Meeting on Absorption project

RAIGARH --- A meeting was organised in local Kamla Nehru Park. Our junior scientists visited the horticulure and flower exibhition there. There they meet Dr. R.M. Sharma, botanist and talked over the interrelation between science and life. The meeting was called on for disscussion on there project “Absorption and its various Dimensions”. From last two weeks they are busy with this. They experimented with many articles. On this occasion our advisory board member Mr. R.S. Prasad sir was present to give them special inputs.

On coming 2^nd February club was going to celebrate “World Wetlands Day”.

This year's theme for World Wetlands Day

With the suggested World Wetlands Day theme for this year on wetlands, biodiversity and climate change, we finally arrived at our 2010 WWD slogan: Caring for wetlands – an answer to climate change.At the end of 2009 a critical climate change meeting of the world's leaders will take place in Copenhagen, and in January 2010 we will begin the International Year of Biodiversity, so biodiversity and climate change will definitely be hitting the headlines in the coming year. Our theme is therefore timely, and there is much to say at global and national levels about wetland species and ecosystems under continuing threat from unsustainable human practices, about the likely impact of climate change on wetland ecosystems, and importantly, about the role of wetlands in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Thus there is plenty of scope for you, the key World Wetland Day actors, in terms of your focus for the day. As always, our approach is global, but we know that your activities are more likely to be either national or local. To make best use of our materials, we encourage you to customize them to make them more meaningful in your own situation. More information on this is available below.

WETLAND

Question: What Is a Wetland?

Answer: Wetlands are habitats that fall somewhere on the environmental spectrum between land and water. Since wetlands lie at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, they possess a unique mixture of species, conditions, and interactions. As a result, wetlands are among our planet's most diverse and varied habitats.

Wetlands are defined by the soils, hydrology, and species that occur within them. Wetland soils, also known as hydric soils, are shaped by water. These soils are saturated or even submerged all or part of the year. Hydric soils vary depending on the composition of the soil and water in the area and therefore, wetlands vary greatly throughout the world.

Wetlands occur in all ecological regions throughout the world except Antarctica. There are wetlands in the Arctic (which include fens, swamps, marshes, and bogs), wetlands along coastlines (such as mangrove forests, coastal swamps, and tidal marshes), and wetlands throughout inland regions (ponds, marshes, swamps, vernal pools, and riparian systems).

Wetlands are highly productive communities and provide habitat and food resources for a wide range of species. Wetlands have a high level of nutrients and coupled with the availability of water they provide ideal habitat for fish, amphibians, shellfish, and insects. Additionally, many birds and mammals rely on wetlands for food, water, breeding grounds, and shelter.