Forest Diaries

Sierra Nevada:

This forest in California provides a diverse range of habitats , having about 400 species of endemic and 200 species of rare vuscular plants. Unfortunately, it is threatened by grazing, fire, urbanisation, logging and mining forests.

Sundarbans:

The forest is the part of world's largest delta which is formed by the river Ganga and Brahmaputra. The name is said to be delivered from the word sundari, a reference to the large kind of sundari trees which exist there. It is also a site of tiger preservation project.

Tropical Rainforests:

These forests are located generally in hot, wet and equator regions. These forests are filled up with evergreen trees. It is also estimated that half of the world's plant and animal species live in these forests.

Coniferous Forest:

These forests are found in areas where there are moderate to heavy annual rainfall and long winters. They are similar in shapes and height and often form a nearly uniform stand with a layer of low shrubs or herbs below. Pines, Spruces, Firs and Larches are the dominant trees found here.

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What Happened When India Asked For Help ?

In the difficult times of crisis when America turned off its head, Russia extended it's helping hand to India. In the difficult times when there are shortage of oxygens in many parts of India and shortages of beds. Also a matter of concern : there is not much oxygen left, Delhi has reduced certain number of beds as the Doctors had said that there is no such oxygen supply to cure the patient's problems. This step was taken due to the death of 25 Covid patients in the Jaipur Golden Hospital , Delhi. During this oxygen crisis, Russia has come front to help India in supplying oxygen. Some sources also proclaim that India is planning to buy some oxygen concentrates and tanks from Russia. If this idea gets the positive results then the oxygen crisis would help India a lot during this time.

Amazing India

Did you know about these mysterious statues of Unakoti? According to local legends, this place has over 1 crore sculpture but nobody can find them, as they are hidden in the lush green forests. Why would have anyone made over a crore sculptures in this place. The name Unakoti means one less than 1 crore(koti means 1 crore). There is a story which says that there was a man names Kallu, who wanted to accompany Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati to Mt. Kailash but Shiva wasn't too keen on taking him along and gave him a task of making 10million sculptures before dawn. He was short of only one and thus, the place got it's name. In the 1960 Earthquake, may of these sculptures were broken and also stolen as India & Bangladesh borders weren't sealed. New waterfalls emerged and washed away lots of other carvings. This is why we can't find a crore statues in the present day. Unakoti is not a mobile place and tourism in not well developed.

Lost Cities

Tikal was an important capital city of the Mayan Kingdom. The site was occupied for more than 700 years. Tikal National Park is located in Northern Guatemala's Petén Province within a large forest region often referred to as the Maya Forest, which extends into neighbouring Mexico and Belize. The Tikal Ruins, which was established in the years of 1950s, is the central attraction of the Tikal National Park. The site was abandoned by the 10th century after years of occupation. The ruins of Petra, which is famous for the stone structures built into the rocks, lie southwest of Jordan, on the edges of the the mountainous desert of the Wadi Araba. In 1812, the hidden site was revealed by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. The site, described as 'a rose-red city half as old as time', became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. The famous Indus Valley Civilization was the earliest known urban center in present-day Pakistan and western India. The traces of the Indus Valle...

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