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Will the future city, marked by responsible governance and a concerned citizenry, be able to address the problems dogging the world's urban centres?
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Imminent deluge
Asian countries risk becoming the dumping ground for the world"s burgeoning waste trade
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What is El Nino?
EL Nino refers to the warm current that flows southward along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, between January and March, which marks the end of the local fishing season when the
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The South should work with NGOs
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red>Walden Bello</font></font> , co director, Focus on the Global South, a research institute in Thailand, has done extensive work on the East Asia Miracle Paradigm. Author of several books, Bello is associated with Greenp
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More snow cover means less rain
A recent study reveals how the snow cover in Asia and Europe controls the intensity of the Indian monsoon.
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Environmental scapegoats
Are goats responsible for increasing desertification? No, say many environmentalists and researchers. In fact, this hardy animal fertilises degraded land efficiently, besides being a valuable source of income and nutrition for the poor
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What about the Third World?
US and European Community representatives monopolised the GATT negotiations, while Third World countries seemed to have been sidelined.
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Shelved!
Sale of African ivory stocks
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Hanging in balance
The future of products developed from the knowledge of indigenous communities is threatened
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Money matters
As the first ever assembly of the 161 member Global Environment Facility GEF draws near, many non governmental organisations are left out in the cold. Only 28 such organisations worldwide are being funded by the GEF to attend the assembly
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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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Silence of the birds
Large scale logging in the tropics has led to the disappearance of bird species
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Re-energise yourself
This month, even as the Russian cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol and sent it on to parliament for ratification, the price of oil crossed US $50 per barrel a 60 per cent increase in the price of
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UN gives MNCs a clean chit
A recent United Nations report absolves multinationals of the environmentalists' charge of shifting ecologically harmful industries to the South. Earlier, equally prestigious reports, claimed the contrary.
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Roots
Worldwide, traditional medicinal systems are in the process of being modernised. Besides health care and conservation of medicinal plants, the rights of the local communities that have preserved these systems for centuries are also at stake
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StarLink scandal
Contaminated corn harvests leads to economic losses in millions
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Sand bagged over cash
The international convention on desertification is plagued by differences of opinion on financial resources and funding mechanisms
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The world of french fries and potato salad
The potato, native to South America, invaded England in 1588, the year Elizabeth I's devil may care sea dogs vanquished the Spanish Armada. It has since spread throughout the world, leaving its most edible mark on various cuisines.
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Not merely a numbers game
Although the recently held world population summit emphasised population control in the developing countries as the main block in the path to development, some delegates held the consumption patterns of the developed countries responsible for the problems
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Third World wood finds niche in global market
ALTHOUGH world trade in forest products continues to be dominated by the industrialised countries, exports of forest products have come to play an important economic role in many developing