<p>Biofuels have been hailed as key to reducing our fossil-fuel dependence, yet their environmental and social impacts remain uncertain. A complex task lies ahead for policy makers.</p> <p>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7352_supp/full/474S022a.html</p>
To protect the vast natural resources and the forest land from the grip of encroachers in the Guma and Parbatjoha protected forest areas under Dhubri Forest Division, Assam, the Bodoland Territorial
More than 1,000 native Indians from around Brazil set up camp on Monday in front of Congress to push for land, mining and water rights, demands that could threaten government plans for hydroelectric dams.
Prospect of Irri-Boro on over 1,000 acres of land in Kamalapur union under Patuakhali Sadar upazila has become bleak as the lands cannot be irrigated as the canal running through the fields has been leased to some influential people. The lessees have built seven dams in the canal, obstructing its flow, sources said. "We went to the local union parishad chairman several times to resolve the problem but to no effect,' farmer Shahjahan Sikder told this correspondent.
Following the constitution of a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to check pesticide residuals in food products, the committee has called for surveillance studies for pesticide residues in various
Two Japanese military hovercraft landed in tsunami-shattered Aceh, bringing a water purification plant and medical supplies to set in motion Japan's largest-ever overseas relief effort. A Maritime
Paris: Schemes to convert croplands or marginal lands to forests will make almost no inroads against global warming this century, a scientific study published on Sunday said. Afforestation is being encouraged under the UN
The Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, today announced a modified free power policy restricting the free benefit to dry land farmers having up to three pump sets and to those having up to 2.5
The state and federal governments should buy more land, and do so quickly, in order to restore the Everglades before the property becomes developed or too expensive in coming years, according to a
The Fifth GEF Assembly comes at a critical but exciting juncture of the Facility. In two decades, the GEF partnership has made demonstrable contributions to delivering global environmental benefits (GEBs)
The Fifth GEF Assembly comes at a critical but exciting juncture of the Facility. In two decades, the GEF partnership has made demonstrable contributions to delivering global environmental benefits (GEBs)
<p> The Indian economy is growing at a fast pace. That calls for a commensurate increase in electricity consumption. But a stumbling domestic coal sector threatens to derail the power sector growth. India will have to overhaul its coal mining policy if it is to ensure its long-term energy security and maintain economic growth momentum.</p>
A state cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh on Thursday decided to give compensation under liberal rehabilitation policy to the farmers of Dhar and Jhabua who have been affected by the construction of Mahi Project. The cabinet has given approval to the proposal that those farmers, whose more then 75 percent land has come under submergence would be provided compensation and rehabilitation grant for their land under submergence as well houses which do not fall in the area of submergence.
Wildlife Society of Odisha (WSO) has urged the ministry of environment and forest (MOEF) to initiate action against the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) for violating the Forest (Conservation)
Udhagamandalam: A demonstration to draw the attention of the authorities to the problems confronting dalits, Sri Lankan repatriates and tribals was organized under the aegis of the Neelamalai Makkal Kootamaipu (NMK) and the Karikiyur Adivasi Makkal Mempattu Maiyam here on Wednesday.
The politicians came in for flak once again after an NGO here alleged that they were giving land pattas to illegal encroachers in the reserved forests of Assam to further their political ends.
Growing local opposition to part with land for ONGC
More than 150 families settled on state land in Kurunampitiya North and Anawasala Grama Niladhari areas in the Kalpitiya Divisional Secretary
High food prices fueled a land-buying spree in developing nations, particularly in Africa, by countries and private investors wanting to assure food supplies for themselves, a think tank said on Wednesday.
Land is a scarce commodity. Yet India is fraught with wasteland. What essentially is required for reclaimation of wasteland is technology and resources. "But unfortunately, barring a few corporates,
