Why are good harvests bad?
Harvests in different parts of the South have been a mixed blessing this year. In late November, the Argentinian peso suffered its biggest decline against the dollar in six months as the end of the
Harvests in different parts of the South have been a mixed blessing this year. In late November, the Argentinian peso suffered its biggest decline against the dollar in six months as the end of the
A deadly virus, possibly the same one that crossed over in 1997 in Hong Kong from chicken to kill human beings, has killed thousands of chicken and ducks in South Korea. The government has culled
Large-scale felling in Indonesia's Sumatra islands to feed the domestic paper manufacturing industry has led to a severe depletion in natural forest cover. Worse, there are further plans to cut more
Every new case of polio in the country should henceforth be treated as a "public health emergency'. This suggestion was made by the India expert advisory group on polio, with a view to eradicating
The World Bank (wb) has approved its largest ever environmental grant for the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. The funds, amounting to us $49 million, are meant to help the country in protecting
Chile's indegenous community of Pehuenche Indians have found rare political support. President Ricardo Lagos absented himself from the inauguration of the controversial Ralco dam, 500 kilometres
Activists and farmers opposing patents on Indian agricultural products by the West have achieved rare victory. A patent on Indian wheat, held by multinational corporation Monsanto, has been revoked
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Farmers of Malawi, a country in southeast Africa, have warned the government to tread carefully before endorsing the European Union's (eu's)economic partnership agreement. In a statement, the
His thought leads out of the prison of routinized, sterile, preconceived notions
A high school in the Swedish town of Stensund is an educational centre that can teach the world a lesson on how to manage wastewater.
A Filipino research institute has blended agro forestry and bio intensive forming technicques to help small farmers produce more, without further burdening their packet.
Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.
Scientists are studying atmospheres on other planets in the solar system to learn more about the evolution of climates
No other country in the world puts its bicycles to as many uses as does India. This is original bike country
An agitation against the O"pur dam (at the cortfluence of Banas and Dal II Tonk district Rajasthan, has not @etl@, a sympathetic chord with the stake govem- ment The dam, which envisages
The government is pushing two programmes for conservation in Vietnam
Vatavaran, a Delhi based NGO, points out the ongoing decimation of the ridge
Illegal trade threatens plant and animal species native to India
India's chief ministers are beginning to take note of environmental problems. But just about. The Centre for Science and Environment conducted a survey of <i>Down To Earth</i> readers and India's environmentalists. A report on the nature of the work carri