Industry

 Spill over

Untreated domestic and industrial effluents is polluting Bangalore s Ballandur lake

Publication Date: 
14/12/2000
Malini Shankar
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Lakes, Waste Disposal, Industry, Governance, Bangalore (D)
Wildlife

 TANZANIA

Member states of the Mtwara Development Corridor

Publication Date: 
14/07/1999
Mario
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Lakes, Sedimentation, Wildlife, Tanzania
Environment

The challenge of the balance: environmental economics in India - proceedings of the national environment and economic meeting

The number of institutions trying to integrate environmental concerns with economics is still small in India, especially given the size of the country and the diversity of its environmental problems and challenges, but a small beginning has already been made. This volume presents the proceedings of the national environment and economics meeting held in January 1994, in New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
Dec 1996
Anil Agarwal
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment Economics, Land Use, Animal Care, Lakes, Tanks, Groundwater, Water Management, Irrigation, Forest Management, Watershed Development, Trade, Energy, Biodiversity, Poverty, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Sustainable Development, Agriculture
Mining

 Time bomb under water

Decades of mining have slopped about 72 million tonnes of lead, zinc and other metal wastes into the Coeur d:lene lake in Idaho state in the US. Now, representatives of the Coeur d:lene tribe and the

Publication Date: 
14/08/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Lakes, United States Of America (US)
India

 DD's green beam

This month, Doordarshan's elite third channel is airing India's first comprehensive weekly programme on the environment, a repeat of which will be aired on the first channel after a fortnight.

Publication Date: 
30/07/1994
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, TV, India, Lakes
India

 Beware of the developers

In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be unaware of the ecological consequences of such moves.

Publication Date: 
14/02/1994
Uday Shankar
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Ecology, Agriculture, Lakes, India, Bihar
Mining

 Badkhal lake dries up

Unplanned mining for granite and marble in the Aravalli ranges has transformed Badkhal lake in Haryana from a tourists' delight to a dry, rocky terrain. Located a stone's throw away from Delhi,

Publication Date: 
30/07/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Mining, Lakes, Badkhal, Haryana
India

 When in Rome...

FOR SEVERAL centuries, Udaipur has been renowned for the exquisite use of marble in its magnificent palaces. But it was known only recently that the city rests atop the world's largest marble

Publication Date: 
14/02/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Mining, Lakes, Exports, India

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