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• At the first African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology for Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, ministers from 20 African governments committed to pursue all
• At the first African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology for Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, ministers from 20 African governments committed to pursue all
October 21, 2003. High level corporate lawyers from ChevronTexaco sit in the same packed muggy courtroom as bare breasted Amazonian men and women at the start of what the media calls The Trial of the Century. In the ramshackle Amazonian town of Lago Agr
On December 3, US President George W Bush gave the green light to the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, declaring that it would help to prevent catastrophic wildfires . But the legislation, requiring US $760 million to be spent annually, is described by en
Top NGOs boycott a meet with the World Bank president, critisising its modus operandi
<p><span id="itro1">Even as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, states have opposed provisions of this bill prepared by CWC in 1975. It provides clauses about flood zoning authorities, prohibition of the
...and how it leads to environmental degradation
A translation of select portions of President K R Narayanan s speech after presenting the award
The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation s major wrangles over river waters
...Yet another rainforest disappears and a way of life dies as "development" catches up with the Guaranis of Paraguay
After years of pranged possibilities and piggyback rides, India has attained independent satellite launch capability
Sub standard fertilisers destroying farm land in Nepal
The financial sustainability of water schemes has run aground; and, repairs and maintenance is abysmal
Deer populations of Brazil have been on a steady decline due to loss of habitat and poaching by colonists. In the largest reservation of the South American continent in central-west Brazil,
A giant pipeline, 896- km long and 13 fit in diameter, has come to the rescue of the parched people of the Cyrenaica and Benghazi regions in north-eastern Libya. The "great humanmade river"
Besides the communities who have done exemplary work in the field of environment, several individuals are making a difference in the lives of many people in various parts of India. Some of them, who were brought to Down To Earth's notice during the proces
The Bhils of Madhya Pradesh are armed with a simple, effective and practical system of irrigation to mend the ruin inflicted by the state's impractical and rudderless schemes
The government of Gujarat has launched a project worth Rs 70 crore to dig 120 bores in the Wankaner taluka of Rajkot district to supply drinking water to Rajkot city. At present, the city is
• The Himachal Pradesh government has introduced the long-awaited agriculture crop insurance scheme from the coming rabi season. • Joseph Rotblat from UK, social reformers Narayanbhair
For the first time, an attempt has been made to manage marine ecosystems
When Neena Khanna from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences called to tell us that her patient who lives in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh had high levels of arsenic in his blood, hair and