Recommendations for a moratorium
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
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Passenger vehicles Mfd from Jan 1 quietly meeting new noise norms
All passengers cars, two and three wheelers manufactured from January 1. 2003 are meeting the new noise norms notified by ministry of environment and forests.These norms-5 to 7 dB(A)- are tighter
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Depths of apathy
For a long time, much before the construction of reservoirs, people were solely dependent on tanks and wells for drinking water. With the construction of dams and reservoirs, some ancient wells have
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SC retains Sterlite unit closure stay order
New Delhi In a major relief to Sterlite Industries, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stuck to its earlier stay order against the immediate closure of the company’s copper smelting plant at Tuticorin in Tamil
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Pollution campaign bears fruit
The traffic police campaign against polluting vehicles on Hyderabad city roads appears to have paid dividends if one were to go by the marginal dip in pollution levels five days after the campaign
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The Promise of therapeutic cloning
Scientists wasted little time deploring the announcement by a religious sect that it has created the first human clone. It's not just because Clonaid, the company founded by the leader of the sect,
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Film on R’bore tiger wins 3 awards in US
‘Broken Tail’ Was Based On A Strayed Cub Jaipur: In a rare laurel for Ranthambore National Park, a documentary film on a tiger at the park has recently won three awards including that of the ‘best film
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Green areas reduce rich, poor health gap
LONDON: Health inequalities between rich and poor are significantly lower in areas with green spaces like parks, forests and playing fields, according to British researchers. The research makes a strong case for the government and urban planners to plan green spaces in cities in order to provide health benefits to people.
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The drivers of tropical speciation
Since the recognition that allopatric speciation can be induced by large-scale reconfigurations of the landscape that isolate formerly continuous populations, such as the separation of continents by plate
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Climate change and its impact on biodiversity; some management options for mitigation in Arunachal Pradesh
Climate change is one of the most important global environmental challenges that affect all the natural ecosystems of the world. Due to the fragile environment, mountain ecosystems are the most vulnerable
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HC curb on removing agricultural produce
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has restrained the Forest Department from removing the agricultural produce collected from the Thoothampara Estate which had been taken over by the government from the Poabs Group.
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TN monitor lizards on Pondy menu
Puducherry, MONITOR lizards, an endangered species, are being poached in Tamil Nad u and sold in canteens here. After seizing two monitor lizards last Friday , the Department of Forest and Wildlife has seized six monitor lizards on Monday morning at Villianur.
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Barbie packaging set to be eco-friendly
They'll no longer be wrapping their dolls and their toys in rainforest destruction... This is a huge win Rold Skar spokesman, Greenpeace US toy giant Mattel, maker of the world-famous Barbie doll,
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Plea to protect Solabeel
The Solabeel Unnayan Samity, an NGO, made a fervent appeal to Assam State Government to take urgent steps to save the Barsola and the Sarusola Beels, which are together known as the Solabeel. The
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Man called 'savage'
The botanists and geologists in Uttaranchal are yet to comprehend Jagat Singh Chaudhary's miraculous feat. This retired Border Security Force man has single handedly grown a forest in the rocky
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'Immigrants pose threat to ecology';
Large-scale encroachment of the forest areas on the inter-state borders of Assam coupled with the age-old practice of jhum cultivation has left the biodiversity of the state at great risk. Out of the
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Indo-Bangla meet begins today
India wants a constructive dialogue with its eastern neighbours on sharing river water, and controlling floods in Assam. It will be seeking cooperation from Bangladesh Water Minister Hafiz Uddin
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Stargrazers savour close encounter with the Red Planet
A mere 60,000 years later, thousands of people around the world will use a vast array of high tech digital and optical equipment to observe the "red planet" as it passes. From the Polynesian shores
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People Tree
In this village of Mendha Lekha tucked deep in the Gadchiroli forest, Karnataka, a group of tribals are huddled over a small plant. An old woman digs it out and Devaji Tofa examines the roots and
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Assessing SDI readiness in Pakistan
For more than a century, humanity has started showing concern for the future of our planet. Natural resources like water reservoirs, forests, oil and gas fields have drawn attention of governments all over the world due to their limited capacity on the one hand and their rapid consumption on the other hand.