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Order passed in the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Bhopal regarding attachment of the properties of UCC (USA)
Order passed in the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Bhopal regarding attachment of the properties of UCC (USA).
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Persistent organochlorine residues in foodstuffs from India and their implications on human dietary exposure
Foodstuffs collected from different regions in India were analyzed for the presence of HCH (BHC), DDT, HCB, aldrin, dieldrin, heptachlor, and PCBs. Significantly high levels of food contamination with HCH, DDT, aldrin, and dieldrin were evident throughout India. Dairy products and livestock meat are the prime sources of human dietary exposure to these chemicals.
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National seminar on forestry sector administration development
The national seminar on forestry sector administration development was held at New delhi on 24-25 February 1992. The seminar was organised by the Indian Institute of Foest Management, Bhopal and sponsored by Swedish International Development Agency - ISO/Swedforest.
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Mineral resources in Afghanistan
This report is intended to serve as a reference source of the mineral resources of Afghanistan, the possibilities of their exploitation, needs for further exploration and strategies and policies that Afghanistan
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An overview of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its relation to monsoon and mid-latitude circulation
<p>In the past decade there has been extensive research into tropical intraseasonal variability, one of the major components of the low frequency variability of the general atmospheric circulation. This
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Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: The CAMPFIRE programme
In Zimbabwe, the area occupied by national parks, safari areas, recreational parks sad sanctuaries (collectively called the Wildlife Estate) totals about 47000 km2, or 12.5 percent of the total land area. This area is the responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and is managed by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management (DNPWLM) which is also responsible for wildlife resources throughout the country, including commercial and communal areas.
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Carbon sinks in mangroves and their implications to carbon budget of tropical coastal ecosystems
Nearly 50% of terrigenous materials delivered to the world's oceans are delivered through just twenty-one major river systems. These river-dominated coastal margins (including estuarine and shelf ecosystems)
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Natural resource links: a directory of government institutions dealing with natural resources
This directory provides the addresses and names of concerned officers in government departments dealing with India's natural resources.
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The price of forests: proceedings of a seminar on the economics of the sustainable use of forest resources
This book constitutes the proceedings of a seminar on the economics of the sustainable use of forests resources was held in New Delhi in 1990. To deal with the various aspects of forest use and management, the seminar was divided into five sessions. The first session dealt with natural resource accounting with special reference to forests. The second session dealt with certain basic issues of forest management. The third session focussed on the state of knowledge about forest products.
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The onset of the southwest monsoon of 1990
<p>Statistics relating to the date of onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala for the 100-year period 1891-1990 reveal that the mean and median dates of onset for south Kerala are 31 May and 1 June,
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Summary of Bhopal Judgement
Judgement on Bhopal Gas Disaster on the review petitions filed by various petitioners was announced by the five judge constitutional bench on 3rd October, 1991.
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Supreme Court judgement dated 3/10/1991 on Bhopal Gas Disaster
In the suit filed by the Union of India against Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) filed before the Southern District Court at New York, the presiding judge directed the utilisation of 5 Million Dollars deposited by UCC towards Interim Relief Fund, for affording relief to the victims of the Bhopal Gas Leak disaster through the Indian Red Cross Society.
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An investigation of environmental impact on health of workers at retail petrol pumps
<p>Ninety-four male pump workers, employed in 41 petrol filling stations in Kanpur (formerly Cawnpore) and Lucknow—both in the Ganges plain of north India—were clinically examined.
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Thermodynamic regulation of ocean warming by cirrus clouds deduced from observations of the 1987 El Nino
Observations made during the 1987 El Niño show that in the upper range of sea surface temperatures, the greenhouse effect increases with surface temperature at a rate which exceeds the rate at which radiation
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A Parsimonious model for prediction of monsoon rainfall in India
<p>A research paper by Gowariker have used multiple and power regression involving 15 independent variables for long range forecasting of monsoon rainfall in India. They have also argued that, when most
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A place in the sun
The UN sponsored discussions to prepare a global convention on climate began in February in USA. The aim is to prepare a legally binding convention to curb gaseous emissions leading to a much feared climate
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The state of forest report 1991
The state of forest report 1991 is the third assessment of the forest cover of the country based on visual interpretation of landsat imagery pertaining to the period 1987-89. The new feature of this report is the districtwise estimation of forest cover of the country.
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Call of the commons: people vs corruption report of a CSE media task force to Ralegan Siddhi
<p>Report of a CSE media task force to Ralegan Siddhi.</p>
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The state of India's environment - floods, flood plains and environmental myths
This report remains one of the few chronicles of the ecological change taking place in the Indo-Gangetic plains - India's most densely populated area. Focussing on the recurrent problem of floods in this region and describes the nature of challenge posed by ecologically sound development and suggests new ways of looking at policies.