India

 Soil resources mapped

The National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning (nbss&lup), Nagpur, has finally completed its work on detailed soil resource mapping (srm) of all the Indian states. J L Sehgal, director,

Publication Date: 
14/08/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Resources, Land Degradation, India
Agriculture

 Fertilising frustration

A so called farmer's cooperative fertiliser company is ruining agricultural land in Uttar Pradesh

Publication Date: 
14/05/1995
Rakesh Agarwal
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Land Degradation, Agriculture, Fertiliser Industry
Mining

 Journey into the market-place

Papua New Guinea has come a long way from a society that began cultivating crops in 8000 BC and had no need for a market economy. It came in touch with the outside world just about 100 years ago. Today, it exports minerals and imports food. The people com

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
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Land Degradation, Mining, Minerals, Economic Development, Exports, Papua New Guinea
Mining

 Wisdom from an obscure archipelago

In Down To Earth's first Country Report, ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN look at Papua New Guinea, its short but volatile transition to the market economy, its unique land tenure system and the mining and forestry sectors.

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
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Land Degradation, Mining, Deforestation, Economic Development, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Papua New Guinea
India

 Pitching eco messages and washing machines

A recent exhibition in Delhi drew crowds looking for discounts and new gadgets. But how many paid attention to a special section on the danger to the environment and the need for eco friendly development?

Publication Date: 
30/12/1993
Suchitra Jain
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Environment, Land Degradation, India, Delhi, Green Products
Wildlife

 Urban wildlife and disappearing commons

"What are we supposed to feel when a sarkari animal carries our children away? Are we still supposed to love the animal and the sarkar?" This plea by an activist working with poor people living in

Publication Date: 
29/11/1993
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Land Degradation, Biomass, Wildlife, National Parks, Sanctuaries
Environment

 In defence of shifting agriculture

IT HAS taken almost two decades of consistent research into the northeastern tribal practice of shifting agriculture for P S Ramakrishna, professor of ecology at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, to explode the myth that the system is primitiv

Publication Date: 
14/11/1993
P S Ramakrishna
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Land Degradation, Shifting Cultivation, Tribals, Scientists
India

 Cleaning up Mt Everest

The environment ministers of Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and India are likely to meet soon to work out a clean-up programme for the Himalaya. The idea for the 'Save

Publication Date: 
14/11/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Land Degradation, Himalaya, Government Of India (GOI)
Industry

 Unshackling the Ganga

The Ganga Mukti Andolan is endeavouring to free a stretch of the Ganga and the exploited fisherfolk that derive their livelihood from it from the clutches of landowners and mafia gangs.

Publication Date: 
14/11/1993
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River Pollution, Land Degradation, Ganga, Hilsa, Farakka Barrage, Fisherfolk, Industry
Environment

 Desertification control lacks efficiency

PERHAPS no environmental problem affects the poor of the world as much as desertification. The UN Environmental Programme UNEP says this has affected 900 million people and 6.1 billion ha. But desertification is an issue far more complex than just degr

Publication Date: 
30/10/1993
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Global Environmental Agreements, Land Degradation, Desert Spread, Drought, UNEP

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