Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Murray Carpenter MANY PEOPLE scour the Maine woods for lakes with big trout, but just a few seek places like this unnamed four-acre lake near the Machias River. Like thousands of other Maine lakes, it is scenic and remote, but it claims a rare distinction: it has no fish. Amanda …
Jammu: The multi-crore desilting project undertaken by the state Irrigation Department to clean the Ranbir Canal, which is considered as the lifeline of the Jammu region, has turned out to be a mere eyewash as the project has miserably failed to serve the purpose. On a question by BJP MLA …
- Massanjore reservoir dries up, management indifferent GAUTAM SARKAR Dumka, May 3: Bishnu Gorai, a farmer at Bilkandi hamlet under Raneshwar block in Dumka district, is not sure whether he can marry off his elder daughter this year. The dry spell has poured cold water on this father
GANDHINAGAR: The estuary of Narmada river, considered lifeline of Gujarat, is all set to become the lifeline for shipbuilding activities of India. In a move with far-reaching consequences, the Gujarat government has decided to develop the 12-km stretch south of Dahej - at the point where the Narmada river meets …
J. Praveen Paul Joseph Nine types of diseases found in Gulf of Mannar Black band disease found in a coral. Tuticorin: Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI) here has been conducting a study on the prevalence of the coral diseases in the Gulf of Mannar (GoM) and Palk Bay since …
BHUBANESWAR: Admitting that drinking water supply and water for farming comes in the priority category of the State Government, Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy today said that the industrial houses must adopt special measures through their community social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The industrial houses should also enlighten people on the …
With the summer at its peak, villagers of Kendrapara are facing acute shortage of water. Due to scanty rainfall and excessive exploitation of groundwater in the last one year, water table in these areas has slid down drastically. Even wells in many areas have dried up since last month. In …
A man quenches his thirst at a drinking water shed in Balangir. BHAWANIPATNA: Kalahandi is in the grip of acute water crisis sans rains since September last. Most of the water sources have dried up and farmers are apprehending loss of paddy crops in many minor irrigation ayacut areas. Water …
The 'Uttar Pradesh Water Management and Regulatory Commission (UPWMRC) Act, 2008' was passed in the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh is the latest addition to the legal reforms pursued in various states in India in the water sector. Establishment of a regulatory authority in water sector will have wide ranging …
Kodaikanal Lake which forms the heart of the resort is a star shaped lake, covering an area of about 24 hectares. Kodaikanal Lake was created in 1863 by Sir Hendry Levinge. The objectives of this study is to assess the physico-chemical and biological quality of the Kodaikanal lake and to …
The river basins of South East Asia have been the subject of a number of studies shedding light on the complexity of their natural, political, social and economic issues. Although the diversity of these studies and reports serves as a knowledge base for the basins, one can rarely find a …
Drinking-water quality is an issue of concern for human health in developing and developed countries world-wide. The risks arise from infectious agents, toxic chemicals and radiological hazards. Experience highlights the value of preventive management approaches spanning from water resource to consumer. WHO produces international norms on water quality and human …
Blame it on the general elections when millions of people cry for a drop of water across the state. But thank the state for its decision to dig up 23,000-odd tube-wells, even if that comes at the fag end of summer with time for monsoon to set in. The drinking …
The charter of demands for saving the deteriorating environment by Ecological Society. Disappointed by the lack of proper focus on environmental issues in the manifestos of the political parties, this environmental manifesto is an an outcome of the deliberations held at Paryavaran Parishad held at Pune from 18-19 April 09. …
This paper focuses on the renewed interest in purchasing or leasing land, and securing water rights for agricultural production; it does not focus on other forms of foreign investment in agriculture. It identifies the key drivers behind the recent surge in these investments, and examines prevailing trends in reported land …
Virtually every business decision is also a decision about the use of natural resources. This paper describes how global warming is affecting water and energy resources, and the challenges and opportunities this presents globally. It summarize the way in which connections among climate, energy, and water are likely to affect …
Building real cooperation on transboundary waters is always a lengthy and complex journey. Embracing cooperation is no simple task for a nation state, not least because of the perceived costs of the erosion of sovereignty, however small that erosion might be. While there are many examples of where cooperation is …
