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. …
the United Arab Emirates ( uae ) is the world's biggest consumer of natural resources, states a report of the World Wide Fund for Nature ( wwf ). Singapore and usa are the second and the third largest consumers, states the report entitled Living Planet Report 2000 . According to …
farmers of Andhra Pradesh have been directed not to cultivate a second crop of rice during the winter season because of low levels of water at the Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar reservoirs of the state. "The farmers have been advised to cultivate crops which do not require a lot of water …
representatives of India's pulp and paper industry met the Green Rating Project ( grp ) unit of the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, to take stock of their environmental performance more than one year after the release of the first ever environmental rating of its kind in the …
The 3rd Water Asia 2000 was held at Delhi's Pragati Maidan from September 18 to 20. The chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dixit, presided over the inaugural session, while minister of state for water resources, Bijoya Chakraborty, inaugurated the exhibition. Multinationals of the water industry participated with their latest technological …
A man made lake will flood dozens of recently unearthed mosaics, from the once glorious Roman town of Zeugma. The city that stood here 2,000 years ago, Zeugma, was at the eastern edge of the Roman Empire.
In 1990, senior government officials gathered at Paro to draft broad parameters for the country’s development agenda. The conclusion was the “Paro Resolution on Environment and Sustainable Development”, a statement that redefined sustainability in the Bhutanese context. It read as, “The capacity and the political will to effectively address today’s …
With modernisation has come the pressure on the forests. Though almost three-fourths of the country is still covered by dense foliage, the demands from a growing population can put unprecedented demands on them. Be it for construction, fuelwood consumption, infrastructure development, it cannot be underestimated. At the same time, 60 …
T he challenges that Bhutan is faced with are indeed daring, but rather than taking corrective measures, one cannot deny the fact that the government is taking proactive steps to mitigate the evils of development. For instance, air pollution. Though not of the proportion Indian metros like New Delhi are …
On the road to destiny The tradition-bound Himalayan kingdom readies itself to brace modernism In 1958, when the then Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, went to Bhutan on a state visit, the only way he could reach the capital Thimpu was over land. He demanded to be met at the …
The Union ministry of environment has been severely criticised by the Supreme Court for seeking five more years to clean up the river Yamuna. The ministry has been asked to file a statement furnishing details on the steps taken to clean up the river. The ministry has requested the Supreme …
The people of Bichhri , a village in Udaipur district of Rajasthan, have taken on themselves the challenging task of restoring their contaminated land and water. Fed up of the government's inability to do the same, the Jan Jagaran Vikas Samiti, a representative body of the villagers is all set …
if an efficient water management system is guaranteed, people are willing to pay for clean water. According to a study carried out by Purnamita Dasgupta of the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, out of the 603 under-privileged families surveyed, 72.88 per cent said they would like to pay for …
You had mentioned in your article about the attitude and the activities of Indian politicians, officials and the persons responsible for causing pollution. The problem we are facing is a classic example of the above. We have been fighting for the past year to get justice and three of our …
The food situation in drought-hit Kenya is a cause for serious concern. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation ( fao ), there has been a sharp increase in deaths due to starvation, especially among children. Most of the areas have received little or no rainfall, leading to …
the uk plans to reduce its nuclear sea discharges by up to 85 per cent by 2020 to meet its European commitments, announced Michael Meacher, the country's environment minister. He said the commitment, agreed in Sintra in Portugal in 1998, referred to nuclear discharges exceeding the maximum limit set for …
At least 21 million citizens of Nairobi are facing acute water shortage. Citizens allege that mismanagement, corruption and lack of preparedness on the part the government officials have led to the present state of affairs. The government on the other hand blames drought of the past three years. Water scarcity …
Air Quality Index • Finalise draft AQI prepared in the workshop • Campaigning to raise awareness • Develop first generation pm 10 aqi forecast • Demonstrate and forecast pm 10 and carbon monoxide index • Evaluate response of public to aqi • Expand monitoring network and monitoring zones • Develop …
A White Paper for Sustainable Coastal Development was released by Valli Moosa, the environment minister of South Africa recently. The document emphasises the importance of considering all aspects of the coast together while taking decisions about them and aims to establish a balance between the developed, rural and wilderness coastal …
Indian politicians take great pride in the country being a major scientific nation, what with all the nuclear power plants, missiles and atomic bombs that we build and the software exports we achieve. True, indeed, but if for one moment they were to look at the working of the government, …
