India

 Lost in transit

A gravy train called eco development, now derailed

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
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Ecology, Periyar, Forest Resources, Forest Villages, Development, National Parks, Buxa SA, Biodiversity, Research, NGO, India, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tribals
India

 Conserve or pickle?

Eco development in India had no clue

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30/07/2004
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India

 After dosage

Will the idea of eco development survive?

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
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India

 Hold tight

Behold: eco development is here, again

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
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Biodiversity

 Book review: Inventing Global Ecology by Michael Lewis

In the 1950s and 1960s India used to import not only subsidised sewing needles and milk, but also wildlife conservation science from the US. Michael Lewis argues this science also imported for decades after came in baggage tainted with skewed prioriti

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
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Ecology, Keoladeo NP, Wildlife, Biodiversity, Subsidies, Research
Agriculture

 Green light given

After a protracted debate over genetically modified (gm) maize in the uk, the British government is all set to approve the commercial production of the transgenic crop. The government advisers,

Publication Date: 
14/02/2004
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Ecology, Agriculture, Pest Control, Maize, Food Standards, Genetic Engineering
India

 Dams in the north east will also ruin livelihoods

After neglecting the north east for years, Delhi now feels the need to initiate developmental activities in the region. There is good reason. Indo Chinese ties are improving. Moreover, a sub regional economic grouping comprising India, China, Myanmar

Publication Date: 
30/12/2003
Smitu Kothari, Ramananda Wangkheirakpam
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Ecology, North East, Brahmaputra, Ganga, Dams, Electricity, Hydrology, India, Arunachal, Delhi, Tripura, River Linking, Small Hydro Power
India

 A profane proposal

10 years ago, Down To Earth reported on the state of sacred groves in India see: Down To Earth, January 31, 1994 . Patches of forest protected

Publication Date: 
30/12/2003
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Ecology, Khasi Hills, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Conservation, Watershed Development, Economy, Sacred Groves, India, Kodagu, Kerala, Meghalaya, Endangered Species
Biodiversity

 Hostile guests

Invasive alien species threaten biodiversity of Sri Lanka

Publication Date: 
30/10/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Wetlands, Biodiversity
Wildlife

 Bok review: Heady stuff

Conservation and Society by Kamaljit S Bawa

Publication Date: 
14/09/2003
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Keoladeo NP, Wildlife, National Parks, Africa

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