Air Pollution

 Mapping the dirt

NASA comes up with the most comprehensive view yet of global air pollution

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
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Environment, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Fossil Fuels, Industry, Research, Africa, Global, NASA
Environment

 The POPs treaty

A historical chance to get rid of some of the most toxic substances known to humans

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
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Environment, POPs, Pesticides, Health Effects, DDT, Hazardous Products, Global Environmental Agreements, UN, NGO, India, Global, Developing Countries, PCBs
Fisheries

 Growing with the wind

global installed wind power capacity will increase by 39 per cent in 2001, according to the World Market

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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Wind Energy, Germany, United States Of America (US), Global
India

 Tackling oil spills

the International Maritime Organi

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
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Oil Pollution, Marine Life, UN, Germany, United States Of America (US), India, Global
India

 A cloning dilemma

A decision to clone human beings raises questions on the safety and ethics of such projects

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
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Religious Beliefs, Genetic Cloning, Genetic Engineering, Research, Global
Natural Disasters

 Saving the sturgeon

the sturgeon population is fast declining due to poaching, illegal trade, habitat loss, dam constructions, pollution, damaging aquaculture practices, lack of regional cooperation in conservation

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
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Tags:
Marine Life, Fish, Dams, Aquaculture, Migratory Species, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Global
Sanitation

 Squaring off

the infrastructure for coordinating research about various worldwide environmental changes must be restructured for taking correct decisions on issues such as greenhouse gas emission policies.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
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Tags:
Green House Gases, Research, Information, United States Of America (US), Global
Climate Change

 Battling climate change

Technologies exist to arrest global warming. But the political will to implement them is missing

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Neelam Singh
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Tags:
Environment Politics, Pollution Control, Climate Change, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Consumption Patterns, Governance, Global
Agriculture

 Foot in mouth disease

Only a sea change in farming techniques will help save the European agricultural sector from disasters like the foot and mouth disease

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
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Agriculture, Organic Farming, Animal Diseases, Europe, Global, Sustainable Development
India

 Forest talk

An international forum on forests promises to bring in real change

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Tags:
Rio Summit, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Governance, UN, Global, Sustainable Development

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