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Going overboard with development?

A new project seeks to examine the environmental degradation due to development in Kochi
- 29/04/1998
- Down To Earth
- - Environment
  - Development
  - India
  - Kerala
A welcome drop

THE southern state of Kerala has performed extraordinarily in the areas of public health, education, family welfare and adult literacy. Its success in areas other than population control are easier
- 14/02/1998
Kerala Knowledge Inc

Kerala shows the way by going for a decentralised method to protect its unique biodiversity
- 14/06/2001
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- - Environment
  - Traditional Knowledge
  - Flora
  - Fauna
  - Biodiversity
  - Research
  - Scientists
  - Panchayats
  - Kerala
  - Ernakulam
Farming fish and mussels

When bad management and increasing demand for inland fish led to plummeting stocks, fishing villages around the Ashtamudi estuary in Kollam district, Kerala, have come up with their own solution. Fisherfolk, now earmark a certain area of the estuary to al
- 30/03/2003
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The enterprise

Keeping both the environment and economy afloat
- 30/07/2002
- - Ecotourism
  - Marine Ecosystems
  - Mountains
  - Lakes
  - Economy
  - Tourism
  - Biodiversity
  - Economic Development
  - Kenya
  - South Africa
  - Peru
  - India
  - Kerala
  - Sikkim
Fires galore

Over 2,500 hectares (ha) of forests in Kerala have been destroyed by fires this summer. Fires are reported to have destroyed extensive acreage in several of the 14 sanctuaries and national parks
- 30/05/1992
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What Dubey did

<font class="UCASE">the</font> chairperson of a government committee mandated to look into Kerala's endosulfan tragedy suppressed all dissenting voices within the committee to give a clean chit to the pesticide.
- 30/08/2005
- Down To Earth
Food benefits are not for the poor

IN A poverty-ridden country, particularly in the rural areas, it is legitimate to ask to what extent the public distribution system (PDS) of foodgrains acts as a security cover to the poor. The
- 30/01/1993
Biodiversity in jeopardy

Tribals in Kerala are being forced to give away medicinal plants in repayment of their loans. In the process, biodiversity is being depleted
- 30/03/2000
- Down To Earth
Public verdict

Cement packing unit stalled
- 30/12/2002
- Down To Earth
Favourite destinations

USA: Domestic and international travellers made nearly 287 million visits to the 378 parks under the US National Park Service in 1998 compared to the 275 million visits in 1997. This travel generated
- 30/07/2002
- - Ecotourism
  - Marine Ecosystems
  - Mountains
  - Lakes
  - Economy
  - Tourism
  - Biodiversity
  - Economic Development
  - Kenya
  - South Africa
  - Peru
  - India
  - Kerala
  - Sikkim
Executed by convictions

WHO s acceptance of wrong information has resulted in the death of numerous children
- 30/12/2001
- WHO
Rudderless

Ecotourism is the new buzzword in the Indian government
- 30/07/2002
- - Ecotourism
  - Marine Ecosystems
  - Mountains
  - Lakes
  - Economy
  - Tourism
  - Biodiversity
  - Economic Development
  - Kenya
  - South Africa
  - Peru
  - India
  - Kerala
  - Sikkim
Power peril

In a complete reversal of its stand, the union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) has cleared the 73.5 mw Pooyamkutty hydroelectric project in Idukki district in Kerala, endangering about
- 14/06/1994
- Down To Earth
- - Forests
  - Hydroelectricity
  - India
  - Kerala
Positive move

Kerala to set up biodiversity board
- 14/12/1997
- Down To Earth
- - Biodiversity
  - Kerala
Killing a river

Increased human activity is destroying a river system
- 27/02/2000
- Down To Earth
Kerala says no to GM crop

Kerala's recent decision that no genetically modified (gm) crop will be grown in the state has been hailed by environmental and farmers' organisations across the state. Kerala agriculture
- 30/07/2007
- Down To Earth
- - Agriculture
  - Rice
  - GM Crops
  - Genetic Engineering
  - India
  - Kerala
Waste worry

Kerala is finding it difficult to dispose its waste
- 30/03/1998
- Down To Earth
Poetic justice?

A Kerala village burns down a polluting bone crushing factory
- 14/10/2000
- Down To Earth
Soap scheme doesn t wash

Local people of Kerala upset over being sermonised on hygiene
- 14/11/2002
- WHO
- - Sanitation
  - WHO
  - World Bank
  - Kerala