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 Troubled times

Heavy sedimentation, high evaporative and seepage losses and water pollution are some of the problems afflicting nadis

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 Living off others

Jodhpur's gargantuan thirst is telling on the groundwater tables of its neighbouring villages

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 Woody Warfare

World forestry talks end without a consensus on a global convention on forests

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30/03/1997
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 An immense potential

There is much in favour of reinvigorating Jodhpur's traditional water sources

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 Thirsty islands

Islands in the Bay of Bengal have to contend with increasing scarcity of fresh water

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30/03/1997
Kailash
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Islands, Bay Of Bengal, Water Management, Population, Andamans
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 In custody

The zabo is the chosen water harvesting system of the Chakhesang tribals of Nagaland's Kikruma village. Placed by fate in the rain shadow of a mountain receives 1,613 mm of average annual rainfall. The Chakhesangs have found a way out of their water shor

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30/03/1997
S Ramanathan
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 Waste of a barter

Desperate North Korea is ready to accept atomic waste from Taiwan

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30/03/1997
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 The components of zabo

• FOREST LAND: A catchment area of about 1.5 ha or more is kept under natural vegetation upstream of the ponds to serve as a water source during monsoons. The slope of the catchment area is

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 Mixed results

The UN Environment Programme got a strong mandate and ample funds on its 25th anniversary but the issue of its governance remained unresolved

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30/03/1997
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 Talking of terraces

Kikruma's terrace cultivation systern is labour intensive, but scientific

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