The curse of coca
The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for South America s rainforests
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We, the people...
Industrialised countries uneasy at the prospect of a shift from traditional political rights for the individual to rights that link communities and the environment?
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Fireworks follow SMOKE
Tobacco companies will foot the medical bills of smokers who have cancer under an agreement with the US state of Florida. This spells bad times for the tobacco industry as the Clinton administration wants more in a national agreement
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A public eyewash
The inspection and maintenance programme is nothing more than testing tailpipes of vehicles in India. The government should stop wasting resources over this system, which ensures neither compliance nor clean air
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Food Safety
<p class="rtejustify"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">Food Safety</span></strong></span></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/country/bangladesh/foodsafety_hl.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 291px;" /></p> <p>In Bangladesh, the food safety and quality control framework consists of Laws, Regulations & Standards, Administration & Inspection and Laboratory analytical services. Agriculture is the largest sector in Bangladesh economy. Its combine’s contribution (crops, forestry, fisheries, livestock etc.) to the country’s GDP and employment is more than one third and two third respectively. The food laws and regulations reflect this although major weaknesses within the legal framework still exist.</p>
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Initial thoughts on the elements for a draft decision
<p><img alt="" src="http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/msanwal_blog.jpg" style="width: 610px; height: 119px; margin: 14px;" />Technical examination and periodic assessmentswith respect
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Indifferent strokes
Government agencies had sponsored the study but were not interested in the results
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A Gandhian economist ahead of his time
Kumarappa was a close associate of Gandhiji and a firm believer in the theory the village must be made the focus of economic planning. Aware of the dangers of unchecked industrialisation, Kumarappa advocated that human beings should collaborate with natur
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Beware of the developers
In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be unaware of the ecological consequences of such moves.
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Living energy
Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.
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Goa's food bowl getting bare
Environmental degradation, changing land use patterns and poor administrative planning is resulting in the destruction of a unique agro system in Goa.
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Water treatment need not cost the earth
Countries like India are increasingly opting for expensive, high tech water treatment systems instead of low cost, low tech water treatment alternatives.
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Peer Review
Environmentalists express their views on the chief minister of their states
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The Element of Doubt About Jairam Ramesh
<p><style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style></p> <p><i>By Nityanand Jayaraman</i></p> <p> </p>
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Global Sustainable Development Goals: The Unresolved Questions for Rio+20
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Preparations for the Rio+20 United Nations conference on sustainable development have begun, but the first round of
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Indian Rooftop Solar Rearing to go
<p>Grid-connected solar power is growing fast in India, going from just a few megawatt (MW) in 2009 to over 1000 MW by mid-2012. 1000 MW of solar power can supply over 20 lakh Indians with electricity.
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Sustainability and the southern perspective
European environmentalists tackle Third World concerns of irresponsible overconsumption by northern countries
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Changing need in cattle feed
Scientific fodder comes of age in today"s era of specialisation and optimum use
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Death of the Indus delta
It was from the port towns of this region that Arab dhows laden with merchandise set sail for distant towns in the days of yore. Today, these towns lie deserted -- an eloquent comment on the ecological devastation that has visited the Indus del
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An agenda of incoherence
The grossly inadequate education as imparted in our schools has to answer for our general insensitivity towards the environment