India

 Born free, but

doomed to extinction all over the world, large carnivores may yet be saved following urgent companies in Asian countries and eksewhere, against using their body parts for medication

Publication Date: 
14/03/1996
Philip Carter
Down to Earth
Tags:
Animal Cruelty, Drugs, Wolves, Asia
India

 Editor's Page

Publication Date: 
14/02/1996
Down to Earth
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19960215
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Tags:
Medical Systems, Asia
India

 Shamans. mystics and doctors

Controlled scientific studies have shown that techniques like meditation can help cure depression, anxiety, diabetes, ulcers, asthma, cardiac pain and alcoholism

Publication Date: 
14/02/1996
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
4
19960215
18
Tags:
Medical Systems, Asia
Environment

The curse of the white gold: the Aral sea crisis

This publication focusses on the Aral Sea crisis - the result of economic processes set in motion by the planners of the erstwhile Soviet Union in the 1950s. It is one of the biggest ecological disasters, second only to Chernobyl, leading to a total collapse of the socio-economic life of the people.

Publication Date: 
Dec 1995
Anil Agarwal
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment, Sea Shores, Aral Sea, Health Effects, Watershed Development, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Asia, Sustainable Development, Water Resources
Pesticides And Toxins

Geographical distribution and accumulation features of organochlorine residues in fish in tropical Asia and Oceania

Concentrations of persistent organochlorine residues were determined in fish collected from several locations in eastern and southern Asia and Oceania to identifythe accumulation features of such residues in tropical aquatic organisms and to elucidate their distribution in tropical developing countries. DDT and its derivatives (DDTs) were the predominantly identified compounds in most locations.

Publication Date: 
01/10/1995
Kurunthachalam Kannan, Shinsuke Tanabe, Ryo Tatsukawa
Environmental Science & Technology
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2673
Tags:
Arctic Ocean, Fish, DDT, Pesticides And Toxins, Organochlorines, Residue Testing, Asia, India
India

 Mekong's miseries

A new regional treaty to usher in dams on the Mekong river has drawn flak from environmental groups

Publication Date: 
14/08/1995
Noel Rajesh
Down to Earth
Tags:
Global Environmental Agreements, Rivers, Dams, Asia, Sustainable Development
India

 Societies and sustainability

The two volumes are the result of the combined effort of CUSO***, a Canadian NGO, and environmentalists from Asia. The contributors share their experiences on a wide range of issues ranging from

Publication Date: 
14/07/1995
Vinod K Sharma
Down to Earth
4
19950715
0
Tags:
Asia, Sustainable Development
Agriculture

 Every drop counts

The world is heading towards a water crisis. The doubling of the world's population between 1940 and 1990 has led to a doubling in per capita use of water, from 400 to 800 cubic metres per person

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, June 14, 1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Drinking Water, Asia, Statistics
Wildlife

The development of international principles and practices of wildlife research and managment: Asian and American approaches

This comprehensive manual presents a package of proven field techniques in wildlife management and research.

Publication Date: 
Jan 1995
Stephen H. Berwick, V. B. Saharia
Oxford University Press
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Asia, United States Of America (US), India
Energy

 More blah

Long range vision marked the mid-November summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Jakarta, Indonesia. apec called upon its industrialised members and other developing members to

Publication Date: 
30/12/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trade, Asia

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