"Inside" and "outside" stakes in wetlands
The rediscovery of the value of wetlands the world over will be short lived if they are not properly managed and conserved
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Drowing in dung in Holland
AN Indian environmentalist recently offered me a five-word analysis of pollution in the Netherlands, which made up in crispness what it lacked in elegance. "Holland," he said, "is drowning in
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Borrowed perspectives
For most of the live coverage of the Rio conference we have to depend on CNN. And it requires BBC to give us a perspective on our Green Revolution....
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Kangaroos and tribals in the spotlight
The interests of the Tokyo Environmental Film Festival were varied and the films were technically superb, but most failed to focus on people
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Water crisis: a case study of Jabalpur
Jabalpur s shrinking lakes needs sincere planning and community participation
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MONEYMAKERS
AQUA IS GOLD: Controversial it may be, but aquaculture still holds promise for many an entrepreneur. So much so that the State Bank of India (SBI), the country's leading bank, has
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Pruning prawn farmers' ambitions
The fisheries department sets new rules for acquafarmers to avoid the recurrence of a viral devastation
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Tangled nets
A skirmish over fishing rights threatens to scuttle diplomatic relations between Canada and the European Community
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Languishing in the cans
Films on successful technological projects and innovative government schemes have failed simply because there has been no effort to show them to target groups
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Tissue culture technology facilitates to hike yeild of tasty coconut
The tasty, popular coconut species of Thailand, kati, could not be produced in large scale because it is infertile. But scientists have now found a way to overcome its sterility
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More the merrier
The Darwinian theory on biodiversity which advocates the planting of more species of grass to achieve higher yields, has been upheld by a recent study conducted in the US. Indeed, the well being of the ecosystem hinges on the vicissitude displayed by its
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IMF Bank policies denude the environment
Dwindling forest covers are the ugly fallout for countries which had opted for projects funded by the IMF and the World Bank. The latter's careless attitude has incurred the wrath of environmentalists
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Lessons for Ludhiana
Ludhiana will have to fight for its right to be clean
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Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh short changed
Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh feel sold out to mills Frustration is growing among sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh. First private sugar mills refused to begin crushing and now the Lucknow
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Confronting cholera in Peru
The year long cholera epidemic in Peru refocussed scientific attention worldwide on the causes of the disease and the various strains of cholera bacteria.
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Biochemicals sweep US free of petrochemicals
Growing environmental awareness is making the Americans switch from chemicals derived from fossil fuels to those made from plant matter.
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Nipping malaria in the bud
Scientists are focussing on strengthening genetically the defence mechanism of mosquitoes so as to render them inhospitable to the malarial parasite.
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Widespread web
The threats from aerosols are all pervading
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Who needs high tech water treatment plants?
TRADITIONAL communities developed ingenious ways of making use of wastewater. And, experts involved in the modern science of ecological engineering can learn a great deal from them. There is a
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Desert blooms
Halophytes plants growing on saline soil could be India's Answer to the problems of salt desert and wasteland reclamation, besides Being an economic boon