India

 INDIA

• India's DNA scientists have initiated a project to clone the Indian cheetah by using the genes of its Iranian cousin. Scientists from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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Cotton, Drinking Water, Solid Waste, Wildlife, Tiger, Kanha NP, Poaching, Industry, Biotechnology, Genetic Cloning, Genetic Engineering, Research, Public Participation, India, Bihar, Chhattisgarh
Biodiversity

 Barbed wire isn t the answer

Fencing off biodiversity hot spots cannot protect species

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Forests, Agriculture, Fodder, Trees, Endangered Species, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, Private Sector, Environmental Science, Research, Public Participation, Costa Rica, Greenland

 Callous forest law

What is needed is to undertake liberalisation from the point of view of the poor. This is the message of Dewas

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Anil Agarwal
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Environment, Timber Smuggling, Trees, Tribals, Legislation, Public Participation, India, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Deforestation
India

 Water crisis: a case study of Jabalpur

Jabalpur s shrinking lakes needs sincere planning and community participation

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
P K Shrivastava
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Environment, Groundwater, Tubewells, Water Management, Water Distribution, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Reservoirs, Public Participation, India, Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur (D), Narmada
Agriculture

 Promises broken

Dear Prime Minister Koirala we urge you not to learn from India

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
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Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Small Hydro Power, Public Participation, Governance, Community Groups, Nepal, Corruption
Fisheries

 Farmers oppose WTO

punjab farmers are protesting against a World Trade Organisation (wto) agreement that will come into force from April 1, 2001. According to the agreement, as many as 1,429 items from other

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
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Poultry, Milk Products, Fisheries, Trade, WTO, Farmers, Imports, Public Participation, Punjab
Transport

 Trouble in the air

Strikes and protests greet the Nepal government s decision to ban polluting vehicles

Publication Date: 
30/03/2001
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Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, LPG, Transport, Imports, Public Participation, Governance, Nepal
India

 Gunning for biotechnology

The US and Indian business lobby along with the Union government gang up to educate the public about biotechnology

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
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Consumption Patterns, Industry, Biotechnology, Education, Public Participation, India
Climate Change

 Stranger in his land

One man in a hopeless struggle against an environmental criminal. It could be you tomorrow

Publication Date: 
30/01/2001
Mario
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Pollution, Paint And Dye Industry, Public Participation, Governance, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (D)
Poverty

 Ecological poverty

As a first step, the new chief ministers should declare themselves the chief environmental officers CEOs of their states

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
Anil Agarwal
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Agriculture, Water Harvesting, Biodiversity, Poverty, Public Participation, Anil Agarwal, India, Jharkhand, Sustainable Development

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