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• Pollution has killed several hundred fish in Tickenham Rhine river between Nailsea and Tickenham in Somerset in the UK, according to the country's Environment Agency. "The river is covered in
• Pollution has killed several hundred fish in Tickenham Rhine river between Nailsea and Tickenham in Somerset in the UK, according to the country's Environment Agency. "The river is covered in
Aquaculture has spelt success for the tiny island of Chilo6, off the coast of southern Chile. Such has been the boom that Chile ig now the world's second-largest salmon producer after Norway.
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) have begun working on a feasibility study for the construction of waste water treatment plants on the Ravi river at two sites at an amount of Rs 486 million. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.
Key developments in the quest to find the origin of AIDS
Can existing constitutional safeguards adequately address the environmental concerns?
people living in Sipasarubali near the coast in Puri, Orissa, are under threat. Waves have swept away parts of a beach in this popular tourist spot. While local residents are perturbed and visitors
A Bangladesh scientist sets the country s jhum record straight
EUROPEAN pharmaceutical companies, specially those based in Germany and are bell bent on blocking the of the low priced Spanish and wipme drugs in the European Union When Spain and
The Three Gorges Dam hydroelectric project in China, once promoted as a major money-spinner for multinationals, is now turning out to be a liability for Beijing. The international financial
Concerns about tackling the menace of acid rain grows in Japan
Panama is reeling under a water shortage crisis that can attain monumental proportions in future, if the largescale environmental degradation resulting from indiscriminate commercial logging is not
Despite a host of reasons against its constuction, Pakistan decides to go ahead with building the Diamer dam
<p><strong>Bangladesh alongwith Sierra Leone and South Sudan led a ranking of countries facing extreme risks as a result of climate change, exacerbating the chances of civil conflict, according to a study by Maplecroft. Read more in November 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment,Bangladesh.</strong></p>
there are conflicting claims over the distribution of water of the Rajsamand Lake by residents of Rajnagar township in Rajasthan and the farmers there. The conflict began after the Water
The deadly environmental effects of World War ii may stage a reappearance. At a late January conference on marine pollution in Brussels, Russian experts expressed apprehension that around 120,000
<p><strong>As many as 7.95 million Nepalis still defecate in the open such as bushes and field, according to a study conducted by the Department of Water, Supply and Sanitation. Read more in November 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Nepal.</strong></p>
In India, out of a land area of 330 million ha, only cultivated. The remaining areas of forests, woodlands, grasslands, marshes, rivers, lakes and shorelines are common property resources (CPRs).
Earthquakes occur due to inter-continental collision, and also due to intra-continental rupture of rock plates. About a dozen continental plates float on the Earth's semi liquid crust, just like the
although Gujarat continues to be engulfed by the Sardar Sarovar dam controversy, yet the state government has embarked on an even more ambitious mega venture that throws up several environmental concerns
<p>People of 45 districts in Bangladesh, are at risk of contracting kala-azar as the fly-borne disease breaks out in different parts of country in recent times, found a study conducted by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR-B) and Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital. Read more in October 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh</p>