Half truths
constructive dialogue and objective assessments have always been a casualty in the conflicts and controversies that have surrounded large dams. Such projects have nevertheless played a major role in
constructive dialogue and objective assessments have always been a casualty in the conflicts and controversies that have surrounded large dams. Such projects have nevertheless played a major role in
For centuries, the Iban tribals of Malaysia have cultivated crops by clearing trees, but without endangering the rainforests. At the centre of their practices are traditional rights that each generation inherits.
Scientists became aware of acid rain more than a century ago
The technique of producing iron from low grade ore used by the Agarias was environmentally sound. But the community is marginalised today, and their craft is a dying art
<p>This is an EIA report of Navi Mumbai International Airport prepared by Center of Environment Science & Engineering, IIT (Mumbai). Ministry of Environment and Forests has expressed its concerns over the the project as it leads to diversion of two rivers, loss of mangrove spread in 400 acres and blasting of an island. </p><p><strong>Related</strong></p>
<p>The environment impact assessment report of Navi Mumbai International Airport prepared by Center of Environment Science & Engineering, IIT (Mumbai). Ministry of Environment and Forests has expressed its concerns over the the project as it leads to diversion of two rivers, loss of mangrove spread in 400 acres and blasting of an island.
Conservationists in Brazil have got some success in their struggle for saving a precious tract of rainforests. The Brazilian government has decided to launch an environmental impact study for a
The world is facing a food crisis because it is running out of water to support food production, according to an environmental consultant and author. Speaking at the opening of the Water, Finance and Sustainability 2008 conference in London, Fred Pearce, author of When the Rivers Run Dry, said major changes were needed to find enough water for everyone to use. He said many developed countries have even higher water consumption rates than it first appears because of the global trade in virtual water - the water used to produce food which is exported and imported.
Protesters angry over oil and natural gas developments in Peru's resource-rich Amazon vowed on Friday to defy the government and step up demonstrations that have disrupted operations at energy companies. A private-sector source told Reuters that as many as 41 vessels serving energy companies are stuck along jungle rivers, unable to move because of the protests.
Pune The Rs 398 crore-pipeline project of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municiapal Corporation (PCMC) from the Pavana dam to Nigdi is facing opposition from villagers over land acquisition. The project was supposed to be completed in two years after its bhoomipoojan, which had taken place on May 1, 2008.
PROTESTS by environmentalists, religious and social leaders has forced the government to reconsider its decision to continue with Loharinag Pala project on the Bhaghirathi river in Uttarakhand.
A revolution in farming is in the offing across Europe, courtesy the new Water Framework Directive . The order must become a national law across the 15-nation European Union (eu) bloc by the
Ecological devastation in China is rampant: acrid, blackened air in industrial cities; rain that turns inky and corrosive with acidity; noxious mounds of untreated garbage and hazardous sludge
Pollution of wetlands can increase emission of the greenhouse gas methane
The us $25 billion Three Gorges Dam in China, already at the centre of a raging dispute, has become embroiled in a fresh controversy. The pro-dam lobby has been contending that the structure is
CAVIAR, the ultimate synonym for luxurious living and a major Russian export, is facing a triple threat of poaching, pollution and petroleum. Female sturgeon swim down the Volga river to the
An Alabama jury found international company Monsanto liable for decades of pollution in a small US town named Anniston. The verdict has opened the door for millions of dollars of claims against the
The cleaning up of a toxic waste site discovered in the Tuzla district of Istanbul, Turkey, was suspended temporarily due to a gas leak. Hundreds of barrels, suspected to contain carcinogens, were
Norilsk Set To Avoid $178 Million Pollution Suit RUSSIA: April 10, 2008 MOSCOW/ST PETERSBURG - Norilsk Nickel appears likely to avoid a $178 million pollution suit after the head of Russia's environment agency on Wednesday disowned a claim filed by his outspoken deputy. Rosprirodnadzor head Vladimir Kirillov told reporters his agency had not brought any suit against Norilsk, the world's largest nickel and palladium miner and the subject of rival merger proposals by Kremlin-linked billionaires.
In view of the deteriorating water situation in the province, the Environment Protection Department (EPD) announced a scheme to monitor various types of surface water sources in Punjab including rivers, lakes, canals and wetlands here on Monday. The scheme will include a profiling of the water bodies, an estimation of various loads of pollution (organic and inorganic) being discharged in surface water bodies, a public information and awareness drive for the conservation of water and reduction of pollution, as well as greater collaboration between the various government bodies involved.