In danger: Some of the exotic plants to be displayed at the biodiversity congress

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Malabar Botanical Garden Society, a Grant-in-Aid institution under the government of Kerala, will exhibit an assorted and rare collection of 32 aquatic plant species, most of them facing threat of extinction, at the first Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) 2010, to be held on the Karyavatto

Thiruvananthapuram: As many as 100 farmers across the district will soon become partners in an integrated livestock development programme to enhance the production of milk, eggs and meat.

Kasaragod: A 35-year old woman who was suffering from cancer died at her Chalingal residence in the district on Wednesday.

Her disease is suspected to have been caused by the spraying of the pesticide Endosulfan in the Plantation Corporation of Kerala's (PCK) cashew estates at Periye here.

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PRISTINE NATURE: Nilgiri Tahr in the Eravikulam National Park in Idukki district.

How much tourism is too much for Eravikulam National Park?

The managers of the national park are thinking aloud regarding the carrying capacity of this tourist locale situated along the crest of the Western Ghats in Idukki district.

It is the ever increasing number of visitors to the park, which is spread ov

ALAPPUZHA: Chief Minister V.S.

Concern over delay in Alappuzha scheme

Centre sanctioned Rs.148 crore for the scheme in 2007

Special Prospective Plan for Alappuzha district to be prepared

ALAPPUZHA: The much-delayed Alappuzha drinking water project stands the possibility of losing the Rs.148 crore that was given for the project by the Union government, if the delays were not sorted out immediately, K.C.

Kozhikode: The Kerala Catholic Youth Movement (KCYM), Thamarassery diocese, will organise a mass painting and signature campaign in the district on Tuesday to mobilise public support for a speedy ban on Endosulfan. Artists, youth organisation members, priests, nuns and students from various parts of the district will attend the programme, scheduled to begin at Mananchira at 2.30 p.m. Fr.

For better tourist facilities

Toilet complex opened on banks of the Bharatapuzha

River management funds to be used to protect its banks

MALAPPURAM: Minister for Devaswom Kadannappally Ramachandran has said that he will initiate a joint move with the Ministers of Revenue and Tourism to develop the banks of the Bharatapuzha at Kuttippuram into a larger destination of religious tourism.

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PATHANAMTHITTA: The Legislative Committee on Environment chaired by Rajaji Mathew Thomas has expressed concern over pollution of the Pampa at the foothills of Sabarimala during the Mandalam- Makaravilakku pilgrim season.

Holding a sitting at Pampa on Monday, Mr.

Kasaragod: The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is in favour of a nationwide ban on the use of Endosulfan pesticide and a representation to this effect has been made to the Union government, its spokesperson M.M. Hassan has said.

The recent remarks by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan that the KPCC had not clarified its stand on the issue was baseless, Mr.