The project proposes to pay Rs.1,000 per acre to kole farmers every year.

Thrissur: The State government will submit a project on biodiversity conservation of kole wetlands of Thrissur and Malappuram districts to the Centre.

KOLLAM: T.V. Ramachandra, coordinator of the Energy and Wetlands Group attached to the Centre for Ecological Studies of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has said unplanned urbanisation has sweeping impact on ecology and livelihood.

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Rights panel submits recommendations to government

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has urged the State government to distribute the uncultivated land in the custody of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) to the families of the individuals affected by Endosulfan toxicity in Kasaragod district.

The commission also recommended the closure of the corporation's

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Afforestation and water conservation scheme at Attappady

Rs.44 lakh spent on various works

215 km of fire line erected

PALAKKAD: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is stepping into an eco-restoration project at Attappady after the Rs.219-crore eco-restoration scheme implemented by the Attappady Hill Area Development Society (AHADS) during the last 10 y

ALAPPUZHA: After making husbands run carrying their wives at the Shankumugham Beach Thiruvananthapuram, Ecorun India is organising another run, this time a 50 km marathon from Alappuzha to Kottayam, demanding a ban on pesticides.

Titled Ecorun Ultra Marathon, the event will be from Mullackal in Alappuzha to Thirunnakkara in Kottayam via Changanassery from 10.30 a.m. on Saturday.

KOLLAM: Christy Fernandez, Principal Secretary to the President of India, has called for the formulation of State-level action plans, on the model of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, for facing regional challenges posed by climate change.

He was inaugurating a two-day national seminar on

Rs.143-crore plant to function from KMML complex at Chavara

HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY: Industries Minister Elamaram Karim and Water Resources Minister N.K.

THRISSUR: Educationist N. R.

Outlay for 2011-12 fixed at Rs.58,159 crore; 16% rise over previous year

GROWTH PLAN: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan releases the State Credit Plan at the regional office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in Thiruvananthapuram by handing over a copy to State Agriculture Production Commissioner K. Jayakumar on Wednesday.