Energy

 No alternative

Asia turns to nuclear power as the demand for energy soars

Publication Date: 
29/06/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Nuclear Power, Energy, Asia
Climate Change

 THE MONEY MAKERS

ENVIRONMENTALISTS in Bangkok, Thailand, who are seriously worried about the high level of hydrocarbons that Thais breathe, can now heave a sigh of relief. The ubiquitous tuk-tuks -- nifty little

Publication Date: 
30/05/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Asia, Australia, Telecommunication
India

 Rice fields forever

BIOTECHNOLOGY has been occasionally caught giving itself a pat on the back and parrying questions of ethics by flaunting its effects on crop production, rice included. The information contained in

Publication Date: 
30/04/1994
E A Siddiq
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Agricultural Research, Rice, Biotechnology, Asia
India

 Imminent deluge

Asian countries risk becoming the dumping ground for the world"s burgeoning waste trade

Publication Date: 
14/04/1994
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Trade, Waste Disposal, Asia
Environment

 Another dead sea

The presidents of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, along with the Russian deputy prime minister have agreed to set up a joint fund to save what was once the world's

Publication Date: 
14/03/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Oceans and Seas, Health Effects, Irrigation, Asia
Poverty

 Rustling for hair

THE VICUNA, South America's graceful camelid coveted for its soft, silky hair, is falling prey to well-organised gangs of international rustlers "working for brokers within Latin America who then

Publication Date: 
30/10/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Animal Cruelty, Wildlife Trade, Exports, Asia, Europe, Peru
Water Resources

 War over water

The issue of sharing West Asia's water resources threatens to explode into another Arab Israeli war, which will shatter the semblance of peace settling over the region.

Publication Date: 
30/10/1993
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Deserts, Water Resources, Irrigation, Conflicts, Asia, Israel
Environment

 Rice politics ignores Asian socio cultural base

THE SUB-TITLE of the book: Research Strategies and IRRI's Technologies Confront Asian Diversity (1950-1980) says what the book is all about. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), set

Publication Date: 
14/05/1993
Bibek Debroy
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Rice, Research, Asia
Water Pollution

 The land can teach how. to use it best

UNDER the unrelenting pressure of population growth, millions of landholdings in Asia and other parts of the developing world are small - and getting smaller. India alone has at least 33

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
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Water Pollution, Organic Farming, Pest Control, Population, Asia, Developing Countries
Industry

 Interaction stressed among social disciplines

THE TITLE of this book is somewhat misleading for what it does is to examine in depth the interaction of social disciplines with forestry in its entirety. Agro-forestry, as the term is used here,

Publication Date: 
30/03/1993
Vishwapal Singh
Down to Earth
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Forests, Land Reclamation, Wasteland Development, Agroforestry, Forest Management, Asia

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