Forests wait for security cover
The forest cover in Andhra Pradesh is depleting at a rapid pace with the fund starved and ill equipped Forest Department unable to check poaching. During 2000-2001 alone, as many as 11,566 cases of
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EU launches fishing policy reform debate
The European Commission launched a debate on the future of the Common Fisheries Policy this week, calling for the billion euro a year scheme to be made more effective in protecting dwindling fish
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More clashes loom over native fishing rights
Ottawa has rejected a request by a Nova Scotia native band to fish out of season this summer, raising the spectre of more violence as aboriginals vow to defy federal regulations and head out on to
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Fear of floods looms over Assam
The threat of flood is looming large on Assam as nearly 80 major breaches on the embarkments have remained unplugged due to paucity of funds.
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Campaign to save forests
Decentralisation, community participation, support of non-governmental organisations and sustainable rural livelihoods are the key words in development discourse today. The forestry sector in India
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Mumbai to be world's 2nd largest city by 2010
Mumbai, currently hosting over 18 million people, is likely to become the second largest mega city in the world by 2010 with a population of 23.6 million, next only to Tokyo; and New Delhi will be
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Environment pivotal to economic growth
In order to attain a balanced economic growth, it is necessary to strike an equilibrium between the development needs and the environmental priorities. Stating this at the World Environment Day
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Asian problems to the fore
World Environment Day unfolded on Tuesday to grin warnings about species' extinction and decertification in Asia, the planet's fastest-growing region. In an annual report on the state of its
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Solid waste left untreated in state
If effective measures were not taken to treat solid wastes, all the major towns in Madhya Pradesh would turn to huge waste disposal grounds. Surveys conducted by various agencies indicate that the
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The fall of the wild
The dwindling number of wild salmon in Scotland is driving keen anglers as far away as Iceland and Russia. In southern Canada, where recreational fishing supports a $163m a year industry, 33 rivers
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Resource crunch has hit healthcare facilities: LG
Scarcity of land and other resources coupled with growing population in the city has affected the move to improve facilities at Delhi government hospitals, Delhi Lt Governor Vijai Kapoor said today.
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Govt buys time on World Bank health project
The West Bengal government has again sought time from the World Bank to complete the development drive in the health sector.
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Pawar seeks WB help to replicate Warna Wired Project in Baramati
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar is seeking to replicate the Warna Wired Village project in Baramati with the help of the World Bank and bring internet connectivity to 100 villages.
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$41.5 million AIDS prevention project
The US Agency for International Development, through its HIV/AIDS prevention programme will launch a $41.5 million project in Maharashtra. The programme, called the AVERT project, will be USAID's
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World Bank acknowledges mistake
The World Bank has acknowledged its mistake in the presentation of the State of Agriculture in Bangladesh in its Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) report when pointed out by Agriculture Minister
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AIDS activists decry names proposal
A regulation that would require Pennsylvanians who test positive for the AIDS virus to be listed by name in a state database would discourage thousands of people from being tested because of
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Pak plots Himalayan meltdown
An Ecological disaster is ticking away in the Himalaya with Pakistan's intention to artifically melt might glaciers of the Hindukush-Himalaya mountain range. The ill-conceived move will have a
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States see red in Forest Act
It's state vs Centre, yet again--at a time when the two need to come together to save an already threatened environment. For some time now, Madhya Pradesh has been trying to gear up for battle
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School children to act as tree police
To counter the serious threat of degrading environment and increasing pollution, Delhi Government has decided to induct school children in a "Green Delhi Action Plan" and ensure its success. It has
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Royal Bengal tiger dies at Nandankanan
A royal Bengal tiger at the Nanadankanan Biological Park and Zoo died on Monday evening. The cause is unknown and the autopsy report is awaited. Joy, brought from Darjeeling in 1995, was 16. This