Firewood supply decreasing each year
The hardwood supply in Thimphu (Bhutan) has hit rock-bottom.The data collected by the Thimphu Territorial Division shows the supply dropping drastically every year in the last four years or
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Fishing community protest on Nov 21
The world fishing commuNity has chalked out programmes of a awareness and protests against the policies of multi-national fishing industries and World Trade Organisation on November 21, World
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Drink water before you are thirsty
Until you sweat and your throat is parched, water is hardly taken. However, by the time you "need" the life-giving fluid desperately, you may have done enough damage to your body, a recent study
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As Machu Picchu gets trashed
With up to 2,500 visitors a day, Machu Picchu (Peru) and its surronding preserve are suffering damage. The nature preserve is under strain too, with its 372 bird species, dozens of rare orchids and
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Science academy disputes book's claims
One of the nation's most prestigious scientific bodies disputed claims that reckless experiments by one of its members killed hundreds of South American Indians.The claims are contained in the book
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Clinton designates a monument in Ariz.
President Clinton yesterday created a new national monument to protect a spectacular line of red-hued cliffs in northern Arizona and dramatically expanded an Idaho monument featuring an eerie,
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The how, where and cost of salinity
Salination is an ancient problem, having inflicted damage on the earth since the Babylonian and Roman Empires. But its spread is growing alarmingly, posing a global threat to crops and to land use.
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EU motorists face green scrap tax
Millions of Europe's motorists face as yet unknown extra charges as governments move to implement a new European Union law governing the scrapping of used vehicles. About 160 million cars are
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Draft environment assessment act discussed
Any agency that formulates or implements any policy or programme which may have a significant effect on the environment should conduct an environmental assessment in accordance with the draft
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Gene therapy may soon help treat heart disease
Heart disease may soon be treated using gene therapy, which was successfully used in the US to prevent further injury to coronary arteries in animal trials.The procedure involved a new technique
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Ministry frees herb exports, Greens enraged
It's a decision that is expected to boost the herb export trade but according to environmentalist will strip the country's forests further of their natural wealth. A Ministry of Environment and
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Pollution board cheif's assurance to Bellandur villagers
Karnataka Pollution Control Board Chairman Prof B Shivalingaiah has assured the Bellandur Lake Protection Committee members that he will bring the chief minister to inspect the lake and initiate a
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Afghanistan in the grip of food crisis, says FAO
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO) has issued an alert, warning that Afghanistan faces a food crisis caused by drought and decades of civil conflict, severely affecting over
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Researchers to date Valley's changes
A nine member team of professors and students from Japan and Nepal has embarked on a three-year long research project to study environmental changes and tectonic events recorded five thousand years
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Drinking better water, breathing poor air
There has been significant improvements in the quality of piped drinking water distributed in Kathmandu, but the quality of air has not seen any remarkable change due mainly to the city's poorly
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Cross-border web lawsuits plan attacked
Industry in UK lobbied the government to reject 'damaging, ill thought out' European proposals to give consumers the right to use their national courts to sue websites based in other countries. The
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More on the the danger from plastics
A report issued this month by "Health Care Without Harm" (HCWH) an international coalition of more than 290 organizations in 27 countries working to transform the health care industry says, a toxic
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Arsenic limits Bangladeshi access to safe water
Arsenic contamination has curbed access to safe drinking water in Bangladesh, once praised for providing potable water to most of its people, experts said. "The presence of arsenic in excess of the
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5 tigers increased in two years
The most magnificent members of the cat family, tigers and panthers have increased in the past two years in Madhya Pradesh. An increase of 5 tigers and 100 panthers in the state in the two years has
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Lambs to the slaughter
The Philips report into the origins of BSE (mad cow disease) and its human equivalentk, VCJD, was a cautious, unhysterical document. But if the release of the report last week was meant to help calm