Ecosystems

Restore ecosystems or suffer a lower standard of living

Andre F Clewell , a US based botanist and plant taxonomist, has for the past 15 years been working on ecological restoration. This relatively new area of science deals with restoring an ecosystem, that has suffered due to human

Publication Date:

30/01/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

20000131

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Ecosystems, Wetlands, Mining, Canada, Forest Conservation, United Kingdom (UK), United States Of America (US), Australia, India

Forests

State of the Great Lakes

a set of environmental indicators used in a Canadian government report gives a clear picture of the health of the Great Lakes. The report, The State of the Great Lakes , gives information

Publication Date:

14/01/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecosystems, Canada

Environment

Our ecological footprint - think of your city as an ecosystem

Our Ecological Footprint: think of your city as an ecosystem - a book that aims to bring an environmental focus to mainstream education to make it more relevant. It helps teachers to: relook at the relationship between subjects in the curriculum and environment education; adopt methods of knitting its concepts into the regular curriculum; and equip them to conduct their own Ecological Footprint Project.

Publication Date:

Dec 1999

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

River Pollution, Ecosystems, Water Harvesting, Waste Disposal, Environment Education, Delhi

India

Famine in the rainforest

The idea of a desert in the middle of the Western Ghats sounds unbelievable, but it may be on the cards

Publication Date:

30/12/1999

Author(s): M Kumaravelu

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19991231

pp:

0

Tags:

Ecosystems, Grasslands, Desert Spread, Nilgiri, Western Ghats, Plantation Crops, Forest Encroachments

Climate Change

Deep in trouble

The ecology of Scotland may undergo a major transformation due to climatic changes, says a report

Publication Date:

14/08/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecosystems, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Global Warming, Flora, Fauna, Environmental Science, United Kingdom (UK)

Environment

A glut of nitrogen

Nitrogen is the basic building block of plant and animal proteins, and is essential to all forms of life. But studies in recent times have shown that human activity, including agriculture, energy

Publication Date:

Tuesday, June 29, 1999

Author(s): Mario

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

Issue:

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Tags:

Ecosystems, Soil Capability, Chemical Fertilisers, Aquatic Plants, Pesticide Residues

Water Resources