Making science, technology serve the people
For R S Hegde, a primary school principal and rural technologist, science is useless if it remains confined to labs and libraries.
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Debt burdened Indonesia bows to World Bank
Large foreign debts have forced Indonesia to give in to World Bank pressure and adopt structural economic changes.
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Where is the green party?
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"Power" to the people irks Bengal villagers
Villagers near Calcutta contend they have been unfairly done out of their land by a private thermal power plant project
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The genepool war
The recently concluded FAO meeting on the control over plant genetic resources, their conservation and sustainable use has left the North and the South bracing up for a major battle in the days to come
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Tree help
Assisted conception of coniferous trees can be a boon for both the environment and the lumber industry
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Outbreak Outrage
There is a suspicion among African biomedics about the well projected linking of the continent's environment with the emergence of lethal viruses like the evil Ebola Zaire
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Poplars spark farmers' fury against Wimco
Area farmers in Uttar Pradesh contend match manufacturer Wimco, which had persuaded them to raise poplar trees for its factory, has reneged on its promises, leaving them indebted and impoverished
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The case that closed the Walia mines
Litigation against unscientific and environmentally dangerous mining activity brought Himachal Pradesh lime quarries into national prominence.
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Learning Gandhi
IT MAY be unfashionable to say so these days, but Makarand Paranjape says it anyway: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was right. Realising perhaps that a straightforward discourse would make this a
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TURMOIL IN TRIBAL LAND
Tribals and farmers in MP protest against exploitatiojl and atrocities
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Let the tiger roam
She has never seen a tiger : this is how some conservationists questioned my credentials to chair the tiger task force when it was set up three months ago. It did not surprise me. Cola, pesticide or
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Beyond Rio+20
It was June of 1992. The location was Rio de Janeiro. The occasion was the world conference on environment and development. A large number of people had come out on the streets. They were protesting the
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STAR shifts from soaps, sleuths to nature
As people become more concerned about the environment, a TV channel moves its focus from family dramas and crime thrillers to nature.
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From bricks to black dust
As traditional coal run brick kilns in Kaithal turn polluters, moves are afloat to shift them out of villages
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PUNJAB: Ignorance is bliss
The situation is, if anything, worse in the north Indian states like Punjab, where many industrialists acknowledge they are not even aware of the possibility of their products being toxic or of solid
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If nothing is done, we fisherfolk will perish
Bhajani Behera of Arakhakuda village, feels the lake is doomed unless the government mounts rescue operations quickly. He should know, because he has spent 65 years of his life fishing in the lake for a living.
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India State of the Environment Report : The Monthly Overview, September 2013
The Kerala government has decided to appeal against two national green tribunal orders that said that the government should take note and adhere to the recommendations of the Western Ghats Expert Ecology Panel (WGEEP) report while approving private and commercial development in eco-sensitive zones. Read more in this September 2013 edition of the Monthly India State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.
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Panchayats Working women
Slowly but steadly, women elected to panchayats are asserting themselves and, in the process, giving a new thrust to grassroot governance
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Bhil traditions wither away with their trees
So dependent are the Bhils on trees, deforestation is eroding the very roots of their culture