One small step for Nasa is a giant leap for cars
250 miles above the earth, work will continue on the first construction site in space. Cranes, robots and astronauts will be dispatched to different parts of the orbital development -better known as
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Pine pressure
Pine culture has altered the Himalayan landscape with disastrous effect on its fragile ecology
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Ravaged future
Today, around 36 million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Of these, 11.8 million are children and young people. Half of all new cases of HIV
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Ivory’s curse: the militarization & professionalization of poaching in Africa
Elephant ivory poaching is no longer solely a conservation issue. As poaching reaches levels that threaten to render African elephants near-totally extinct within the next ten years, it also funds a wide
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Ivory’s curse: the militarization & professionalization of poaching in Africa
Elephant ivory poaching is no longer solely a conservation issue. As poaching reaches levels that threaten to render African elephants near-totally extinct within the next ten years, it also funds a wide
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution levels of the city of Indore, 31/03/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development Vs. State of M.P. & Others. dated 31/03/2014 regarding pollution
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PMO Asks NPCIL to Ensure Safety of Nuclear Projects
The Prime Minister's Office has given state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India two weeks to submit a report on measures needed to ensure safety of all existing and proposed nuclear projects, a government official said.
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Space hotels could run ferry service to Mars
The ultimate floating hotel, a "cycler" to carry astronauts, and ultimately tourists, in orbit between Earth and Mars, is being worked on by US engineers. Cyclers are the brainchildren of Edwin
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Fringe benefits
Twilight zones between two habitats could lead to divergence of species and even originate new ones
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Effects of simumlated acid rain on disturbed, rehabilitated and mature forest soil of lower subtropic China
An evaluation of response of one disturbed, one rehabilitated and one mature forest soil in lower subtropic China to simulated acid rain (SAR) were studied using a controlled laboratory leaching experiment. Land use change is one of the important factors in controlling soil response to acid deposition.
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Sikkim, growing hub of illegal wildlife trade
The World Wildlife Fund today warned that Sikkim might become the next hub of international illegal wildlife through Nathu La border trade. Nathu La trade route is the shortest route to Tibet region of China, which has wooed the wildlife traders, WWF programme officer Dwaipayan Banerjee said highlighting on measures to check such trade through Indo-Nepal and Indo-China border. "If we don't act soon, Sikkim may be listed as the next hotspot of trans-border trade after Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal,' Banerjee said while addressing a gathering of forest officials, tour operators, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and eco-tourism societies here. "We need to realize that wildlife crime is slowly creeping in and take immediate steps to curb it,' State forest department Chief Wildlife Warden N T Bhutia said, adding that there was a need to tighten security near Nathu La border. Sikkim with a geographical area of only 0.2 per cent has 27 per cent of the nation's biodiversity and is listed in the ten most critical centres for bio-diversity and endemism as it shares border with Nepal, Bhutan and Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) of China.Nathu La border, where trade between Sikkim and TAR had started since 2006, is only 64 km away from here. Dongqingang, the nearest mart in TAR was mere half-an-hour distance from the international border. Conservator of Forests C Lanchungpa informed that medicinal plants of the state were being smuggled across the border in small volumes. "A big consignment of red sandalwood, meant for TAR, had been seized by Sikkim police on November 30 last year,' he said, adding that the State possesses almost 50 per cent of the butterfly species of the whole subcontinent with some being rare and endangered. He further said three French students were caught red-handed on July last year by state wildlife officers while they were catching butterflies and moths from a reserve forest in West Sikkim. "Various enforcement agencies and tour operators along with the locals need to come together to check the menace,' he added.
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Poaching in AP
members of the Lisu tribe of Myanmar have started poaching tigers in Arunachal Pradesh's Namdapha National Park, say reports in local newspapers. Tiger parts have a huge market in China as well
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Water resources strategy
For more than a generation now, educated Nepalese have dreamed of abundant hydropower as a panacea for our poverty. Ever since someone calculated that Nepal's hydro-electricity potential is around
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding granting of prospecting license for prospecting laterite mineral, Village Pratappur, Tehsil Siroha, District Jabalpur, 26/03/2014
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Mithlesh Bai Patel Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. dated 26/03/2014. This Application has been filed by one, Smt.
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Eco-tourism set to get boost in State
The growth of tourism around protected areas, energy efficiency and waste disposal will be the focus at the seminar on 'Eco-Tourism in Karnataka: Challenges, policy and Future' to be held here on Tuesday. The seminar will also discuss partnership of eco-tourism operators in the conservation of forest and wildlife. Recommendations will be made in the presence of Parameshwarappa, who has been appointed by Planning Commission as advisor on eco-tourism. All stakeholders in eco-tourism, including the private investors, will be brought on a single platform where they can debate issues to evolve an eco-tourism policy, said Mr Tiwari. "There is a need to develop an
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Indian water meter body formed
Ten water meter manufacturers in India that represent about 90 per cent of the country's total production have come together to form the Indian Water Meter Manufacturers Association (IWMMA). The
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OMC Moves SC over Withdrawal of Niyamgiri Mining Nod
The Orissa government-owned Orissa Mining Corporation on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging an earlier Union environment and forests ministry order to withdraw permission to mine at Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi. Instead of going to the apex court as a direct applicant, the Orissa government challenged the decision through the state-owned Orissa Mining Corporation.
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Polavaram Project in Trouble
The Rs 17,000 crore Polavaram irrigation project could run into heavy weather. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has objected to the Andhra Pradesh Government going ahead with construction for the project without settling with the Chhattisgarh and Orissa governments the issue of building embankments. Both states have argued that they have not been consulted by the Andhra Pradesh Government.
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Back to forests
The Tamil Nadu government decides to revive its forest cover
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Tiger poacher falls in trap
The name Abdul Khader Chaudhury does not strike a chord. But he and two others are allegedly responsible for the fast-dwindling tiger population in India. Chaudhury (69), along with two other notorious wildlife traders from Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, has reportedly smuggled around 600 tiger skins outside the country, in their association spanning more than two decades. He was arrested by the Karnataka State CID Forest Cell on Sunday, from his house in Hyderabad. He was wanted in Hubli and Haliyal cases.