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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
In the early 1960s, economist CD. Deshmukh came to me with some seeds of acacia and eucalyptus. He was worried because the seeds had failed to germinate. I x-rayed the seeds and found their embryos normal. So I treated the seeds with acid and thinned their thick coat. After this, …
We present a local, self-sustaining, natural and economic way to secure a quality drinking water resource for a town or city. Most local rainfed aquifers in the environs of cities suffer from long-term contamination by chemical waste
YUSUF JAMEEL April 22: At least four Kashmiri Muslims have been taken on the newly-constituted advisory committee on annual Amarnath pilgrimage. Also, there are seven other local Muslim government functionaries who will be serving as members in the 13-member committee in their official capacity. The pilgrimage to the 12,729-foot-high cave …
This paper analyses the terrestrial carbon balance of China during the 1980s and 1990s using biomass and soil carbon inventories extrapolated by satellite greenness measurements, ecosystem models and atmospheric inversions. These three methods produce similar estimates of a net sink of 0.19
Kaikaluru(Krishna), April 17: Touching upon the local chord, the Telugu Desam (TD) president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, promised that the famous Kolleru Lake would be regularised and the surplus lands from the lake would be distributed to the poor farmers. Kicking off a public meeting in the Town Hall premises …
R. Rajaram GREEN COVER: A teak sapling planted in Bharathidasan University campus in Tiruchi. TIRUCHI: Revenue Department has identified over 1,000 hectares of lands in the district to enable Forest Department undertake planting of saplings under the Central Government
Mangroves are typical group of plants which are adopted for survival in sheltered brackish-water habitats along coasts of tropical and sub-tropical regions. Maharashtra is one of the important coastal state
The boundaries of the airport city project will be redefined, says Sabyasachi Sen. KOLKATA: Three proposed projects in the Durgapur-Asansol area, land for which had already been identified, will be shifted and the aerotropolis project will also be shifted slightly in order to protect the coal reserves, West Bengal Industry …
Shashikant Trivedi / Bhopal April 07, 2009, 0:48 IST Industry in Dewas, one of the leading exporting towns of Madhya Pradesh, is being squeezed by a shortage of land. The town, which houses units of Ranbaxy, Tata Leather, Kirloskar, S Kumar
The shifting cultivation in Nagaland state is described as an agricultural system where a farming community slashes secondary forests on a predetermined location, burns the slash and cultivates the land for a limited number of years. The land is then left fallow and the farming community moves to the next …
One of the most destructive developments in agriculture over the past two decades has been the boom in soya production in the southern cone of Latin America. The corporations that led that boom are now moving aggressively into sugar cane, focusing on large tracts of land in southern countries where …
Forests and women are strongly interconnected with each other because women, particularly those living in rural areas or mountain areas, have a deep relationship with the forest ecology because they are responsible for gathering food, fuel, fodder, leaves and water for the family. Hence, women directly play an important role …
This white paper synthesizes existing scientific data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to the production and expansion of biofuels. It is specifically focused towards assisting organizations that are developing sustainability standards for biofuels with the collection and interpretation of data. There are a number of organizations developing sustainability standards …
This report discusses factors to consider when evaluating transportation economic stimulation strategies. Transportation investments can have large long-term economic, social and environmental impacts. Expanding urban highways tends to stimulate motor vehicle travel and sprawl, exacerbating future transport problems and threatening future economic productivity. Improving alternative modes (walking and cycling conditions, …
Aprimatologist, environmentalist and UN messenger of peace - that's Dame Jane Goodall for one and all. But what is she doing at a technology platform like Map World Forum, raised the brow of many a technologist at the event. When she waxed eloquent about technology in general and GIS in …
This paper focuses on the Bangalore wetland region as a case study and analyzes the current situation and scope of the conservation in the catchments area. The major threats to the Bangalore lake originate from human activity in the catchments, resulting in alterations in the water balance and water quality.
The quantification of the carbon dioxide emissions impact associated with land-use change for biofuels production is complicated by the fact that the carbon costs from land-use change and the avoided emissions from substituting biofuels for fossil fuel in transport occur over an extended period of time. Estimating the net carbon …
This report examines the applicable German transportation policies that could ultimately lead to a more sustainable U.S. transportation system. It starts with an overview of the similarities between the two nations. Next, it contrasts their degrees of transportation sustainability and explains how certain transportation and land use policies influence travel …
This white paper synthesizes existing scientific data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to the production and expansion of biofuels. It is specifically focused towards assisting organizations that are developing sustainability standards for biofuels with the collection and interpretation of data. This paper is based on peer-reviewed data and published …
