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Inspecting the Inspection Panel
THE Independent Inspection Panel of the World Bank ( WB ) has inspired hope among many environmental activists and organisations. They expect it to provide the much-needed scrutiny of the Bank"s
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Limp target
Polio eradication targets strike a wrong note, while the WHO waxes eloquent
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Share ware
A usual story: a transnational company develops a profitable product based on the resources and knoledge preserved by an indigenous community from the South. However, very little is done to compensate the community. <font class=UCASE>Author</font> analyse
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Who"s the safekeeper?
IT HAS been made patently clear that government designed and implemented conservation projects flounder if local communities are not included in the decisionmaking process. It is the indigenous
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For a cleaner world
To press for more sustainable and equitable utilisation of the world s resources, India and France seek closer ties
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Quake causes rift among seismologists
Seismologists may not agree on what caused the earthquake, but their views have made the government take up better seismic monitoring and analysis.
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Arid politics
Each year the world loses $42.3 billion because of desertification. But when its leaders meet to discuss the fast spreading problem, all they can do is wrangle about funds
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Fight over fish
Only a few in sensitive list
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Inhumanly polluted
Away from human interference, the virgin Arctic islands are, ironically, more polluted than the distant industrialised settlements. And the reason is a filthy secret
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Heart condition
South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems
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Is it time for Asia to abandon the dream of an effective multilateral climate treaty and adopt new approach?
<p><em>For growing economies the stress has to be on patterns of natural resource use and not on the status of natural resources; that is, dealing with the causes rather than the symptoms of the problem
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Chilika: A lake in limbo
The ecology of the already shrinking Chilika lake is further threatened by the scramble among fisherfolk, farmers and traders to grabe their share of the depleting stock of fish and prawn.Meanwhile the state government too, oblivious of the lake"s deterio
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Pressure tactics
The consensus on allowing restricted trade in ivory was confirmed by a secret ballot, and angeredjhe protectionist groups, which had been trying to 4m- twist nations which were in favour of
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Saying it with flowers
Flowers may wither, but not their importance in the cultures of most countries
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Pesticides are wiping out cranes
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red>George Archibald</font></font> , director, International Crane Foundation ICF , USA, has been a regular visitor to Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur. In 1993 94, an attempt was made to introduce captive reared
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Is it on the right track?
Controversy has dogged the Konkan railway project since its inception. Today, many influential Goans are up in arms against the present alignment of the track, which, they allege, would wreck the state"s environment. Railway officials, of course, disagree
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Lost in the jungle
The anti people attitude that environmental NGOs had vehemently opposed in the '80s has resurfaced in the recent draft Forest Policy Bill. The author examines why the NGOs failed to influence brain dead government policies
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Sweet rediscovery
A staple for many Asian and African nations, sweet potato is only now beginning to catch the attention of scientists
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The war of the footprints
As satellites proliferate over the Indian sky and competitors wrangle a bigger share of the market, Doordarshan gears up to….