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Environment

 Delhi goes green with Environment Day contest

The Care for the Environment Contest, which was held in New Delhi to mark World Environment Day, met with a response that far surpassed the expectations of its organisers.

Publication Date: 
14/07/1993
Rimjhim Jain
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Environment

 Green in classrooms

Classrooms will turn green soon if a proposal by the ministry of environment and forests (MEF) to introduce environmental lessons for students and professionals is approved. MET has set up a

Publication Date: 
14/07/1993
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Environment
Environment

 ONGC returns salvo

The Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGQ has given a detailed reply to the show-cause notice issued by the ministry of environment and forests (MEF), which alleged the ONGC had failed to prepare a

Publication Date: 
14/07/1993
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Environment, Oil Pollution, Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
India

 Coast Guard mops up another oil spill

The oil pipeline burst at Bombay High exposes maintenance lapses and highlights the urgent need for environment management plans to tackle such mishaps.

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
Koshy Cherail, Nitya Jacob
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Environment, Oil Pollution, India, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Environment

 Well researched essays on sustainability

THE INTERNATIONAL Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) in London has been conducting research on environment- and development-related policy issues for the past 20 years. Policies for a

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29/06/1993
Farhad Vania
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Environment, Tropical Forests, Research, United Kingdom (UK), Global, Sustainable Development, Rio Summit
Environment

  We, the people...

Industrialised countries uneasy at the prospect of a shift from traditional political rights for the individual to rights that link communities and the environment?

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29/06/1993
Sanjeev Prakash
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Environment

 Hope in sight for indigenous people

The UN is finalising a draft declaration on special rights for indigenous people, but this is being opposed by some governments.

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29/06/1993
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India

 Moving further inland

Environmentalists in Goa are upbeat once again. Not only has the pro-Konkan railway Ravi Naik had to step down as chief minister, but his successor is none other than Wilfred D'Souza, who has been

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
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Environment, Goa
Environment

 Environment conscious constitutions

National constitutions have rarely established environmental rights as human rights, but an increasing number recognise the right to a healthy environment and have provisions directed at environmental protection:

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29/06/1993
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Mining

 The gold diggers

MIDAS may soon lose his touch in Honduras because US mining giant RTZ's plan to exploit the Minas de Oro area is facing massive criticism from green campaigners, led by Wilfredo Sandoval Calix who

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
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Environment, Mining, Drinking Water, Honduras, United States Of America (US)

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