India

 Drought monitoring: Untapped data

Government does little with records that could help reduce effect of drought on agriculture

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
Binayak Das
Down to Earth
11
20020915
0
Tags:
Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Floods, Drought, Remote Sensing, Research, India, Karnataka
Water Resources

Siltation problems in Sukhna lake in Chandigarh, NW India and comments on geohydrogical changes in the Yamuna-Satluj region

During the last hundred years or so, deforestation and wind-water borne soil erosion have been steadily increasing and have now become the major environmental problems the world over.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2002
Yadvinder Singh
ENVIS Bulletin: Himalayan Ecology and Development
10
2
18
Tags:
Forests, Soil Erosion, Water Resources, Lakes, Sukhna, Aquatic Plants, Reservoirs, Drainage, Sedimentation, Birds, Migratory Species, Sukhna SA, Chandigarh
Solid Waste

 Algal Gloom

Sri Lanka's Kandy lake is

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Marine Ecosystems, Soil Erosion, Endangered Species, Sri Lanka
India

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