Air Pollution

 Mysterious!

Dead fish have been washed ashore in Kerala

Publication Date: 
14/12/1999
V Sreeraj
Down to Earth
Tags:
Fish, Research, Kerala
Air Pollution

 Coconut disease

the Kerala government has requested the Centre to provide at least half of the estimated Rs 87 crore needed to fight and control widespread mite attack that is threatening to wipe out coconut

Publication Date: 
14/12/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Plant Diseases, Coconut, Kerala
India

 Memories of a protest

this is the day and age

Publication Date: 
29/11/1999
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Silent Valley NP, Public Participation, Kerala
Health

 Herbal drug for diabetes

A Kerala based company claims to have developed a herbal drug that can effectively treat diabetes

Publication Date: 
30/10/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Medical Research, Herbal Medcine, Diabetes, Kerala
Industry

 A model arrangement

scientists and researchers from Commonwealth countries who met in Goa in the second half of September to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) cited the example of the Kani tribe of

Publication Date: 
30/10/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tribals, Medicinal Plants, Benefit Sharing, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Kerala
Industry

 Flashpoints

For several years, governments of coastal states have been trying to persuade the Centre to relax the crz rules. Here is how some major developmental works are set to proceed once that happens

Publication Date: 
14/10/1999
Down to Earth
8
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Tags:
Water Demand, Fish Marketing, Kerala
India

 Letting go a good thing

After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio environmental vector management project

Publication Date: 
14/09/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Vector Control, Vector Borne Diseases, Filariasis, Public Participation, Governance, Kerala
Environment

 GREEN WARRIOR

When K A Rahman succumbed to cancer on January 18, the river Chaliyar was orphaned and north Kerala villages lost its valiant

Publication Date: 
14/09/1999
Down to Earth
8
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Tags:
Rivers, Waste Disposal, Grasim Industries, Public Participation, Personalities, Kerala, Toxic Wastes
Environment

  Plastics go eco friendly

Will newly developed biodegradable plastics solve the existing problem?

Publication Date: 
30/08/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Plastics, Research, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Kerala
Air Pollution

 Humans vs mangrove

The estuary at the mouth of Ashtamudi lake in Kollam district of Kerala was once famous for its mangroves. Today, after more than three decades of wilful destruction, all that remains of the

Publication Date: 
14/08/1999
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Mangroves, Endangered Species, Kerala

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