Cleaning seeds
Researchers at Leicester University, UK, have developed a method to produce clean water using chemicals. This method would be helpful in areas where polluted river water poses serious health risks.
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Cat count
there are various methods to determine the census of tigers. The traditional method of conducting a tiger census is by studying the pug marks of the tiger. However, experts feel that
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Small pump, big help
Engineers at the University of Calcutta have found that flyash is an excellent catalyst for treating toxic and non-biodegradable chemicals in effluents from the pesticide industry. The results are
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Sun shining down
Yes. The Sun can save us from a water crisis
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save our rice
A non-governmental organisation has moved the Supreme Court, asking the government to challenge a patent given to a Texas-based company for basmati rice, or move the dispute settlement body of the
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no exemptions
The Supreme Court has stated that a forest corporation is not entitled to tax exemptions as it was a local autho rity. The court delivered the verdict in the case of UP Forest Corporation, which
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New guidelines
a new set of guidelines have been prescribed by the Indian Council of Medical Research ( icmr) on the issue of transfer of biological material into and outside India for biomedical research.
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IN FOCUS
The forest fires in Indonesia show no signs of abating. Up to 1,000 fires are blazing at present. The situation is set to worsen as the drought drags on. ( Down To Earth , Vol 6, No1)
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The colour of money
Green is the colour of money. In the upper niche of the Indian consumer market, where fads rule the roost, any product that is tagged eco friendly has an edge. <font class='UCASE'>Yoga Rangatia</font> investigates
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Deep in the Woods
When it comes to management of forests in the US, the timber industry and environmentalists have traditionally been at loggerheads. Whoever wins, the losers are generally the people from communities living near the forests. <a c>Urvashi Narain </a c> an
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What price the constitution?
Breakthroughs in genetic engineering have led to questions on the ethics of such experiments. Should scientists alone be steering the decision making process?
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"The North is driven by the industry"
<font class='UCASE'>Christine von Weizsaecker</font> is a senior microbiologist based in Wuppertal, Germany and the vice president of Ecoropa, the premier European environmental group. She is involved in the on going negotiations related to the Biosafet
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Not any drop to drink
Supply of potable water has been affected by contamination of water sources in most developing countries. Rivers, lakes and groundwater have been polluted by industrial effluents, pesticides and
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People power
Movements to protest against the commercialisation of forests have gained momentum in Karnataka
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"Green" signal?
Even as environmentalists protest, the controversial Cogentrix thermal power plant is cleared by the Supreme Court
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Roots
Worldwide, traditional medicinal systems are in the process of being modernised. Besides health care and conservation of medicinal plants, the rights of the local communities that have preserved these systems for centuries are also at stake
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Community efforts
In which the people of Quincy got their act together
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Has anything changed?
Quincy remains an exception. The old story continues at the national level
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Bad water
Delhi recently faced a water crisis as drinking water supply was cut due to high levels of ammonia in the Yamuna
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Ashes to ashes...
...or raw materials for the industries?