Among steps undertaken by the municipally owned Stockholm Water were renovation of the waste water network, construction of a storm sewer overflow basin and measures to reduce the load on pipes and treatment plants.
A programme implemented in central Kerala shows how an illness can be controlled if the community is involved.
China's stupendous financial growth rate has exacted a stiff toll of its environment and other nations are worried that the disaster may spill over
The proposed hazardous waste management project again" brings to light the Indian government's tendency to prevent free flow of crucial data regarding any industrial project, especially those funded by external agencies
A woman with a mission. ORAL ATANVFAZOVA, at 39, finds herself in the midst of a salvage operation aimed at providing succour to the teeming massess In the disease afflicted areas of the Aral Sea basin. Starting with being an obstetrician and gyn
Kerala's backwaters are one of its most prized possessions. But they are fighting for survival today, with reclamation for the purposes of development and commerce increasingly choking them off
although the importance of Himalaya-Karakoram as the largest storehouse of fresh water in the lower latitudes, and the important role of their snow and ice in maintaining the flows of the Indus,
Rapid modernization in the oil industry is needed, as sloppy management and efficiency in tracing recent subterfuges has led to the loss of thousands of tones of oil in Russia. The environmental impact remains to be assessed
ECOLOGICAL and environmental changes are a common cause of migration. These changes can be sudden and unpredictable like earthquakes, or gradual like desertification or land degradation. Environment
Tax reforms, which would penalise the unlimited use of nature, are fast becoming an imperative part of preparing national budgets, prodded by the realisation that ecological costs have to be accounted for, here and now. But will Manmohan Singh pay heed to
A small area in northern Vadodara is cluttered with nearly 200 industries, most of them dealing in chemicals. This has created serious environmental problems. The water is unfit for drinking, the air full of toxins, and the once-rich farmland surrounding
SPECULATION is on about the effect of global warming on fish production. The world's marine population is, as it is, subjugate to various factors such as water temperature, salinity, ocean currents,
PRODUCING a newspaper or a newsmagazine is something like an unending string of little miracles. As technologists designing new machines well know, "if anything can go wrong, it will." The same
One of the most lucrative pisciculture activities today, shrimp cultivation in India was recently given a devastating body blow by a mysterious lethal virus. Author tracks the beast
Environment ministry guidelines state that many of the adverse impacts of thermal plants can be foreseen and minimised through judicious siting, preventive and control
The number of Pacific salmons that return to their birth place to spawn is decreasing at a dramatic rate. Despite efforts by the Canadian government, the salmon population faces a bleak future
Overexploitation, increasing salinity and industrial pollution are threatening groundwater resources in several parts of the country
Riverine fisherfolk, arguably the oldest among traders, are being sold down the river. An unholy synergy of poisoned rivers, government apathy and commercial interests has scripted the epitaph of the original stewards of the river. Ironically, their
Scientists in New Zealand have developed a low cost technology that can clean contaminated soil
Even as microbes -silent and efficient behind-the-screen contributors to the ecosystem -continue to revel under the spotlight abroad, in India, it has yet to acquire its due importance. Indian germplasm, aided by non-existence of biodiversity conser
