Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
Young students on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to save the earth's greenery and contribute towards the welfare of the society under the aegis of Junior Red Cross (JRC). More than 200 students of nine city based schools took part in an adventure trekking and skirted through Kharghuli, Chunnsali and Ramsai …
School children can now look forward to environmental education through eco friendly parks as the State Social Forestry Department is all set to revamp the 29 nurseries spread across all districts of the state to convert them into national green corps parks. "In 2001, the forest ministers of all states …
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with agriculture and processed food exports development authority (APEDA) has developed a six-month certificate course in organic farming. It is the first such course being offered in the nation. The course will be imparted through the ODL mode. Students having a minimum …
RECENTLY, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, introduced environmental studies as a compulsory subject at the undergraduate level, including professional and technical courses. The step, however, was long overdue. About a decade ago, Panjab University, Chandigarh, had introduced the subject at the undergraduate level under a general Supreme Court directive and …
>> Journalists were killed in unusually high numbers in 2007, making it the deadliest year for the press in more than a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' end-of-year analysis. Worldwide, 64 journalists were killed in direct connection to their work in 2007
This publication details the successful story of participatory conservation of Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) in Gujarat lead by WTI. The whale shark campaign is one of the stellar conservation stories that have come out of India in the past few years. To take a fish that was hunted and traded …
As the water purveyor of Singapore, the Public Utilities Board (PUB), aims at ensuring efficient, adequate and sustainable supply of water. In an interview with Everything About Water Khoo Teng Chye, Chief Executive, PUB, talks about the initiatives taken by the board and how their efforts have been successful.
