Agriculture

 Issue at hand

Science needs to come home scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Environment, Land Degradation, Soil Erosion, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Trees, Asia, Honduras, India, Nagaland, Developing Countries, Forests
Wildlife

 Wildlife mismanaged

The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Avdash Kaushal And Anmol Jain
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Wildlife, Elephant, Tiger, Rajaji NP, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Asia, China, Taiwan, India
India

 Organic cotton

Cotton, grown on just five per cent of Indian agricultural land, consumes more than 50 per cent of the total pesticides used in India. Cotton gowers rely heavily on pesticides to control insects,

Publication Date: 
Monday, May 14, 2001
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Tags:
Agriculture, Pesticides, Cotton, Farmers, Asia, India, Statistics
Environment

 Heart condition

South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Medical Research, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Asia
Energy

 UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations (UN), in association with

Publication Date: 
14/12/2000
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Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Coal, Energy, Economic Development, Asia
Biodiversity

 A North South conflict

biotechnology and bioresources are two issues that have been in conflict for a while. Biotechnology, proposed as "the technology of the next century', has its proponents in the developed countries

Publication Date: 
30/12/1999
Indira Khurana
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Biodiversity, Genetic Resources, Biotechnology, Patents, Asia, Developing Countries
Environment

 South Asia: A Trash Can?

It's time South Asian countries took Iaction to tackle the POP menace. To begin with, they should tell the West that South Asia is not a dirty clumpyard where they can get rid of their toxic wastes

Publication Date: 
30/12/1998
Rajat Banerji
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Health Effects, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Hazardous Products, Asia, Toxins
India

 Continental hope

A new combustion technique will make two stroke engines Asia's bane cleaner

Publication Date: 
29/11/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Asia, Vehicles, Two Wheelers
Biodiversity

 For tradition's sake

NO ONE understands the value and significance of natural resources better than traditional societies. A realisation of the importance of these resources coupled with animistic beliefs may be the

Publication Date: 
29/11/1998
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Ecosystems, Biodiversity, UNESCO, Africa, Asia, Europe
Industry

 VIETNAM

Multinational toba-cco companies faced with shrinking markets and increasing restrictions in the industrialised world, are wooing consumers throughout the newly-opened econo-mies of Loas, Cam-bodia,

Publication Date: 
29/04/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Industry, Africa, Asia, South America

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