India

 Plant peril

Foreign plant germplasm cleared without evaluation: CAG

Publication Date: 
29/11/2004
T V Jayan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Biodiversity, Research, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India
Biodiversity

 Persistent poison

Review highlights need to ban organochlorines worldwide

Publication Date: 
29/11/2004
Tanvi Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Health Effects, Health, Research, Developing Countries
India

 Jhum works

Shillong meet declares shifting cultivation environment friendly

Publication Date: 
14/11/2004
Linda Chhauchhuak
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Shifting Cultivation, Research, India, Shillong
Biodiversity

 Deep-rooted benefits

Organic farming boosts biodiversity of all species

Publication Date: 
14/11/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Organic Farming, Biodiversity, Research
Agriculture

 No<sub>x</sub>ious ways?

Pollution from Africa and Indonesia reaches Indian Ocean region in monsoon transition periods

Publication Date: 
14/10/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Indian Ocean, Monsoons, Aerosols, Research, Africa, Indonesia
Industry

 Bytes

no fishy treatment: A human blood clotting agent required for treating haemophilia and serious bleeding has been produced using genetically modified fish by researchers from the University of

Publication Date: 
14/10/2004
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Tags:
Fish, Plastics, Women, Maternal Health, Health Care, Drugs, Flora, Research, United Kingdom (UK), Toxins
Wildlife

 Warmonger

Global warming also reduces genetic diversity of wildlife

Publication Date: 
14/10/2004
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Tags:
Global Warming, Wildlife, Genetic Engineering, Research
Animal Care

 Wild disruption

Even low concentrations of pollutants can alter animal behaviour

Publication Date: 
29/09/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, Pesticides, Animal Care, Animal Breeding, Endosulfan, Research
Agriculture

 Scientists in the fields

Farmers in South Andamans benefit with guidance from the Central Agricultural Research Institute

Publication Date: 
29/09/2004
Sanjib Kumar Roy
Down to Earth
Tags:
Andaman Islands, Agriculture, Research, Scientists, India
India

 Clean power

Scientists produce electricity from compressed gas

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution, CNG, Electricity, Research, Scientists, India

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