Deforestation

Vietnam has taken a keen interest in tradional medicine since its independence in 1954. In the war against colonial France and later the Americans, Vietnamese troops had to depend heavily on herbal medicines. However, a lack of resouces on the part of t

Publication Date:

29/04/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

5

Issue:

19970430

pp:

0

Tags:

Deforestation, Endangered Species, Traditional Knowledge, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity, Vietnam

Biodiversity

Knowledge and despair

Age old tribal and indigenous know how could be lost to marauding urbanisation

Publication Date:

29/04/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

5

Issue:

19970430

pp:

0

Tags:

Deforestation, Endangered Species, Traditional Knowledge, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity, Vietnam

Biodiversity

Cash crunch

Lack of resources and delayed official action could jeopardise the future of traditional herbal medicine in the country

Publication Date:

29/04/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

5

Issue:

19970430

pp:

0

Tags:

Deforestation, Endangered Species, Traditional Knowledge, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity, Vietnam

Forests

One long yarn?

Recent studies say deforestation figures in west Africa have been exaggerated by Northern agencies

Publication Date:

14/03/1997

Author(s): Kate De Selincourt

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forests, Tropical Forests, Deforestation, Africa, Ghana

Wildlife

LAOS

The mountainous region of Lak Xao in Central Laos has emerged as a haven for timber and wildlife pro

Publication Date:

14/01/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Deforestation, Wildlife, Laos

Forests

Still in the Woods

The second Intergovernamental Panel on Forests discussed a lot of issues, yet remained more of a warm up for the final session

Publication Date:

30/05/1996

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecosystems, Forests, Deforestation, International Cooperation

India

Wasting the east

The Central government's recent announcement that an action plan has been formulated to safeguard the pristine forests in the north-east -- in collaboration with the states of the region -- has not

Publication Date:

14/09/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forests, Barak Valley, North East, Deforestation, India

India

Mining blues

THE state of Rajasthan evokes images of camels loping over lifeless sand stretching to the horizon, without the welcome punctuation of green cover. So the state government's bid to denotify

Publication Date:

14/05/1995

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Mining, Deforestation, India, Rajasthan