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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New guidelines
a new set of guidelines have been prescribed by the Indian Council of Medical Research ( icmr) on the issue of transfer of biological material into and outside India for biomedical research.
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IN FOCUS
The forest fires in Indonesia show no signs of abating. Up to 1,000 fires are blazing at present. The situation is set to worsen as the drought drags on. ( Down To Earth , Vol 6, No1)
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The colour of money
Green is the colour of money. In the upper niche of the Indian consumer market, where fads rule the roost, any product that is tagged eco friendly has an edge. <font class='UCASE'>Yoga Rangatia</font> investigates
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Deep in the Woods
When it comes to management of forests in the US, the timber industry and environmentalists have traditionally been at loggerheads. Whoever wins, the losers are generally the people from communities living near the forests. <a c>Urvashi Narain </a c> an
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What price the constitution?
Breakthroughs in genetic engineering have led to questions on the ethics of such experiments. Should scientists alone be steering the decision making process?
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"The North is driven by the industry"
<font class='UCASE'>Christine von Weizsaecker</font> is a senior microbiologist based in Wuppertal, Germany and the vice president of Ecoropa, the premier European environmental group. She is involved in the on going negotiations related to the Biosafet
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Not any drop to drink
Supply of potable water has been affected by contamination of water sources in most developing countries. Rivers, lakes and groundwater have been polluted by industrial effluents, pesticides and
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People power
Movements to protest against the commercialisation of forests have gained momentum in Karnataka
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"Green" signal?
Even as environmentalists protest, the controversial Cogentrix thermal power plant is cleared by the Supreme Court
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Roots
Worldwide, traditional medicinal systems are in the process of being modernised. Besides health care and conservation of medicinal plants, the rights of the local communities that have preserved these systems for centuries are also at stake