Conservation blues
Conservation of fruits may be difficult, but that is no excuse. Preservation of national assets should be given top priority
Conservation of fruits may be difficult, but that is no excuse. Preservation of national assets should be given top priority
Heated exchanges marked a conference which ended abruptly to hastily patch up a lukewarm agreement
The Union environment minister says that a comprehensive bill to protect India"s biodiversity is on the anvil. But whether it can be a timely, effective measure that give farmers and tribals right over their biological knowledge, remains to be seen.
The budget seeks to encourage technological change in India, especially in export-oriented industries, and to obtain private funding for government R&D institutes.
A public interest petition in the Supreme Court to shift industries from the Taj Trapezium, based on a report forwarded by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, opens up a Pandora"s box of objections to experts" ways of tackling the
<p class="rtejustify"><em>Only half of the subsidy paid by the central government so far, laments the educational institute. The system is not grid-interactive yet since there is no regulation on
Mud"s low cost and malleability makes it an ideal building material. But its use can be popularised only if such drawbacks as its susceptibility to moisture is overcome and misconceptions about mud housing are cleared.
Controversy dogged the issue of a forest convention at the meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development
Environmental degradation, changing land use patterns and poor administrative planning is resulting in the destruction of a unique agro system in Goa.
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"Forgive us, Aral. Please come back." These words written in chalk, on a ship sftKk in a sandy wasteland, which was once the bustling shore of the world"s fourth largest lake, the Aral Sea, tell a graphic tale of the human toll caused by am of the w
Pesticides used in rice cultivation are having just the reverse effect than the one intended -instead of decimating pests, extensive studies reveal that they are, in fact, destroying precisely those precious bugs that keep the pests on a tight leash. Seve
Indian industrialists and scientists want the country"s property rights to be "strengthened", but the powerful drugs industry wants to maintain the status quo
European environmentalists tackle Third World concerns of irresponsible overconsumption by northern countries