Economy

 The slippery lifeline

The environmental footprint of oil

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Health Effects, Economy, Occupational Health, Occupational Accidents, Oil, War, Ecuador, Global, Developing Countries, Toxic Wastes
Poverty

 The gap

Poverty is gendered

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
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Women, Maternal Health, Economic Development, Poverty, Africa, Developing Countries, Statistics
Environment

 Tangible shift

Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift

Publication Date: 
14/12/2002
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Leather Industry, Trade, Solid Waste, Biotechnology, Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Developing Countries, Waste Recycling
Biodiversity

 Managing biodiversity

TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR MANAGING BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . Edited by PS Ramakrishnan, RK Rai, RPS Katwal and S Mehndiratta . Oxford & IBH

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Biosphere Reserves, Biodiversity, Public Participation, Developing Countries
Energy

 Back to basics

Every taluka in India can meet its own food, water and energy needs

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Anil K Rajvanshi
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Renewable Energy, Energy, Energy Technology, India, Developing Countries
Water Resources

 In the dragnet

Yet another case of dumping of banned waste in developing countries has surfaced, this time in Cambodia. In the latest crackdown, three persons were arrested for unauthorised shipping of plastic bags

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trade, Plastics, Waste Disposal, Cambodia, China, Developing Countries, Toxins
India

 No silver lining

Even as UNEP calls for an international treaty on mercury pollution, India and other developing countries are oblivious to the dangers of being at the import-end of the chain

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
Ritu Gupta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Pollution Control, Health Effects, Mental Health, Mercury, UNEP, NGO, India, Developing Countries, Statistics
India

 Twist in the TRIPS tale

UK panel endorses South's stand on intellectual property rights

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
WTO, Traditional Knowledge, Drug Industry, Biodiversity, Private Sector, Patents, Argentina, India, Developing Countries
Environment

 Half hearted democracy

UNDP s Human Development Report 2002 offers a link between politics and development

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
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Environment, Starvation, Development, Economic Development, Poverty, Community Groups, China, India, Developing Countries, Statistics, Pollution
Energy

 Heavy on the purse?

Measuring efficiency of electric appliances fails to take off in India

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Energy, Legislation, Europe, India, Delhi, Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Electronics

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