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 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)
Environment

 North prefers UN to act as 'global governor'

Environmental concerns and the end of the Cold War are spurring radical changes at the UN. But the revamp is turning out to be another thorny issue.

Publication Date: 
14/06/1993
Ravi Sharma
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Environment, GATT, UN, World Bank, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, Conflicts
Environment

 People are not the planet's pollutants

The consumerist tendency of our society has resulted in the branding of population explosion as the villain in a world that has place for everyone's need but no one's greed.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
K C Sahu
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Environment, Contraception, Population
Environment

 The new urban dream

Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.

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30/05/1993
Tommy Mansson
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Economic Development, Sweden, Development
Environment

 Setting standards

A SMALL group of Pueblo Indians, living just south of Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico, may force city officials to spend a whopping US $250 million to clean up the Rio Grande, so they

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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Environment, United States Of America (US)
Environment

 Clean water is Stockholm's priority

Among steps undertaken by the municipally owned Stockholm Water were renovation of the waste water network, construction of a storm sewer overflow basin and measures to reduce the load on pipes and treatment plants.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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Environment

 Solving it together

In 1987, citizens of Gothenburg accepted the challenge of cleaning up their city and succeeded admirably.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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Environment, Urban Habitat, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Economic Development, Sweden, Development
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 Overtornea: The first eco municipality

Job creation, to stop migration of its residents to bigger cities, was the aim of Overtornea's action plan.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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 Need to integrate human ecology and nature

IT IS TIME for a grand reconciliation between nature and us. Ecological economists fear we may have already entered an era of "uneconomic growth", which impoverishes rather than enriches. They remind

Publication Date: 
14/05/1993
Rakesh Kalshian
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Environment, Development, Economic Development, Ecology
Environment

 But not everything is for seduction alone

Several bird species derive aerodynamic advantage from their long tails.

Publication Date: 
14/05/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Zoology, Research

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