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
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
A warning against indiscriminate selling and buying in a new fad: herbal drugs
Scientists say foetal liver cells injected into patients suffering from severe liver failure can regenerate the damaged organ
Thamoo Poovaiah, 42, is Kodagu Ekikarna Ranga's district coordinator. He also runs a business in Madikeri, selling and repairing electronic goods. He spoke to Down To Earth about KER and its activities:
The Delhi Declaration on forest management, conservation and sustainable development, adopted at the first ministerial conference of the forestry forum of developing countries, calls upon the international community to:
The powers of local government in the UK derive from acts of Parliament -- not from the Constitution -- and can be amended to suit the wishes of the central government. The future of local
The removal of the corneas from the body of an accident victim in France, shocked the public and exposed the legal and ethical failings of the transplant system
Oustees of the Kutku and Auranga dams in Bihar complain media attention is the only way of getting justice from the government, but the media devotes its ink only to big money projects
Various international fora and mechanisms have been formed to check deforestation, but tropical forest countries have always been wary of them, fearing interference by the North
The Uttar Pradesh government's decision to lift the ban on tree felling in the Garhwal Himalaya has brought on it the wrath of both the Central government and environmentalists
IN JUNE 1983, the ministry of agriculture recommended certain measures for the protection of the Himalayan ecology, on the basis of which the Uttar Pradesh government imposed a ban on felling of