Nomads' right over forests upheld
A significant victory came the way of the nomads and people living in or around protected forest areas as the Uttaranchal Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mr. Mohan Singh Gaonwasi,
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Loving pandas to death
Wolong, home to about 10 per cent of all of China's pandas, is the largest of 33 reserves in the country and the most popular by far. The bears, which live only in China and were put on the
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Director takes up cudgels for Ridge wildlife
Close on the heels of raking a controversy over the National Film Awards, Pradeep Krishnan, film director and noted conservationist, has accused Delhi's forest officials of doing little to stop the
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Rare species of shark found in Khulna river
A very rare species of shark has been found in the Baleswar river, which was never found in Bangladesh. Researchers working in the Sundarbans Biodiversity Conservation Project (SBCP) based in Khulna
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Drought hits MP fish production adversely
The severe drought conditions in Madhya Pradesh have adversely affected the fish production. The state, which had set a target of 1.54 lakh tonne of fish and fish seed production of 10,000 million
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UK Plc fails Blair's 2001 green challenge - report
Most of Britain's top companies, including some run by the government's favorite tycoons, have failed to meet a 2001 green challenge set by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Friends of the Earth said. A
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Flood erosion battle plan due
The West Bengal state government has urged the Centre to prepare a master-plan to protect areas in Malda and Murshidabad districts from floods and erosion. The chief minister said that he has
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A clean sweep in Nandigram-II
Nandigram-II block in Midnapore district in West Bengal is the first in the country to achieve hundred per cent sanitation coverage. Dr Surya Kanti Misra minister of health and panchayats, conferred
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Diabetes, Obesity spreading tentacles in slums
Debunking the myth that diabetes and obesity are rich man's disorders, a study here has found a considerable number of people in a slum are suffering from these diseases. Such people are also prone
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CEE to draft report for summit on sustainable development
India's national report to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), scheduled to be held in September 2002 at Johannesburg, will be drafted by the the Centre for Environment Education
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Concern over pollution in Gulf of Khambat
The Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti has decided to take up the issue of industrial waste which is polluting the Gulf of Khambat in Gujarat, and has warned that with the completion of the Narmada project
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Hailstorm damages mustard crop
There are reports that the recent hailstorm has damaged extensively the mustard crop in Kapriwas Joniawas Malpura Jarthal Asiaki Panchore Sampli and several other villages of the Rewari
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Fisheries conservation issue gathers storm
A familiar storm is gathering once again on the horizon of the fishing sector on the East Coast on the fishery conservation issue, with different groups of fishermen and trawler operators in Andhra
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Mouse to help detect tumour; heart trouble
Imagine a diagnostic toll that can give a complete three dimensional view of your arteries, or mammongram that alerts the doctor even before he can react to the sings of a tumours. Or a system that
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Finding an answer to the west's big problem
Obesity is just one of the aliments pharmaceutical companies are hoping to cure through natural sources. The hodis's powers are now the source for an anti-obestiy drug being developed by Phytopharm,
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Govt may bar smaller plastic carrybags
Six months after the Union environment ministry finalised an ambitious plan to completely ban the manufacture, sale and use of all plastic carrybags, howls of protest from the industry have forced
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Waste disposal project may prove inadequate
The Rs150m proposed solid waste management project, with the capacity of disposing of 300 tons waste daily, appears to be inadequate to cater the waste management requirements of the provincial
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PCCF Verma seeks details of lion census method
The uproar last year over the proposed use of buffalo calves as bait for conduction lion census in Gir, which was anyway washed out due to heavy rains, seems to have cast its shadow on the exercise
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PMFAI alleges ill-effect of GM crops
The genetic modification (GM) technology being introduced for commercial development of seeds and crops would generate unanticipated harmful side effects as these are not sufficiently tested and long
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Disease control without chemical pesticide
In what the New York Times described as a 'stunning new result' from one of the largest agricultural experiments ever, thousands of rice farmers in China are using a new way to control a major