First food: business of taste
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
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Industries are not for the welfare of the consumer
In the context of the New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment CSE study on pesticides in bottled water, <font class='UCASE'>Sharad Yadav</font>, Union minister of consumer affairs, spoke to Down To Earth about issues of regulation in publ
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In Short
seed cover: Geneticists, scientists and head honchos of industry, supported by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation, have been assigned the task of creating an international fund to
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The number game
When statistics fall prey to funding priorities
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India's groundwater is flooded with fluoride
Fluoride is an acute toxin, with a rating slightly higher than lead. It is, in fact, one of the most bone seeking elements known to human beings. And groundwater in India shows the presence of unhealthy quantities of fluoride. A worrying scenario: daily i
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Reduce the numbers
S S Bist, director, Project Elephant
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Marooned
Villagers and elephants share the experience here
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Book review: Garbage Wars: The Struggle For Environmental Justice By David Naguib Pellow
Sociologist David Naguib Pellow has come out with an engrossing account of Chicago from the perspective of what surrounds us all: garbage. It is the kind of book that gives environmentalism a good name...
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Acquire and forget
The first corridor to be secured for the elephant
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Out for political mileage
The recent events in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Kerala has had an impact on the state government. Why else would it crank up its public relations machine to put a positive spin to a state sponsored drive to evict tribals?
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Held to ransom
The tradition of captive elephants