RAGHUNATHPUR is a large village of 350 households in the Chanho block of Ranchi district. It lies 55 km from Ranchi on the road to Lohardagga. Though Oraons comprise the majority of

Are goats responsible for increasing desertification? No, say many environmentalists and researchers. In fact, this hardy animal fertilises degraded land efficiently, besides being a valuable source of income and nutrition for the poor

A N CHATURVEDI, former chief conservator of forests of UP and now with the Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi, is appalled at the attempts to glorify the goat. According to him, the

IN a semi-arid environment, keeping goats is considerably more rational for the local people than rearing buffaloes, according to a field study done in the degraded lands of Tilonia

SPRINGS in the Himalaya are drying up on a massive scale, says a detailed study of a 59,723ha catchment area in the Kumaon. The study conducted by geologists K S Valdiya and S K Bartarya of the

THE latest Economic Survey (1991-92) presents a very interesting set of statistics. It shows that, out of all types of commercial undertakings of state departments, only those based on

The Chipko movement halted commercial tree felling in UP's Chamoli district, but the women who led it are still fighting corrupt and indifferent forest officials and fund constraints to maintain the pace of development

ABOUT 176 million tonnes (mt) of aviation fuel was burnt in 1990 -- 14 per cent of the world's consumption of transportation fuel. This air traffic fuel produced about 550 mt of carbon dioxide, 220 mt of water, and 3.5 mt of nitrogen oxides.

PRIME Minister P V Narasimha Rao"s government has taken dramatic steps in less than a year of its existence towards a liberalised regime for the industrial sector. If the new policies

पृथ्वी की संसाधन उत्पादन करने की जितनी क्षमता है उससे ज्यादा हम उसका दोहन कर रहे हैं। हम ये भूल जाते हैं कि हमारे पास सिर्फ और सिर्फ एक पृथ्वी है लेकिन अमेरिका जर्मनी जैसे देशों की उपभोग दर पर अगर पूरी दुनिया जीने लग जाए तो हमें 3 से पांच पृथ्वियों की जरूरत पड़ेगी। लेकिन हम इंसान इस तथ्य को पूरी तरह से नकार चुके हैं। आलम ये है कि आज हम पृथ्वी के एक साल के संसाधनों की उपभोग सिर्फ सात महीनों में ही कर जा रहे हैं। आज विशेष में जानेंगे अर्थ ओवरशूट डे के बारे में। जानेंगे इसका सिद्धांत, इसकी अहमियत, मौजूदा स्थिति और भविष्य के खतरों को।

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