Biodiversity

 West Bengal's wetlands under threat

WEST Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee signed a much-hyped deal with the Salim Group of Indonesia for investments up to Rs 20,000 crore in infrastructure development on July 31. Billed

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ecosystems, Wetlands, Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Animals, Aquaculture, Roads, Highways, Waste Disposal, Biodiversity, Ramsar Convention, Economic Development, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Environment

 Road to Amarnath

In the recently concluded summer session of the state legislative assembly at Srinagar, a new controversy on the "road to Amarnath' has divided the Jammu and Kashmir government. Gurcharan Singh

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
Down to Earth
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Environment, Religious Places, Riverine Ecology, Roads, Jammu & Kashmir, Pollution
Air Pollution
Central Road Research Institute
Air Pollution, Transport, Roads, Highways, Research, Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR)
Wildlife

 Road guide

Rail and road are the single most intrusive human activity into wildlife habitat. Unlike wildlife biologists, who have sourcebooks on how to manage wildlife ecosystems, road and rail route planners

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Habitat, Roads, Wildlife, India
Mining

 BRAZIL

Brazil may end up attaining economic development at the cost of the

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Mario
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Hydroelectricity, Roads, Highways, Oil Exploration, Economic Development, Research, Brazil, Sustainable Development
Environment

 Road to nowhere

The Tasmanian government's grandiose plans to build a road right across the Tarkine -- Australia's largest remaining wilderness -- have run into rough weather. Situated in north-west Tasmania, the

Publication Date: 
30/07/1995
Down to Earth
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Roads, Governance And Institutions, Australia

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