afforestation

Miyawaki Nature Lab in Thiruvananthapuram shows how micro-forests transform the soil and the environment

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Miyawaki Nature Lab in Thiruvananthapuram shows how micro-forests transform the soil and the environment

Leaves glitter with raindrops as we walk under a canopy of verdant greenery. The Karamana river, in full spate, can be heard raging about 750 metres below. The air is redolent with fragrances of soil, leaves, spices and flowers. Creepers, branches and leaves brush against us as we make our way around this tropical Eden. … Read more

Kudos! IIIT Hyderabad researchers develop tool to count trees, generate density maps

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Kudos! IIIT Hyderabad researchers develop tool to count trees, generate density maps

The team now hopes to employ the system in different cities to understand the model’s large-scale efficacy. (Picture courtesy: Indian Express) As cities and towns embark on a rapid development drive at the expense of their precious green cover, researchers from Hyderabad’s Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) have developed a method that would enable … Read more