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 Damn these dams

While dam busting, engineers should take care to save the entire river system from degradation

Publication Date: 
30/07/1997
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Rivers, Fish, Dams, United States Of America (US)
India

 Droughts in India were caused by El Ni o

Richard Grove , a noted environmental historian from the Australian National University, Canberra, takes an active interest in the climatic and ecological aspects of India s colonial history. He fir

Publication Date: 
30/07/1997
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Climate Change, Drought, India
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 In a favour of a lesser good

The latest round of negotiations on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has left little doubt that the South must fight for its rights, or else the North will continue to act as big brother, reports Anju Sharma from Harare

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
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CITES, Elephant, Africa
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 Fostering change

The socioeconomic scenario of Panch Mahals in Gujarat has improved due to the active participation of tribal women in a forestry programme

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
Kusum Dogriyal
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Forest Movements, Women, Economic Development, Panch Mahals
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 On the horns of Ahe rhino

CITES is a weapon which can be used only by the armchair rich against the oiling poor

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
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CITES, Endangered Species
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 No horn, please!

About 250 Indian MPs sign a paper to oppose South Africa on rhino trade, but they do not know why

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
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CITES, Trade, Zimbabwe
India

 The famine syndrome

INADEQUATE access to sufficient food has been a persistent problem faced by humankind through the ages, so much so that famines and the calamities associated with them find mention in the

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
Bhanusingha Ghosh
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Famine, History, India
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 Crime and pollution

Environmental pollution is responsible for a significant share of violent crime and antisocial behaviour, according to an analysis by Roger Masters of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
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Drinking Water, Conflicts, Mental Health, Environmental Science, United States Of America (US), Toxic Wastes
India

 Rising from rubble

An African nation refuses international aid and sets up a highly ambitious agenda to stand on its own feet

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
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Deserts, Ethiopia, Sustainable Development
India

 Unabated growth

India is the second most populated country in the world. In 195 1, the National Family Welfare Programme was launched with the objective of reducing the annual birth rate, by AD 2000, to 21 per

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 14, 1997
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Population, India, Statistics

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