Thousands of dead fish wash up on Kenya coastline
Thousands of dead fish and marine animals have washed up onto the Kenyan and Somali coastlines in the past week, probably poisoned by an off-season bloom of toxic algae, wildlife experts said.
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U.S. ecosystems altered by nitrogen pollution
Much of the nitrogen in ecosystems throughout the United States comes not, as previously believed, from natural sources, but from acid rain and agricultural fertilizers. A study of ancient and
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Micronesia calls on Japan for environmental help
Micronesian President Leo Falcam called on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for a Japanese initiative to help the environment in and around the Pacific island state, a Foreign Ministry official said.
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Himalayas may be next Afghanistan
Environmental pressures, poverty and exploitation are feeding conflicts in Himalayan countries that threaten to turn the Asian mountain range into "the next Afghanistan", a United Nations expert has
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Grim lessons of Bhopal
Tardy compensation, inadequate and inappropriate medical treatment and absence of economic rehabilitation to the debilitated survivors characterised the post gas leak scenario in Bhopal. A study by
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Bangla pregnancy deaths
More than 20,000 Bangladeshi women die every year from pregnancy and child birth related complications because of lack of access to health services, the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of
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' Develop new crop patterns '
Governor C Rangarajan on Tuesday in Andhra Pradesh called upon Icrisat scientists to focus on modifying the cropping patterns to reduce the risk of crop loss and to increase revenues of
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Industry Chambers throw a spanner in effluent works
Formulated in 1999, the ambitious project for setting up Common Effluent Treatment Plants, originally estimated to cost Rs 165 crore, has run into roadblocks with associations of industry voicing
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Arsonists to blame for most of Italy forest fires
Arsonists are to blame for most of the thousands of forest fires that engulf woodland in Italy each year, Farm Minister Giovanni Alemanno said. Forest fires this month reached 'alarming' levels,
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Officials helpless as tribals take over sal reserve
Axed sal trees lie scattered in the heart of reserve forest in Saranda, Asia's largest sal forest spread over 700 hills in Jharkhand. The Wildlife and Forest Conservation Act specifies that no tree
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Lawsuit seeks quotas on shark fishing
A pair of conservation groups sued the federal government in an effort to prevent overfishing of large coastal sharks in U.S. waters. The Ocean Conservancy and National Audubon Society, represented
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Disease killing frogs is linked to goldfish from US
A disease epidemic is killing millions of Britain's most common and least studied amphibian, the frog - and the cause could be goldfish imported from the US. Soon frogs should be engaged in the
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'Birds are killed in Jatinga, suicide a myth'
Jatinga, a tiny hamlet in Assam's North Calchar Hills district, acquired fame for its 'suicidal birds but environmentalists now contend that the birds do not die on their own but are killed by the
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Food Park Scheme failure puts food processing ministry in tight spot
The Union minister for food processing, Chaman Lal Gupta is placed in a tight spot. The ambitious scheme for setting up 22 food parks in different parts of the country involving a total central
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More pressure on BP over Alaska
Investors have stepped up pressure on BP(the oil group) to clarify its position on drilling in the Alaskan Arctic Wildlife Refuge and other environmentally sensitive areas.
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Child mortality rate in State highest
It's a matter of serious concern that Assam enjoys the dubious distinction of having the highest ' under-5 ' child mortality rate in the country with the figure put at 142 per one thousand of people.
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Rules to empower plant varieties & farmers rights protection act
The first year of the new millennium which witnessed heated debates on genetically engineered seeds and plants was uniquely significant for farmers and plant breeders. On the international scene. The
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Network on farmers' rights mooted
An expert consultation held in Chennai on implementing farmers rights under the FAO-steered International Treaty, has recommended the formation of a regional cooperative network in the Asia Pacific
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New opportunities emerge in farm sector
The government is all set to dismantle the present grain procurement system and considering income support for farmers, instead. The food subsidy bill for the current year would be Rs. 20,000 crore
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Chase the GM bogey away
Indian farmers will certainly find the grass greener on the other side of this decade, going by the government's decision to clear the trials of the controversial GM cotton. The Bt cotton contains a