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Environmentalists in Kenya have urged foreign donors to make protection of dwindling forests a necessary criterion for giving funds to the Kenyan government. According to them,
Environmentalists in Kenya have urged foreign donors to make protection of dwindling forests a necessary criterion for giving funds to the Kenyan government. According to them,
In 1995, a study published by the World Bank had concluded on the basis of 1992 data that 863 people were died prematurely due to air pollution in Chennai every year. Chennai had a population of
Repairing of Phnom Penh's roads and drainage system has led to the doubling of the city's air pollution, recent tests reveal. "Tens of thousands of residents of the Cambodian capital are suffering
Forty three per cent of the children in urban Kolkata suffer from respiratory disorders. In rural Kolkata the figure dips to 14 per cent. A study conducted by analysing the effect of air pollution on
IIT Mumbai and the Central Pollution Control Board had conducted a survey of exposure to air pollution and consequent health effects in Mumbai, in 1996. They had clubbed the eight surveyed
The silicon valley of India might have blue chip companies instead of smoky factories, but this has certainly not helped the local people breathe easy. H Paramesh, at Lakeside Medical Centre,
The World Bank in 1995 came out with an estimate of health effects based on 1992 air quality data
A lawsuit filed by some residents of Nagoya city against the Japanese government and 10 industrial companies was recently settled after a 12-year-long battle. The lawsuit was filed in the wake of
Organisations are not looking for <br>solutions to the air pollution problem,<br>they are looking for problems in the<br>CNG solution
The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To shock the conscience of the country, slowly a body of evidence is emerging studies of the hidden health cost th
the us has another issue to grumble about. The European Commission has introduced its long-awaited proposals on the labelling and traceability of foods containing genetically modified organisms
Rajasthan, which is facing a severe drought for the third consecutive year, has decided to start a social audit system for its relief operations. The state government, which has undertaken its
The bogey of price hike and non availability of gas might delay action to implement the court order on CNG conversion
In a bid to curb air pollution, the Philippine government is implementing an us $1.41 billion mass-transit project in Metropolitan Manila. The project would help in tackling the traffic problem
An amendment to the Orissa forest act gives sweeping powers to forest officials
There is euphoria in the villages which have harvested rain. Overcoming hurdles, village communities learn the first lesson in water management
A large sum of money will be spent on the installation of 10,000 tubewells in different parts of Pakistan. The move is aimed at combating drought that has affected many parts of the country for
Human-made wetlands do not act as good water filters suggests report that connects a restored coastal marsh in California, USA, with the contamination of a nearby beach. Persistently high levels of
retail petrol outlets have been identified as sources of atmospheric air pollution by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board ( tnpcb ). A tnpcb directive states that hydrocarbon
Many parts of Malaysia have been engulfed by a thick smog resulting from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, where trees are burned to clear land for cultivation. Though the Malaysian government