Forest trees generally influence the soil fertility underneath the tree canopies especially if situated on nutrient poor environment. Researchers have found enhanced soil fertility in …
Role of Potassium in Alleviating Salinity
Potassium is one of the most plentiful plant nutrients in majority of soils and comprises about 2.6% of the earth’s crust. However, the maximum fraction …
EIA Report-Drafting & Reviewing
Proper implementation of the EIA process is mandatory if a country wants development to be sustainable. EIA is yet to prove as a successful decision …
Screening: Preliminary Step in Environmental Impact Assessment
Pakistan Environmental Protection Act (PEPA, 1997) defines EIA-Environmental Impact Assessment in section 2(xi) as “An environmental study comprising of collection of data, prediction of qualitative …
Kalash – The Jewel of Chitral Valley
Kalash Valley is located in the southwest side of district Chitral of province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Kalash valley is the home of the Kafir-Kalash also …
Wonders of Turmeric in Medical Science
Turmeric is a flowering plant of the ginger family and is normally used as a food coloring. Turmeric is one of the elementary ingredients in …
*Sustaining the Balance of Natural Ecosystem*
Decomposition signifies the process by which organic substance is broken down and is converted to a much simpler form of matter. The method is crucial …
Hydropower Projects in Pakistan
Hydropower or water power is power acquired from the energy of running water and falling water, which may be utilized for beneficial purposes. Since prehistoric …
Say No to Sedentary Life Style!
According to James Levine, a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic “The human body evolved to move around”. Development in the technology has resulted …
Delicious Medication by Bee Hive!
Honey is a sugary fluid made by honey bees using nectar from flowers through a method of regurgitation and evaporation. Above four thousand years ago, …
Rose: An Adorable Remedy by Nature
Rose is a woody plant of the rosaceae family having spikes. There are above one hundred species of roses, with large eye-catching flowers in a …