Nature's guerrilla tactics
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a method of reducing the use of pesticides by farmers by promoting alternative pest control practices such as the use of resistant rice varieties, dependence on
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a method of reducing the use of pesticides by farmers by promoting alternative pest control practices such as the use of resistant rice varieties, dependence on
Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.
The introduction of the lion to the Kuno forests has been meticulously planned
Not very long ago, shrimp was plebeian grub. Oldtimers in the south still remember that it was but small courtesy for toddy sellers to give half-a-dozen shrimps free with a bottle of the best.
The anachronistic, and explosive, colonial formula of exploiting forests by denying the forest people their rights is still being followed to the letter by underdeveloped Indian administrators in the Dangs, Gujarat"s boondocks tribal belt
Environment space per person to combat unbalanced resource use
A domestic but prolific generator of organochlorines is the homely dry-cleaning business. Over 90 per cent of alndry-'ters use chlorine-based perchloroethylene (perc) to clean clothes. Some 3
The third gold rush is threatening to relic the last of Amazon's indigenous people
The achievements of Habitat I have been limited. This was so because of the economic crisis of the '805. According to official statistics, at least 280 million urban and more than 800 million rural
The grossly inadequate education as imparted in our schools has to answer for our general insensitivity towards the environment
In India, the issue of food security has always been intimately involved with that of ecological degradation. In 1he late '60s and early'70s, the green revolution was introduced to increase food
With the multiplying numbers of vehicles on European roads, sustainability in road transportation has become the keyword. Participants at the recent annual conference of the Royal Geographical
Are B&H s dose response data appropriate to India?
Has the Som distillery really restricted its operations as per government orders? Apparently not, as a <i>DTE </i> team finds out
Vietnam's forests and mountains have lately revealed the existence of several new mammalian species
Encroachments by the poor and the rich alike are proving to be the ridge's bane. The malady is monumental, and the court's healing touch has provided incomplete relief at best
Water will become the most prized and precious commodity in the coming years. Internecine conflicts over the resource are already the order of the day and a global water crisis seems not too far away. But the water-guzzling US state of California is show
<font class='UCASE'>Mostafa K Tolba</font> , has been an influential figure in the global environmental arena, and has monitored the state of the world s environment. For 17 years he served as the executive director of the United Nations Environment
Nobody expected farm forestry and exotics to become a major source of firewood
Development of a protected area network is necessary to save the plants and animals of Sikkim