanced countries produce over ...% of global industrial waste and greenhouse gases.

Process of eating away the vegetation along with its roots without giving a chance to regenerate.

It reduces soil erosion on steep slopes by concerting the land into a series of broad, level terraces.

The chief product that forests supply is ..., which is used as fuel, raw material for various industries as pulp, paper, newsprint, board, timber for furniture items, other uses as in packing articles, matches, sports goods etc.

Conversion of forests to agricultural land to feed growing numbers of people.

Saturation of soil with irrigation water or excessive precipitation so that water table rises close to surface.

Fertilizers, seed dressings and fungicides.

Famine, drought, earthquake, flood, gale, storm.

Are established to reduce wind erosion and also for retaining soil moisture.

Affects infants.

The devasting effects of deforestation in India include soil, water and wind erosion, estimated to cost over ... cores every year.

Are the homes of millions of wild animals and plants.

Resources which have accumulated in nature over a long span of time and cannot be quickly replenished when exhausted.

It is universal right.

Forests bind the soil particles tightly in their roots and prevent soil erosion.

It has been generated which disrupt the surface and ground water circulation.

When evaporation and transpiration rates are lower than the rainfall.

Energy harassed from the hot rocks inside earth. E.g. Natural geysers in Manikaran

This involves planting crops in rows across the contour of gently sloped land.

Helps in maintaining soil fertility.

They control climate through transpiration of water and seed clouding.

Minimum water falls height.

Raising cash crops for increased economy.

The main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is absorbed by the forests as a raw material for photosynthesis.

Good quality grasses and herbs with high nutritive value, when grazed lose even the root stocks which carry the reserve food for regeneration get destroyed which gives raise to secondary species like parthenium, Lantane, Xanthium etc.

With growing civilization, the demands for raw material like timber, pulp, minerals, fuel wood etc. shot up resulting in large scale logging, mining, road-building and clearing of forests.

Most of the animals and plants have ...% of water in their body.

Conservation derived from two Latin words, ...- together ... - to keep or guard measures, i.e. an act of preservation or to keep together

It is generally made up of gravel, sand etc.

Reduces soil erosion (roots binding), prevents siltation and landslides thereby floods.

Leads to organically poor, dry, compacted soil cannot be used for further cultivation.

The practice through which specific plant species are cared and managed so as to obtain maximum yield of consumable parts of plants.

Leads to rapid depletion of water resources, ground subsidence, lowering of water table and water logging.

Particularly in Ayurvedic System.

About ... species are found in the tropical forests alone.

Now days they are mainly used for the hydropower production.

Growing energy needs: Population explosion, Luxurious life, Industries, Agriculture, mining, transportation, lighting, cooling, heating, building all need energy.

The stacking of over burden and building of soil banks creates problems of ...

Due to increase in population and decrease in water resources.

Utilization of low grade ores by using microbial.

Depends heavily on a larger number of plant and animal products from forests for his daily needs.

The main problem associated with natural resources.

Takes place due to removal of vegetal covers.

Are naturally occurring substances with definite chemical and physical properties.

The recharge of this layer is by rainfall or snowmelt.

Forests are the homes of millions of wild animals and plants.

Results in tilting of buildings, cracks in houses, buckling of roads, bending of rail tracks and leaking of gas from cracked pipe lines leading to serious disasters.

Is an element or inorganic compound that occurs naturally.

Total energy from sun per year - ... times the energy used by man.

The USA for example with just ...% of the world's population consumes about ...% of the world's resources.

Forests also act as wind breakers.

It has been estimated that more than ... million tons of top soil is eroded annually along with ... million tons of nutrients. About ... of this is lost in sea while the rest in reservoirs and rivers leading to flood.

Safe habitat for birds, wild animals and organisms against wind, solar radiation and rain.

The trees and shrubs provide shade which reduce water loss by evaporation and preserve soil moisture.

Used to run car, power plants and spaceships.

The layer of soil which is permeable has the ability to store water.

... from fossil fuels consumed in relatively much greater quantities in developed countries.

The recharge is through unconfined aquifer layers.

FAO

It is used for domestic, irrigation, industrial purposes.

These hazardous features have reduced the overall progress of the region as they obstruct the roads, communication media and water flow.

This results in destruction of landscape in the area.

Weapons, settlement.

Average wind velocity of earth ... and power produced when a windmill is facing the wind is ...

These play a key role in the development process due to their multiple uses.

Miners working in different type of mines suffer from asbestosis, silicosis, black lung disease.

The reduction in soil capacity to produce in terms of quality, quantity goods and services.

Forest, water, soil, food, mineral and energy.

Soil root zone becomes saturated with so much water blocking oxygen supply for growth and soil becomes unsuitable.

Coal, petroleum, natural gas.

Deficiency in surface and subsurface water supplies.

Mining and ore processing normally causes ... pollution.

Usually present as an impurity in many ores is known to get converted into sulphuric acid through microbial action, thereby making the water acidic..

Can help in checking floods and generate electricity and reduce water and power shortage, provide irrigation water to lower areas, provide drinking water in remote areas and promote navigation, fishery.

Accumulate around roots affect the plants.

This retains water for crops at each level and reduces soil erosion by water runoff.

Over nourishment of lakes due to agriculture field wash out-leads to algal bloom-dead organic matters increases due to decomposition-leads to oxygen demand.

It causes lowering of water table, which leads to drying of wells or sea water intrusion.

Forests can absorb many toxic gases and can help in keeping the air pure and in preventing noise pollution.

Land that is permanently converted from forest to agricultural land, golf courses, cattle pasture, home, lakes or desert.