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
India
-
Green appraisal
FIVE projects in the country are under review as per the recent Supreme Court order directing the Central government to appoint separate scientific teams to verify the environmental viability of
-
Miscalculated?
the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) has refuted some findings of the latest Greenpeace report regarding the chlorine industry. It has questioned the claims made by the report that the
-
Ecotourism restricted
a ban on tourism in core areas of national parks and a general ceiling on visitors to sanctuaries, tiger reserves and other protected areas (pa), have been proposed in the revised guidelines for
-
GRANTING AN APPEAL
The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) against a Gujarat High Court judgement, where a two judge bench of the court held against the company after a difference of
-
Biodiversity threatened
environmentalist and advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme (unep), Rashmi Mayur, has warned of complete degradation in the sub-continent's ecology in the near future. Specifically,
-
New mining policy
the ministry of environment and forests is formulating guidelines to regulate mining in ecologically fragile forests. According to the proposed guidelines, forests areas will be mapped to find
-
Lead heavy
a recent study has shown alarming levels of lead in the schoolchildren of Delhi. The study was jointly funded by the World Health Organisation and the ministry of environment and forests. Nearly
-
Organic route
cashew farmers in Kerala are a hapless lot. They are dogged by the falling prices of their produce and stiff competition caused by the wto regime. However, there is hope in going organic.
-
Home away from home
instances of animals straying out of forests are growing of late. With the aim to prevent these, the Maharashtra state forest department is chalking out a novel project. As per the project,
-
Mining the Himalaya
Will biodiversity hotspots such as the Himalaya become hunting grounds of the notorious mining industry? This concern has been raised by experts in the wake of research advocating that the probability of finding large quantities of sulphide ores of metall