India

  Biopirates in the dragnet

Air pollution levels rise drastically in Asia; push health costs

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
A B S V Prasada Rao, A Biju
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Himalaya, Insects, Wildlife Act 1972, National Parks, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity, Legislation, China, Russia, India, Sikkim
India

 Bioprates in the dragnet

Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
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Himalaya, Insects, Wildlife Act 1972, National Parks, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity, Legislation, China, Russia, India, Sikkim
Environment

 Performance pays

The chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim, who were rated as the greenest chief ministers in a CSE survey, have retained power in their states

Publication Date: 
14/11/1999
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Environment, Political Parties, CSE, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim
Environment

 Sikkim s crusader

Sikkim s Pawan Kumar Chamling is felicitated for being the greenest chief minister of India

Publication Date: 
14/03/1999
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Environment, CSE, Sikkim
Biodiversity

 Forays of Ignorance

There is something seriously amiss in the way studies of wildlife have been conducted in Sikkim

Publication Date: 
29/06/1998
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Endangered Species, Flora, Fauna, Tourism, Biodiversity, Sikkim, Extinct Species
Biodiversity

 Linking Up

Development of a protected area network is necessary to save the plants and animals of Sikkim

Publication Date: 
29/06/1998
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Biodiversity

 The silent forests

The variety of vegetation in Sikkim

Publication Date: 
29/06/1998
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Biodiversity

 Rare animals

Endangered fauna of Sikkim

Publication Date: 
29/06/1998
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Biodiversity

 An ancient genus

The east Himalayan tahr or shapi

Publication Date: 
29/06/1998
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Biodiversity

 Blossoms in the dust

Decline in the orchid population of Sikkim

Publication Date: 
29/06/1998
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