Agriculture

OECD-FAO agricultural outlook 2011-2020

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020 says that a good harvest in the coming months should push commodity prices down from the extreme levels seen earlier this year. However, the Outlook states that over the coming decade real prices for cereals could average as much as 20 percent higher and those for meats as much as 30 percent higher, compared to 2001-10.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2011
OECD
Tags:
Agriculture, Developing Countries, India, Biofuel, Oilseeds, Fish, Milk, Food Crops, Economic Development, Food Prices
Biodiversity

Biodiversity of Sikkim: exploring and conserving a global hotspot

The book comprises large number of articles based on years of in-depth research in the state by scholars who are affiliated to premier research institutes.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2011
M. L. Arrawatia, Sandeep Tambe
Government of Sikkim
Tags:
Biodiversity, Sikkim, Ecology, Food Security, Trees, Birds, Fish, Mammals, Mushroom, Agriculture, Minor Forest Produce, Forest Management
Water Pollution

Dead fish blankets the Periyar

KOCHI: Thousands of fish washed up dead overnight in the Periyar just below the Pathalam bund on Thursday morning. It could be due to the high-level of pollution in the river, say environmentalists.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2011
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, River Pollution, Periyar, Environmentalists, Fish, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Wildlife

U.S. Reaches a Settlement on Decisions About Endangered Species

The Interior Department, facing an avalanche of petitions and lawsuits over proposed endangered species designations, said Tuesday that it had negotiated a settlement under which it will make decisions on 251 species over the next six years.

Under the agreement, species that the department has already deemed to be at potential risk but whose status remains in limbo, including the New England co

Publication Date: 
11/05/2011
Felicity Barringer
New York Times (New York)
Tags:
Wildlife, Endangered Species, United States Of America (US), Fish, Biodiversity Conservation
Wildlife

Deal Aims To Cut Endangered Species Red Tape

Animals and plants that may deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act moved closer to getting help under a legal settlement plan announced on Tuesday by the government and environmentalists.

The plan, which followed a legal battle between the government and the environmental group WildEarth Guardians, aims to cut legal and bureaucratic red tape that has kept 251 species from being off

Publication Date: 
11/05/2011
Deborah Zabarenko
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Endangered Species, Wildlife, Birds, Butterflies, Mammals, Fish
Fisheries

Patterns of diversity and conservation status of freshwater fishes in the tributaries of River Ramganga in the Shiwaliks of the Western Himalaya

A short study was undertaken from December 2004 to April 2005, to assess the species diversity and composition of freshwater fishes in three tributaries of Ramganga river in the foothills of Western Himalaya. One tributary was within a protected area (PA; Corbett National Park); the other two were outside the PA (Lansdowne Forest Division).

Publication Date: 
10/03/2011
A. J. T. Johnsingh, K. Sivakumar, V. M. Atkore
Current Science
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Tags:
Fish, Ramganga, Western Himalaya, Corbett NP, Freshwater Ecosystems, Fisheries
Wildlife

Critically endangered animal species of India

India has a staggering variety of flora and fauna, including some of the rarest species in existence on the planet. There is so far a paucity of information for the general public on the status, biology, and major threats to the endangered species of our country.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2011
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Endangered Species, India, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Fish, Amphibians, Corals, Wildlife
Fisheries

DoF implements big project for boosting fish production

A four-year long big project is being implemented by the department of fisheries (DoF) at 135 upazilas of 23 districts of the country.
Started from July, 2010, the project is aimed at enhancing fish production in the country to meet the growing demand for the nutrition of the people through utilizing the existing water bodies of the country.
Besides, the project is expected to help the local fis

Publication Date: 
28/02/2011
Bangladesh Today
Tags:
Bangladesh, Fish, Fisherfolk
Fisheries

Fish production to increase after modern hatchery at Devlond

Fish farming is being done at 12 big reservoirs by the Cooperative Societies constituted by Fisheries Federation in the state. A fish hatchery unit is being constructed at Devlond Bansagar in Shahdol district with an aim to increase production of fish.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2011
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Fish, Shahdol (D), Fisheries
Pesticides And Toxins

Acute toxicity and effects analysis of endosulfan sulfate to freshwater fish species

Endosulfan sulfate is a persistent environmental metabolite of endosulfan, an organochlorine insecticide–acaricide presently registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. There is, however, limited acute fish toxicity data for endosulfan sulfate.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2011
John F. Carriger, Tham C. Hoang, Gary M. Rand & et al
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
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281
Tags:
Endosulfan, Fish, Acute Toxicity, Toxicity Studies, Insecticide, United States Of America (US), Pesticides And Toxins

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