India

 Curative resolve

A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Malaria, Health Care, Medical Research, Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Finance, Poverty, Private Sector, WHO, NGO, Africa, China, India, Global, Globalisation
Forests

 Ravaged future

Today, around 36 million people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. Of these, 11.8 million are children and young people. Half of all new cases of HIV

Publication Date: 
Thursday, February 14, 2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Infant mortality, Population, Children, AIDS, Global
Biodiversity

 Rich bias

IS THE world's environment really in crisisor is thecrisis simply in the imagination of environmental groupsresearchers andthe media? In The Skeptical EnvironmentalistBj

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Anju Sharma
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Air Pollution, Water Management, Water Demand, Climate Change, Global Warming, Endangered Species, Kyoto Protocol, Biodiversity, Subsidies, Environmental Science, Research, Global, Developing Countries, Environment Management
India

 Safe or smug?

The awareness of the looming threat of bioweapons has evoked a serious response from all over the world, except India

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Pushpa M Bhargava
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Conflicts, Research, War, Biological Weapons, Afghanistan, United States Of America (US), India, Global
Fisheries

 Fishy depictions

Exaggerated reporting about fish catches has painted a false picture of the oceans health

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fisheries, Fisherfolk, Governance, China, Global, Food Security
Pesticides And Toxins

End of the road for endosulfan: a call for action against a dangerous pesticide

This report presents compelling evidence of the considerable threats the pesticide endosulfan poses to human health and environmental integrity. In light of the evidence presented, it make a number of key recommendations to the World Health

Publication Date: 
01/01/2002
Environmental Justice Foundation
Tags:
Pesticides, Health Effects, Endosulfan, India, Global
Climate Change

 Modified by climate

Global warming has resulted in genetic alternations among living beings

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Global Warming, Medical Research, Life Science, Environmental Science, Genetic Engineering, Global
Economy

 Trade truce

It was neither a victory for the North nor a defeat for the South. Environment took centrestage as the main bargaining chip, but the discussions remained inconclusive. The World Trade Organisation meeting in Doha set the tone for the future of global

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Anju Sharma
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Trade, WTO, Economy, Drugs, Drug Industry, Turtles, Subsidies, Biotechnology, Patents, Malaysia, India, Global, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)
Industry

 Cosmic collision

Discovery of a crater sheds new light on the end of many Middle East civilisations

Publication Date: 
29/11/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Geology, Research, Research Agencies, Scientists, History, Iraq, Global
India

 Walking whales

Recently found fossils provide evidence that mammals were predecessors of whales

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Whales, Mammals, Life Science, Research, Scientists, Fossils, United States Of America (US), Global

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