First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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How green is our valley?
with a view to mapping the country's natural resources, the Delhi-based Tata Energy Research Institute ( teri ) has initiated a project which will be supported by twelve major companies. The
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Private rights
<font class="UCASE">private </font> sector participation in forestry projects will only be allowed in degraded and denuded forest lands. The recently approved <i>Approach Paper to the Ninth Five Year Plan </i> (<i>1997-2002</i>) says that the concept of privatisation of forest areas was not conducive in the Indian context and would therefore, not be encouraged in forest resource management.
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Conquering kala azar
thanks to a new drug formulation, the treatment of kala azar ( leishmaniasis ) and some fungal infections may become quicker, safer and more effective. This drug will be made for the
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Park in peril
according to a study commissioned by the Maharashtra division of the World Wide Fund for nature, the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party have played a major role in encouraging large scale
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Green effort
in a bid to increase forest cover and provide employment to landless farmers, the Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative ( iffdc ), has put forward a proposal to the Global
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Reducing plastic threat
RECYCLING of plastic waste is crucial for efficient management of environment. Recognising this, Plastindia, an organisation of the plastic manufacturers in India has decided to fund the setting up
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India Iran gas pipeline: Still on a sticky wicket
It wasn't just India and Pakistan's cricketing equations in the World Cup that remained unchanged during February-March (India maintained its winning run). The politics of gas pipelines also carried
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Policy makers, don t run scared
Let green taxes finance your employment guarantee scheme
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Ecofriendly detergents
Cheap and effective, too
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Budget leak backward districts get short shrift
The Union budget 2007-08 will very likely slash development funds for the most backward regions of India by more than 48 per cent, say sources at the Union ministry of Panchayati Raj. Government is