Environment

 A blueprint and not a plan

THIS BOOK, a collection of articles by six authors, is meant to be a sequel to Blueprint for a Green Economy (Earthscan), which was published in September 1989. The theme of the earlier book was

Publication Date: 
30/07/1992
Kirit Parikh
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Environment, Global Warming, Economic Development, Ozone Layer
Agriculture

 Green revolution or less food?

Global warming, but so what? The data on its impact is still uncertain and contradictory. USA's Environment Protection Agency commissioned a study which involved 50 scientists from around the world

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
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Agriculture, Global Warming, Research, Scientists, Crops
Water Resources

 Pollution, not rice accumulated methane

THOUGH a great deal of fuss has been raised in scientific circles over methane production by rice paddies and cattle in the developing world, which is likely to heat up the earth, the atmospheric

Publication Date: 
14/06/1992
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Pollution, Rice, Atmosphere, Green House Gases, Global Warming
Industry

 Pollution counters global warming

IF it were not for the widespread pollution caused by human beings, global warming caused by green- house gases like carbon dioxide and methane would have made the earth a lot warmer than it is.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
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Pollution, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Global Warming
Environment

 In Rio, try thinking of Kalavati Devi

HUMANITY never needed a global social contract more than it does today. With the nations of the world jointly facing a global ecological crisis but sharply divided in economic terms, there never

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
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Biodiversity

 The global green farce

At UNCED the inclustrialised countries do not want any serloys restructuring of their economies or their lifestyles to save the earth. But the Brazil conference will see a major effort to got developing countries to share the burden of change. Des

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain
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Air Pollution

 Atmospheric chemistry shifts blame around

Research in atmospheric sciences is booming because of the impending threat to4he world's climate. Every month there is a new study showing new sources of greenhouse gases rages that are capable of producing global warming or disputing earlier

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
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Carbon Dioxide, Atmosphere, Ozone Layer, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Air Transport, Science And Technology, Developing Countries
Biodiversity

 What's not in is more important

What will UNCED discuss? Theoretically, everything. But it will focus on: Long-term issues like global warming. National resources in the South like tropical rain forests and conservation of

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
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