Agriculture

 Disappearing fields

Urbanisation takes its toll on farmlands

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
CITES, Agriculture, Development, Urbanisation, Space Technology, Research
Agriculture

 Who s afraid

Of commercial farming?

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Pesticides, Bees, Development, Research, California
Industry

 Lotus effect

Self cleansing leaves inspire dirt repelling spray

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Development, Industry, Technology
Environment

 Half hearted democracy

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

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

 Sorting out the mess

An ecofriendly polymer solution can replace polluting salts used for dyeing

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Development, Paint And Dye Industry, Research
Sanitation

 A land in turmoil

An assessment of environmental degradation must preclude rebuilding of Afghanistan

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Forests, Soil Resources, Development, Sanitation, Rehabilitation, War, Afghanistan, United States Of America (US), Environmental Security
Industry

 Sustance over style

A little fine-tuning, a minor face lift

Publication Date: 
29/11/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Pollution Control, Development, Emissions Trading, Architecture, Automobiles, Industry
Industry

 Engine trouble

The Indian auto industry has got stuck with obsolete engines. It needs a jump start

Publication Date: 
29/11/2001
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Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Petrol, Euro II, Euro III, Development, Emissions Trading, Automobiles, Industry, Technology, Research, India, Vehicles
India

 Branding from origin

The French system of orgin labelling can be adopted for Indian medicine

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Albert Chominot
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, Development, Trade, WTO, Economy, Medicinal Plants, Industry, France, India, European Union (EU), Agriculture
Health

 Unsafe cloning

Scientists confirm the previous suspicion that reproductive cloning is not only inefficient, but also unsafe

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Development, Health, Medical Research, Genetic Cloning

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