The verdict
Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast
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Uttaranchal farmers upset at upcoming tea estates
The Uttar Pradesh government in 1996 (now Uttaranchal) started an ambitious tea plantation programme, which was to be spread across 12,000 hectares (ha). It included a series of tea estates to aid
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Kerala's backwaters carry modern day brunt
Their ecosystem is under threat but no one seems to care
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Go under
Or, follow coastal regulations
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Maldives provides a "good guy" model for the region
Maldives is an environmentalist's dream come true and a country that can easily be a role model for its neighbours.
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FIJI
The South Pacific island of Fiji is suffering from a massive drought. The sugarcane crop of 1998 is well below normal production. Even the torrential rains due to La Nina, which lashed Australia,
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SOUTH AFRICA
Home to a staggeringly abundant variety of flora and fauna, South Africa -- having emerged out of the shadow of apartheid -- is witnessing a resurgence of its tourism industry; the country has more
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Damning disaster!
a disaster in the making? This question is being raised about a proposal of Quebec's largest utility company, which plans to build 36 new dams on 24 rivers across the province. If implemented, the
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Tragopan country
It's not often that a remote village finds a mention in government tourism brochures. Khonoma in Nagaland does. The village is not exactly an archetypal exotic destination. You have to withstand a two-hour, bone-rattling bus trip from Kohima to get there. But it's a trip worth taking if you are a wildlife enthusiast.
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Once poachers now guards
At Kerala s Periyar Tiger Reserve, deepa kozhisseri finds local tribal communities happily involved in forest protection and ecotourism
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Dying wetlands
Almost 40 per cent of all wetlands in Assam are under threat
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Restore ecosystems or suffer a lower standard of living
<font class='UCASE'>Andre F Clewell</font> , a US based botanist and plant taxonomist, has for the past 15 years been working on ecological restoration. This relatively new area of science deals with restoring an ecosystem, that has suffered due to human
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Parched tip
Kanyakumari stands testimony to the fact that unchecked population growth and faulty land use can lead to water scarcity even in places wallowing in it
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The city before the Taj
The interests of Agra and its citizens must figure prominently in any effort to save the Taj
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Fishy questions
A few organisations have formed a net to keep some of the country's 7 million poor fishermen from sinking without a trace
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DDA strikes again
Target: the Yamuna riverbedWeapon: Zonal Development Plan
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Golf under attack
In response to ecologists up in arms against the golf courses mushrooming all over the world, designers are now coming up with eco friendly courses.
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INTERVIEW: PAWAN KUMAR CHAMLING
"NGOs have the most important role to play"
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INTERVIEW: CHANDRABABU NAIDU
"The real things are happening in the villages"
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Preserving a crumbling fragment of history
The king of Khurda started conservation work on the 750 year old Sun Temple in Konark in 1793, but the main porch is still in a dilapidated state