Developing Countries

Who needs high tech water treatment plants?

TRADITIONAL communities developed ingenious ways of making use of wastewater. And, experts involved in the modern science of ecological engineering can learn a great deal from them. There is a

Publication Date:

14/10/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19921015

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Water Quality, Waste Treatment, Developing Countries, Waste Recycling, Pollution Control

Health

Health and economy

A COUNTRY'S economic strength influences its health level, which, in turn, is correlated with its average income level. When the economy grows, the people's health should also improve. The gross

Publication Date:

Tuesday, September 29, 1992

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

Issue:

pp:

Tags:

Health, Economic Development, Developing Countries, Statistics

Agriculture

Lab made pyrethrin will hi t Kenyan growers

AGRIDYNE Technologies, a US biotechnology company, recently announced a major project involving the genetic-engineering of pyrethrins, an insecticidal compound derived from the pyrethrum flower (

Publication Date:

14/08/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Natural Pesticides, Biotechnology, NGO, Kenya, Developing Countries

Agriculture

UNCED has thrown into sharp focus all matters environmental international industry, quick to Catch on to now trends, has started branding its technologies environment friendly and in some cases, started looking for less wasteful ways

Publication Date:

14/07/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecology, Rio Summit, Energy Technology, Science And Technology, Scientists, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries

Biodiversity

The offending paragraph.... and how it got modified

THIS IS how the paragraph in Agenda 21 text came to Rio: "To facilitate and support the effective implementation of the non-legally binding authoritative statement of principles for a

Publication Date:

14/07/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19920715

pp:

0

Tags:

Rio Summit, Forest Convention, Biodiversity, Developing Countries

Environment

The fight over the DEAD

A severe tug of war between the North and the South preceded the unanimous acceptance of the Rio declaration

Publication Date:

14/07/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Development, Developing Countries

India

Launch pads for climate studies

USA is pushing big dollars to unravel the mystery of the earth's climate

Publication Date:

14/07/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecology, Rio Summit, Energy Technology, Science And Technology, Scientists, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries

Environment

Opinions

Our position is that USA is the biggest culprit in the world. ---Environment minister Kamal Nath on the eve of his departure to Rio We cannot permit the extreme in the environmental

Publication Date:

14/07/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, NGO, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries

Biodiversity