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AFTER the pollution rights auction held earlier this year (Down To Earth, May 15, 1993), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) now plans to develop a market in recyclable materials. CBOT will develop an

A RICE shortage is imminent by the turn of the century because of paucity of funds and a declining interest in projects to improve yields, says Gurdev Khush of the International Rice Research

THE JAPANESE pharmaceutical industry will shrink by 10 per cent in three years because of government plans to tighten price controls, say analysts. Drug manufacturers in Japan usually offset

Cowherds in a Gujarat district accuse a local dye manufacturer of dumping a poisonous and acidic substance, which resulted in the maiming and death of their cattle.

ECONOMIC historians writing on India have usually focussed on two crucial sectors -- agriculture and industry -- and left out of their purview forestry, which provides crucial inputs to both these

Physical Review, which began in 1893 as a monthly journal of indifferent repute, has evolved into a standard for the international physics community.

West Bengal's villagers will not only set the development agenda they will also correct defects in the panchayat system.

For centuries, the Iban tribals of Malaysia have cultivated crops by clearing trees, but without endangering the rainforests. At the centre of their practices are traditional rights that each generation inherits.

Under pressure from importers and voluntary groups, traders are acknowledging the need to regulate the employment of children.

Governments and loggers unhesitatingly blame tribals for the destruction of rainforests, but studies show otherwise.

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