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Beware of the developers

In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be unaware of the ecological consequences of such moves.
- 14/02/1994
- - Ecology
  - Agriculture
  - Lakes
  - India
  - Bihar
Favourite destinations

USA: Domestic and international travellers made nearly 287 million visits to the 378 parks under the US National Park Service in 1998 compared to the 275 million visits in 1997. This travel generated
- 30/07/2002
- - Ecotourism
  - Marine Ecosystems
  - Mountains
  - Lakes
  - Economy
  - Tourism
  - Biodiversity
  - Economic Development
  - Kenya
  - South Africa
  - Peru
  - India
  - Kerala
  - Sikkim
TOURISM & HANDICRAFTS: Backs to the wall

Militancy s most distressing casualties
- 30/05/2003
Rudderless

Ecotourism is the new buzzword in the Indian government
- 30/07/2002
- - Ecotourism
  - Marine Ecosystems
  - Mountains
  - Lakes
  - Economy
  - Tourism
  - Biodiversity
  - Economic Development
  - Kenya
  - South Africa
  - Peru
  - India
  - Kerala
  - Sikkim
The key: empowerment

Arouse people s interest in governance
- 30/05/2003
Time bomb under water

Decades of mining have slopped about 72 million tonnes of lead, zinc and other metal wastes into the Coeur d:lene lake in Idaho state in the US. Now, representatives of the Coeur d:lene tribe and the
- 14/08/1994
- Down To Earth
Spill over

Untreated domestic and industrial effluents is polluting Bangalore s Ballandur lake
- 14/12/2000
- Down To Earth
Badkhal lake dries up

Unplanned mining for granite and marble in the Aravalli ranges has transformed Badkhal lake in Haryana from a tourists' delight to a dry, rocky terrain. Located a stone's throw away from Delhi,
- 30/07/1993
- Down To Earth
- - Soil Erosion
  - Mining
  - Lakes
  - Badkhal
  - Haryana
A fine balance

The business of ecotourism is set to boom worldwide. Who will gain and who will lose?
- 30/07/2002
- - Ecotourism
  - Marine Ecosystems
  - Mountains
  - Lakes
  - Economy
  - Tourism
  - Biodiversity
  - Economic Development
  - Kenya
  - South Africa
  - Peru
  - India
  - Kerala
  - Sikkim
Willingness to pay for pleasure

If tourism revenues are generated by the quality of natural goods like a healthy tiger habitat or an excellent coral reef, then should tourists not be asked to pay an ecotax to conserve them? This
- 30/07/2002
- - Ecotourism
  - Marine Ecosystems
  - Mountains
  - Lakes
  - Economy
  - Tourism
  - Biodiversity
  - Economic Development
  - Kenya
  - South Africa
  - Peru
  - India
  - Kerala
  - Sikkim
When in Rome...

FOR SEVERAL centuries, Udaipur has been renowned for the exquisite use of marble in its magnificent palaces. But it was known only recently that the city rests atop the world's largest marble
- 14/02/1993
- Down To Earth
- - Ecology
  - Mining
  - Lakes
  - Exports
  - India
Proposed Tata plant in Tanzania threat to flamingo habitat

Tata Chemicals is getting considerable stick from conservation groups and environmentalists in Africa over its plan to set up a soda ash facility jointly with the Tanzanian government. It is being
- 29/09/2007
- Down To Earth
- - Environment
  - Ecosystems
  - Lakes
  - Chemical Industry
  - Endangered Species
  - Birds
  - Biodiversity
  - Biodiversity Hotspots
  - Africa
  - Ethiopia
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
TANZANIA

Member states of the Mtwara Development Corridor
- 14/07/1999
- Down To Earth
Sikkim to delegate powers to local people to protect lakes

the Sikkim government has come out with a notification delegating power to local communities for the protection of lakes in the state. But doubts have been raised about its legality. "The rising
- 30/10/2006
- Down To Earth
Floating islands of the world

Floating islands have fascinated us since ancient times
- 14/07/2006
- Down To Earth
- - Islands
  - Lakes
  - Loktak
  - Biodiversity
  - Life Science
  - Himachal Pradesh
  - Manipur
Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

In 1930, the ruler of the then princely state of Tripura commissioned the British company Martin and Burns to construct a summer resort for him. The Maharaja got his palace nine years later: in the
- 14/11/2007
- Down To Earth
- - Lake Pollution
  - Monuments
  - Wetlands
  - Soil Erosion
  - North East
  - Agriculture
  - Lakes
  - Water Demand
  - Fisheries
  - Deforestation
  - Tourism
  - India
  - Tripura
  - West Tripura
Dangerously beautiful

Lake Nyos in western Cameroon is waiting to spill carbon dioxide that would choke entire communities along its shores. A similar disaster asphyxiated hundreds of cattle and killed over 1,700 people
- 30/10/2005
Making waves in conservation - Our life on land & its impact on water, 27-30 July, Lombard

From the Great Lakes to the coast, our use of the land impacts major bodies of water. Whether it be the large freshwater lakes of the United States and Canada, the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean; or the other

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Beware of the developers

Favourite destinations

TOURISM & HANDICRAFTS: Backs to the wall

Rudderless

The key: empowerment

Time bomb under water

Spill over

Badkhal lake dries up

A fine balance

Willingness to pay for pleasure

When in Rome...

Proposed Tata plant in Tanzania threat to flamingo habitat

TANZANIA

Sikkim to delegate powers to local people to protect lakes

Floating islands of the world

Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

Dangerously beautiful

Making waves in conservation - Our life on land & its impact on water, 27-30 July, Lombard

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