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Entomology

• Conservation and collection of insects in India are mutually beneficial, NOT harmful a simple reality explained

  We still do not know 60-70% of the living insect species in India and almost all of these yet unnamed species probably occur only in our Protected Areas now. 'No permits to survey in' or 'unrestricted access to these areas given to qualified specialist scientists' means no knowledge about three quarters of our subcontinent's biota.

  • 25/07/2010

  • Current Science
  • • Endangered Species
    • Insects
    • Biodiversity
    • Zoology
    • Research
    • Legislation
    • India
    • Current Science
    • Entomology
    • Gopal Dixit

• Malaria transmission in the vicinity of impounded water: evidence from the Koka Reservoir, Ethiopia

  The construction of dams in Africa is often associated with adverse malaria impacts in surrounding communities. However, the

  • 01/08/2009

  • International Water Management Institute
  • • Waterborne diseases
    • Dams
    • Reservoirs
    • Epidemiological Studies
    • Malaria
    • Vector Control
    • Ethiopia
    • Entomology

• Entomologists are becoming rare species in India

  MADURAI: Leading scientists and public health officials have called for

  • 16/12/2008

  • Hindu (Chennai)
  • • Medical Research
    • Vector Control
    • Entomology