Climate Change

 Rebirth of the forest

A new approach by the government resulted in rapid regreening

Publication Date: 
14/02/1998
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Ecology, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Forest Management, Afforestation, Jhabua (D)
Agriculture

 The seeds of traditional wisdom

A farmer in northern India has adopted agricultural practices that are attuned and not disruptive to the rural environment. Moreover, he has successfully reaped profits

Publication Date: 
14/02/1998
Tirtho Banerjee
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Ecology, Agriculture, Pesticides, Bijnor (D)
India

 A necessary drain

Draining of Lake Powell, formed after creation of a dam on the Colorado river, has become essential for restoring the ecology of the Grand Canyon and water management

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Sangeeta Agarwal
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Tags:
Ecology, Water Management, Dams, United States Of America (US)
Environment

 Opium of the masses

Poppy and coca cultivation is destroying the ecology of central Colombia

Publication Date: 
14/10/1997
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Tags:
Ecology, Environmental Science, Colombia
Environment

 Opium of the masses

Poppy and coca cultivation is destroying the ecology of central Colombia

Publication Date: 
14/10/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Environmental Science, Colombia
Agriculture

  Democracy in distress

Scientists and ecologists say that global warming will weaken democratic processes

Publication Date: 
14/10/1997
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Tags:
Ecology, Global Warming
Agriculture

 "History does not repeat itself"

A pioneer in the field of environmental history, Donald Worster of the University of Kansas in the US highlights the importance of the subject in understanding present day ecological crises in a conversation with

Publication Date: 
29/09/1997
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Tags:
Environment History, Ecology, Global
Air Pollution

  Island in jeopardy

The ecological balance of the islands of Galapagos is being threatened by population growth,

Publication Date: 
Monday, September 29, 1997
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Tags:
Ecology, Islands, Population, Statistics
Wildlife

  Pied pipeline

Construction of a new oil terminal and a pipeline to Russia might affect the Black Sea ecology

Publication Date: 
29/09/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Oil Pollution, Black Sea, Russia
Health

 Unbated felling

The pilferage of teak trees in the reserve forests under Maulvibazar range and shed trees in various tea gardens in Bangladesh has caused ecological imbalance in the region. Though the district

Publication Date: 
29/09/1997
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Tags:
Ecology, Trees, Bangladesh

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