US to resist WTO banana row panel
The United States and three Lain American countries have signalled they will resist the speedy creation of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel on their banana row with the European Union,
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Indian Centre for Plastic in Environment next month
To develop new technologies for recycling of plastic waste and for setting up an application centre for creating scientific 'wealth out of waste' and improving waste management techniques, an Indian
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Canada to spend C$120 million to fight pollution
Canada has pledged to spend C$120 million ($78 million) over the next 10 years to cut emissions from automobiles and industrial plants in the wake of an agreement signed in December with the United
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More polluting units sealed in Delhi
The Delhi Government today surveyed 970 small-scale industrial units in the central and northern parts of the Capital and sealed 24 of them for not adhering to pollution
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Centre shaping disaster management body
Jolted by the Gujarat earthquake, various ministries of the Central government are working overtime to give final shape to the proposed disaster management authority.
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The Deadly Bacteria
It appears from the revelation of experts that there is hardly anybody left in Bangladesh who is safe from a particular type of abdominal disease that can lead to many other severe ailments,
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UK to review health of nuclear veterans
The British Government is to launch a new investigation into claims that a rare cancer is killing servicemen who witnessed Britain's nuclear weapons tests in Australia during the 1950s. The Ministry
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China is strengthening wetland protection with the drafting of new rules
A National Regulation on Wetland Conservation is being drafted and will be submitted to the State Council for approval by the end of this year, said Wang Hongjie, an official with the Department of
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Migratory birds shying away from Dhaka lake
The number of migratory birds at the Dhaka Zoo lake has been declining drastically over the years, according to a waterfowl census report of International Union for the Conservation of Nature
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Parent cells found in brain may be key to nerve repair
Scientists in Sweden have identified for the first time the parent cells that give rise of many and maybe all of the different cell types in the adult brain. These neural stem cells, as they are
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Wildlife enthusiasts rescue 75 birds
About 75 young cormorants,pond herons and little egrets were rescued to safety by two bird lovers in Chennai and lodged at the Children's Park, Guindy. They had dropped out of tree branches that
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Delhi sitting on great garbage bomb, warn experts
Delhi is heading for an environmental disaster as mountains of garbage pile up in the city's once green open swathes, environmental experts
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Greenpeace says EU blocking UN fair fishing pact
Greenpeace accused the European Union yesterday of blocking international efforts to stop illegal and unregulated fishing boats from depleting world fish stocks. The environmental organisation said
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Preparing for flood disasters
Unless the catchment areas had adequate forest cover, there would be no permanent protection for the rich agricultural lands in Sarpang dzongkhag of Bhutan from the ravages of erosion and floods.
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Ohio Government signs bill for environmental bonds
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft signed legislation yesterday creating a $400 million, bond-funded program to enhance the state's environment and clean up abandoned industrial sites.
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Herders in Mongolia desperately need help
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has launched an appeal for US$ 8.7 million in support of Mongolian herders suffering from the worst winter in more than fifty years. About 75,000 herder
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Action plan to improve air quality in cities stressed
Experts, regulators and the donors have started a three-day regional workshop in Bangkok to initiate an integrated approach to improve air quality, now deteriorating sharply causing serious health
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Works on SBCP going on smoothly
Implementation of the Sundarban Biodiversity Conservation Project (SBCP) is going on smoothly. Bangladesh government had adopted this 77.5 million US dollar project last year to conserve the
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UNEP executive director appalled by Karura forest violence
Appalled by the treatment of environment protesters at Nairobi's Karura Forest, the United Nations Executive Director, Klau Toepfer, said that violence and intimidation was not the way to deal with
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Plastics no pollution agent
Plastics which emerged as a highly conventional and cost-effective material to serve a variety of purposes including packaging, do not pose a health hazard if managed properly and the waste plastic