Ecology

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

Author(s): Tirtho Banerjee

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19980215

pp:

0

Tags:

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

Author(s): Sangeeta Agarwal

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19980131

pp:

0

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

Source: Down to Earth

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

Source: 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

Source: Down to Earth

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

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19970930

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment History, Ecology, Global

Air Pollution