Growing old in the wild
The conventional belief is that animals don't live into old age, but succumb much earlier to "unnatural" causes. Recent research, however, indicates there's old age in the wild, too.
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Early education is the key to reducing birth rate
Every rupee invested on four years of primary education for girls would yield returns worth Rs 10 of investment on advertising contraceptive technology.
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Two academics traces India's green history
THIS BOOK by two of India's most eminent environmental historians makes a first attempt at constructing an alternative, ecological view of Indian history. Coming on the heels of Clive Ponting's A
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Wielding the green whip
Mexico can't sell its "dolphin unfriendly" tuna to USA. Japan faces punishment for exporting jewellery made of hawksbill sea turtle shell. Malaysia is penalised for exporting rainforest wood. All over the world, green trade wars are raging. But trade ban
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Pilgrimage or carnage
Two crore pilgrims visit the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala annually, and the environment pays dearly for it
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In Short
saving the act: The prime minister's office (PMO) has issued a directive that Union cabinet proposals having a bearing on decentralisation will have to be cleared by the newly-formed ministry of
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Manifest with symbolism
Devotional in theme, Mithila paintings depict scenes from the ancient epics and legends and are rich with Vedic and Tantrik symbolism. They are in fact, simplistic manifestation of the philosophical
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Putting colour into pelts
Scientists say a pair of genes are responsible for lending colour to animal furs.
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Caught out
Fishing leads to fishy genes
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Whose land?
The Kerala High Court has blocked the state government's highly-publicised distribution of 28,588 ha of forest land to migrant farmers who occupied the land prior to 1977. On September 15, the court
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Kenya
A battle for survival is being fought between humans and wildlife in the jungles of Kenya. While the animals are considered a goldmine for the nation's economy, Kenyans have begun a struggle for
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THAILAND
The much-hyped project to export natural gas from Burma's Yadana field to Thailand is under fire from Thai environmen talists. They are concerned about the negative impact of the project on wildlife
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Scratched record
Will SEZs succeed, where precursors failed?'
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Vultures on death row
Human persecution is the main cause behind the high mortality of vultures in India
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How effective is CITES?
Almost the same controversies surrounded the proposal from South Africa to lift the ban in exports of the Southern White Rhinoceros, which was also rejected by the cop-10. South Africa, home to the
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King without a jungle
The sandalwood forests are gone. Now an ageing Veerappan looks for greener pastures
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When alienation ruins
Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood exports has been unable to curb. Deregulation of the sandal tree, currently under state control, is now being deb
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Artisans the untold story
Despair and devastation stare India"s artisans in their face, as resource crunch, modern civilisation and government apathy combine in an onslaught on their teetering citadels. Down To Earth presents an exhaustive analysis
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Giving villagers a slice of the pie
A programme in Zimbabwe strives to conserve wildlife and maintain development on the premise that villagers will utilise natural resources in a sustainable manner if they can perceive the benefits to them
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Terai damming away its wildlife
NEPAL'S Terai region seems hell-bent on courting environmental disaster. In the last 30-odd years wetlands and swamps have been reclaimed and massive rivers have been tied down by dams. The flood