Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in Newspaper ‘The Hindu’ dated 04.02.2023 titled “19 families shifted after houses in J & K village develop cracks” dated 20/09/2023. The issue relates to the damage caused to 21 structures in Doda district of Chenab Valley …
The Madras High Court has ordered notice to the state government seeking a direction to close down 34 tanneries located in and around Suriyapalayam in Erode. These units had been allegedly contaminating drinking water sources and rendering soil unfit for cultivation. The petition was filed by People Health and Development …
The Moon has never had it so good. Looked at longingly by both lovers and werewolves for centuries and composed of the stuff which lends wings to poetry, today the Moon is full of a precious resource which is attracting the attention of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( …
Ecologists have long believed that extinction of native species, besides being caused by destruction of habitat, is also linked to the introduction of new species into their habitat. Ted Case, ecologist at the University of California, San Diego, says that competition between native and introduced species is not responsible for …
AS A result of the Atlantic ocean pounding the beautiful island of Victoria in Lagos with eerie regularity, the coastline of the island has receded at the rate of five metres a year. Most residents, who belong to the upper-income strata, are planning to move out of the island to …
Burglars beware! Harare is fast emerging as an ideal venue for 'watch-snakes'. Zimbabwe has a low rate of violent crimes but a fairly large number of burglaries. As most jobs offer a month's vacation, the majority of employed Zimbabweans are forced to leave their houses unoccupied for long durations. In …
A recent archaeological find in this Latin American country has indicated that Asian migration had begun far earlier in the Americas than is currently presumed. The immigrants got to South America thousands of miles from Clovis in New Mexico - that is conventionally accepted as the oldest known in the …
The number of people emigrating is rising steadily every year. All these movements derive from the failure of societies to meet the fundamental needs and aspirations of their citizens, for safe places to live, or for jobs. Poverty and environmental degradation create scarcities that push people out of their original …
with the broad consensus over the need to address the world's burgeoning urban crisis, much was expected of Habitat ii, the second un Conference on Human Settlements held June 3-14 in Turkey's very own
Water availability has emerged as the most important element for peace, Habitat II secretary-general Wally N'Dow told conference delegates. Addressing a panel on the growing water needs of cities, N'Dow said lack of water is one of the "most critical factors' that caused conflicts. Urging the Habitat players to act …
The urban population is rapidly growing the world over. Cities draw migrants with the promise of higher living standards, but this does not necessarily translate into prosperity for all. Answers have to be worked out for water, sanitation and health problems. Within 10 years, more than half the people in …
Deer populations of Brazil have been on a steady decline due to loss of habitat and poaching by colonists. In the largest reservation of the South American continent in central-west Brazil, Xavante Indians occupy a natural area of 229,000 ha, bordering the Rio das Mortes, a principal tributary of the …
After days of haggling, more than 170 countries reached a new global accord on June 15, at the end of the UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II). Participating nations adopted the Habitat Agenda, the main conference document, and a shorter summary of political intent, the Istanbul Declaration, aimed at …
THE curtains recently came down on the UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held at Istanbul, Turkey. The event was the last of the mega UN conferences to be held in this'. century. The overall mandate was to come up with better ways to manage the world's burgeoning cities …
In the run up to the international Habitat-Il conference to be held at Istanbul in June 96, a three-day SAARC conference on human settlements was held at Colombo in the last week of February. Said Nirmal Sripala de Silva, the Sri Lankan housing minister that the conference was held to …
CAN there be something like an universal right to adequate housing? Habitat ii, the second UN conference on housing and habitat, slated to take place in June 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey, is expected to make major contributions to addressing global settlement problems and promoting viable solutions for them. Governments around …
A FOSSILISED jaw of Homo erectus-modern man's closest ancestor has been traced in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, could be the oldest ever found outside Africa. It has been generally believed that Africa is the evolutionary home of humans, with the Homo erectus developing from proto-human species. The new …
A NOMADIC existence runs contrary to the general notion of security, which is popularly identified with geographic stasis - staying put in one place. But then there are 2 kinds of nomads: those who choose to wander, society's nuts; and those who have no other choice. It is often only …
FOR sheer numbers, the coming together last fortnight of the dam-affected people of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan at Deoli in the Tonk district of the last named state was a small affair, but nonetheless significant. It is yet another reminder of the myriad of struggles over the destruction of …
"CARRYING capacity" is likely to be the Catchphrase of the Year. The term is liberally sprinkled throughout State of the World Report 1994, like some sort of mantra. To illustrate "a breach of carrying capacity", the report cites the reintroduction in 1944 of 29 reindeer to St Matthew Island in …
