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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Follow Up
The five-month-old ban on hunting and trading in sharks and 52 species of molluscs has been relaxed partly (Down To Earth, Vol 10, No 15, December 31, 2001). Considering the livelihood problem of the
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Holistic approach
karnataka has become the first state to draft a comprehensive "biodiversity action plan.' The plan aims at conser ving and promoting sustainable use of biological diversity resources. The
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The devil and the 'deep sea' fishing
In the Indian context, the term deep sea has very little to do with depth. It refers to India s Exclusive Economic Zone: the 188 nautical miles of waters beyond the 12 mile territorial sea. Soon after the declaration of the Indian EEZ in 1976, there we
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After the People met
The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the People s Budget ?
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It was always measly
Post-liberalisation, public funding in health care has reached a nadir
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Anomalies galore
A survey of a World Bank funded environment programme in Assam
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Power to the environment
India needs to rethink its power generation strategies for the sake of environment
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Up against GM
October 2006
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Andaman Trunk Road ignores SC order, affects Jarawas' lives
Five years ago on May 7, 2002
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Lucrative destination
India's retail sector's estimated worth is US $350-380 billion. About US $15 billion of this is in organised retail chains. Although the retail boom in India started quite late, the growth rate in the past two years has been very high