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Biodiversity

Showdown looms over a biological treasure trove

In impoverished Yunnan Province in southwestern China, a confrontation is brewing between economic growth and habitat preservation-and authorities are sending mixed signals about their intentions.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2008
Richard Stone
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Rubber, Rivers, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity Hotspots, Science, China

Focus on water, entertainment Linking of rivers at Rs 534 cr

Water resources got an upperhand in the budget with funds being allocated for many schemes for linking rivers and construction of recharge structures A major scheme for constructing 48,500 recharge st

Publication Date: 
21/03/2008
New Indian Express (Chennai)
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Rivers, Groundwater, Tamil Nadu

Water: Muddy waters

India is considering an ambitious plan to link the majority of its major river basins through a vast network of canals, diverting billions of litres from the country's more water-rich river basins to

Publication Date: 
20/03/2008
Daemon Fairless
Nature
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Water Pollution, Water Resources, Rivers, Water Management, Water Policy, Water Demand, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Scarcity, Irrigation, Water Supply, Hydrology, Government Of India (GOI), India

Frame law to save rivers, Magsaysay awardee asks center

Magsaysay Award winner Rajendra Rana today urged the centre to frame a law to save the country's rivers from disappearing by October 1 next failing which he would launch a water conservation satyagrah

Publication Date: 
18/03/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
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River Pollution, Rivers, India
Fisheries

 Economic growth brings in invasive species

Fish invasion

Publication Date: 
14/03/2008
Down to Earth
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Rivers, Dams, Reservoirs, Fisheries, Riverine Ecology, Biodiversity Hotspots, Invasive Alien Species, Economic Development, Research, France, Developing Countries

Interim Cauvery order cannot be enforced: Karnataka

Question of distribution has to be decided by CRA

Publication Date: 
13/03/2008
Hindu
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Rivers, Cauvery, Water Disputes, Supreme Court, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Climate Change

Stream denitrification across biomes and its response to anthropogenic nitrate loading

Anthropogenic addition of bioavailable nitrogen to the biosphere is increasing and terrestrial ecosystems are becoming increasingly nitrogen-saturated, causing more bioavailable nitrogen to enter grou

Publication Date: 
13/03/2008
Patrick J. Mulholland, Ashley M. Helton, Geoffrey C. Poole & et al
Nature
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Land Use, Rivers, Oceans and Seas, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmosphere Science, Climate Change, Carbon Sinks, Research
Climate Change

Nitrogen cycle: Out of reach

Denitrifying bacteria and hungry plants do sterling work in disposing of the nitrates that we pump into rivers and streams.

Publication Date: 
13/03/2008
Sybil Seitzinger
Nature
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Land Use, Agriculture, Rivers, Oceans and Seas, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmosphere Science, Climate Change, Carbon Sinks, Research

TMC debates who will oversee construction of dam at Shai river

Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) approved the construction of a civic dam at Shai River in Murbad Taluka of the district.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2008
Free Press Journal
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Rivers, Dams, Municipal Corporations, Thane (D)

Crying need: Assess impact of drying' rivers on water projects

Scientific evidence on climate change leading to drying up of rivers in Gujarat is overwhelming, as it points to significant risks of water scarcity.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2008
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Rivers, Narmada, Sabarmati, Climate Change, IPCC, Climate Impacts, Indian Institute Of Management (IIM), Gujarat

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