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Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (npcil), Mumbai, recently paid Rs 7.10 crore as water cess to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (mpcb). mpcb had issued a show cause notice to npcil
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Thai PM goes safari shopping
Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's recent pursuit of the controversial deal to stock a safari park in Thailand with African animals has again fueled a long standing controversy. Reportedly, up
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Government faces $30m suit
Five fishermen have been acquitted by the district court jury in Perth, Australia, against poaching rare Patagonian toothfish worth around us $1 million. The damages claimed from the Australian
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Biased deal
First ever amendment to a WTO agreement
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CBD versus WTO
A turf war is being waged: the World Trade Organization (wto) and the Convention on Biodiversity (cbd) are wrangling over the control of the biodiversity industry. The issues of conservation, access
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• The Seychelles government has banned foreign ships licensed to fish in its territorial waters from cutting off of fins of captured sharks, in a move to conserve marine life. Finning is a cruel
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• Following pressure from campaigners, Dutch bank ING has withdrawn its financial support to two pulp mills to be built along the Uruguay river saying it would cause air, water and land
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A tiger by the tail
Amendment to wildlife act deferred
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South Asia
LTTE's water war: In the last week of July, the Sri Lankan army launched a ground offensive against Tamil tiger rebels to regain control over a key water reservoir in the northeastern city of
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Bangla bandh
Neighbour protests against dam
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NEWS SNIPPETS
• Animal rights activists are up in arms over a Halloween contest in New York which offers customers free entry if they eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach. The People for the Ethical
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Water pollution threatens China's oldest hydro power station
WATER pollution in China is now threatening one of its oldest hydropower stations, Shilongba Power Plant, located in the western suburbs of Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The plant,
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Coasting on unclarity
Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 1991: The CRZ area is defined as coastal stretches of seas, bays, estuaries, creeks, rivers, backwaters, all influenced by tidal action (in the landward side). The CRZ area is up to 500 metres from the high tide line and the land between the low tide line and high tide line.
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Managing water locally a good model
In the Water and Sanitation Project implemented by the Tamil Nadu government with assistance from the Danish International Development Assistance, the institutional foundation for providing water supplies lies within the framework of the Panchayati Raj sy
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Tough line
By passing the Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (Amendment) Bill, the Sri Lankan parliament has made illegal the use of explosives to catch fish. Speaking at a parliamentary debate, the country's
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A fish called subsidy
Promotes inequality between fishers and hampers sustainable development
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The generation gap
Offspring of GM organisms are unable to survive till adulthood
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Don t bank on them
Noted financial institutes support projects harmful to the environs
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Locked out
Animals to lose rescue home
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In Court
Justice prevails: The Supreme Court on March 15, 2005, ruled that states will have to allot alternative cultivable land to even those people who have been affected temporarily by the Sardar Sarovar