Environment

 Sustainability and the southern perspective

European environmentalists tackle Third World concerns of irresponsible overconsumption by northern countries

Publication Date: 
14/07/1995
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Environment, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, Ecology
Environment

 Wanted: A whole new world

Environment space per person to combat unbalanced resource use

Publication Date: 
14/07/1995
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Environment, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, Ecology
Mining

 Aluminium's birth defect

The extraction of aluminium from its ore is a highly polluting process

Publication Date: 
14/01/1995
Pradip K Maitra
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Mining, Aluminium Industry, Bauxite, Developing Countries
Agriculture

 Pests get the better of pesticides

Since September this year, panchayats of Maharashtra's Nagpur region have complained that even large quantities of pesticides have had no effect on the brown aphid (delfocidas) pest rampant among

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, December 14, 1994
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Agriculture, Pesticides, Developing Countries, Statistics
India

 Cancer congress

The battle against the disease intensifies

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
S Sankarapandi
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Cancer, Medical Research, Science And Technology, Developing Countries
Agriculture

 Soiled schemes

SURVIVAL is still the most important factor in the lives of millions in the developing countries. Now is the time to look carefully at all its aspects. Recalling Darwin, learning to live with errors

Publication Date: 
14/12/1994
Bhanusingha Ghosh
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Agriculture, Pesticides, Developing Countries
Agriculture

 Toiling unsung

Rural women manage the family and the field, yet most development programmes target just the male farmer

Publication Date: 
14/09/1994
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Agriculture, Development, Women, Developing Countries
Industry

 Smokescreen

The most powerful government in the world and the behemoth tobacco industry are waging a ding-dong battle over...well, cigarettes

Publication Date: 
14/08/1994
Kavita Charanji
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Tobacco, Trade, Population, Industry, Developing Countries
Biodiversity

 The underbelly of the beast

THE world is a smaller place today; a Disneyland in France and Chinese heavy metal bands no longer raise eyebrows. Yet, vast differences also exist as industrialised countries continue to yoke poorer

Publication Date: 
29/06/1994
Soumyabrata Choudhury
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Biodiversity, Life Science, Developing Countries
Environment

 Who pays for the greenbacks?

OUR attitude to the environment has been like the proverbial free lunch: no immediate costs, and free dessert in the bargain. The punishment is that someone must pay for the degradation, even though

Publication Date: 
30/04/1994
Kishore Jethanandani
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Environment, Developing Countries

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