Local ways of preservation
A look at local involvement in water supply, waste disposal and electricity generation in Denmark
A look at local involvement in water supply, waste disposal and electricity generation in Denmark
IT HAS been made patently clear that government designed and implemented conservation projects flounder if local communities are not included in the decisionmaking process. It is the indigenous
Villagers near Calcutta contend they have been unfairly done out of their land by a private thermal power plant project
Environmentalists give us one more reason to save the rainforests from being axed
Mycorrhizal fungi can improve the quality and longevity of plants
I would have been delighted to see Sahib Singh Verma go, not because of the price of onions, but for the way he handled Delhi's air pollution problem
Every year during monsoons, many towns in India experience heavy flooding. These floods some natural, others human induced result in a heavy loss of lives and property. ASESH K MAITRA, environmental planner and director, School of Planning and Archite
India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on remote sensing for resource mapping and the monitoring of natural disasters.
Cowherds in a Gujarat district accuse a local dye manufacturer of dumping a poisonous and acidic substance, which resulted in the maiming and death of their cattle.
To reduce the level of carbon in the atmosphere, growing and using biomass as an energy substitute for fossil fuels is of greater advantage than creating carbon sinks
The recent spate of floods can easily be interpreted as one of the worst floods of the century for India
Scientists have evolved a subsurface drainage system that makes saline soils arable within three years
How access could change Nepali villages forever
Agriculture, India's primary sector, is vulnerable nature's vagaries, but technological innovations have been playing a bigger role in its development. However, the lack of coordination between
A US firm's patent application on soyabean seeds harves fear rivals
... 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
Plants grow taller and faster if sprayed with a solution of methanol, claims an American farmer
The leaves of groundnut plants are ideal forage for cattle
FOR Ganapathi Hedge, owner of a spice garden in Sirsee, Western India, each species is partner to the other. Human, animals and crops, all work together in creating a sustainable planet. He
Industries spew poison unchecked in Chhattisgarh