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Rational responses
Are some Indians becoming more interested in trees?
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The silent forests
The variety of vegetation in Sikkim
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Makhana, more of a medicine
Spreading awareness of the medicinal value of makhana may help in cultivating a market for this uncommon fruit
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TURMOIL IN TRIBAL LAND
Tribals and farmers in MP protest against exploitatiojl and atrocities
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Divide And Rule
Policies that alienate the people from control over their habitat can cost the country dearly in terms of green cover and air and water quality
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KOTTAYAM
A sleepy town finds its rivers dirtied
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Tiny difference that made a miracle
The economic and ecological miracle of regeneration in Alwar district is being brought about by using just three per cent of the rainfall. This small percentage is being used for irrigation, and has
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The rural poor are not plundering forests...
... on the other hand, they have moved from using cowdung and leaves to logs, considered the more rich of the energy sources. And that too, most of them used what was grown in their own lands
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Killers at large
There are several industrial units in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh (AP) that have directly or indirectly polluted groundwater. AP Pollution Control Board (APPCB) officials reveal that Reliance
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No Go
The South managed to make its presence felt, but this was due to the US Europe rift
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There was no such thing as Van Gujjars
<font class='UCASE'>M K Ranjitsinh</font> , former director of the Tiger Conservation Programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature India , was an important player in the formulation of the Wildlife Protection Act. He spoke to <font class='UCASE'>Down
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Cities of joy
Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans chalked out for a sustainable future. The process is bringing about a change, worthy of note, but hard issues li
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Milestones in sanitation
1888 Tokyo Municipal Improvement Commission set up; this came about after the cholera epidemics of 1879 and 1886 in which over 100,000 people suffered got the disease. 1889 A report filed by
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ILLEGAL MINING IN TRIBAL AREAS
If you travel from Hazaribagh town towards Badakagaon block in Bihar, you will find hundreds of people carrying coal on their bicycles. The people from nearby villages
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Hurdles
Narrow business interests and an apathetic political leadership will never allow fuel cells to take off
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Accountable automatically
Emission warranty and recall system have compelled the automobile manufacturers in the US and Sweden to take serious anti pollution measures
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Ministry of Environment and Forests
Has a lot of power to safeguard public health. Prefers not to use it
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Issue at hand
Science needs to come home scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities
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Swamped
The convoluted laws of the country fail to tackle the menace caused by the exponentially growing and powerful plastic industry in India