Biotic pressure on Protected Areas (PAs) in developing countries is primarily to satisfy the fuelwood requirements and is one of the factors affecting their conservation.

This article is an analysis of the India Eco-Development Project (IEP) implemented in Sasan Gir National Park and Sanctuary. Statistical data describing the consumption patterns and financial status of the Maldharis was collected from 13 nesses.

The prices of daily use items are likely to go up from the first week of July as Light Goods Vehicles (LGV) owners are preparing for a direct fight with Delhi Government.

Four month ago, the Transport Department of Delhi Government ordered all the LGV owners to convert their diesel vehicles into CNG run vehicles by June end but LGV owners are not in mood to follow the order.

Pakistan is likely to bring Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Turkmenistan to meet its energy requirements besides offering Turkmenistan a facility at Gwadar Port for processing gas and export to other markets of the region.

Administration forms panel to look into demands; union says will operate till committee takes a decision

After remaining off roads for five days, autorickshaw operators have finally called off their strike against the ban imposed on the entry of non-LPG autos in Chandigarh. The decision was taken after a meeting with UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas on Friday.

Pune It was seen as a move to reduce pollution in the city when the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) set an April-end deadline for all city autorickshaws to convert from petrol to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). It was a trade off for not reducing the autorickshaw rate for auto drivers, following the fall in petrol and diesel fare hike.

KOLKATA, March. 19: Calcutta High Court's extension of deadline for phasing out petrol and diesel run auto rickshaws into LPG fuelled four stroke ones by a few months, does not seem to have pleased the auto-rickshaw operators.
Leaders of auto-rickshaw operators union today said, even after the extension of the deadline, the phase-out still remains an absurd and impossible proposition.

In rural Bangladesh, Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) is dangerously high for poor households dependent on biomass cooking fuels. Based on earlier World Bank research, controlled, scientifi cally monitored experiments were conducted in Burumdi village,
Narayanganj District, to test the effects of structural

The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas is concerned with exploration and production of oil and natural gas (including import of Liquefied Natural Gas), refining, distribution & marketing, import, export and conservation of petroleum products.

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