Mountain communities have been adapting to changing environment for a long time. Traditional farming methods depending on recycling of available natural resources is the key to sustainable production systems. Local marketing systems have also played a vital role in reducing the emissions and food miles.
Each year the world loses $42.3 billion because of desertification. But when its leaders meet to discuss the fast spreading problem, all they can do is wrangle about funds
<p>This major study analyses where, why and by whom science is being carried out around the world, and how this is changing. Examines how international networks of collaboration are changing the way in which scientific research is conducted, funded, the implications on decision makers in government, NGOs. etc and includes recommendations on how international collaboration can be harnessed to tackle global problems more effectively.</p>
Pakistan’s population is growing and becoming more urbanized. By 2020, Karachi and Lahore will each have a population of well over 10 million people and several other cities will have a population of at
This discovery shows how incredibly fascinating is nature; it also shows how incredibly advanced has become the human ability to measure
NASA scientists have developed a new space based imager with very high resolution which will help foresters, farmers and geologists, and lay the foundation for future land imaging systems
The 1999 super cyclone has put the state s development clock back by two decades
In many Western populations, blood pressure varies moderately with season and outdoor temperature. Relatively little is known about effects of seasonal changes in blood pressure on the detection and control
THE South can now begin challenging the stereotypes about itself that had been sold so enticingly till now. The Environmental Liaison Centre International (ELCI), in Nairobi has launched a project to
The intense heatwave that baked much of Europe for weeks has convinced many people about the changing climate
In tropical climates, most freshwater reservoirs, dams and lakes are prone to annual summer stratification during which bottom water layers near the bed become hypoxic (< 2 ml/l) with very low concentrations
It's been a century of research and implementation of malaria control strategies. But the disease continues to claim three million lives every year
The objective of this study is to evaluate the ability of a European chemistry transport model, ‘CHIMERE’ driven by the US meteorological model MM5, in simulating aerosol concentrations [dust, PM10 and
The increase in greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the ozone layer hold far more serious consequences for human health than earlier imagined
The ever increasing loss of natural floodplain wetlands to hydrological and global change, land use change and natural hazards is leading to serious environmental and ecological concerns in the flood plains
The European blackcap has dramatically changed its migration pattern, flying to a new site, more than 1,000 km north of the region where it traditionally spent the winter.
As of today, there is no GMO released anywhere in the world for which all the following information is available
The way the earth's plantlife is today has been the result of a unique process of "peaceful transition"
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organising a three-day orientation programme at New Delhi from September 25 – 27, 2012 for policy makers from different cities of India and South Asia. The
Foresight and planning are necessary to counter the new outbreaks of infectious diseases
