Though the world's attention is focussed on the degradation of tropical forests as a major contributor to global warming, the depletion of boreal forests may also be playing a role.

Indiscriminate tree felling, mining and quarrying, and widespread wastage of land resources seem to be increasing the incidence of landslides in the Indian subcontinent

Sandwiched between an encroaching sea and dams that prevent silt from reaching it, the Nile delta seems doomed.

PARTS of National Highway No 34 and Eastern Railway's Farakka-Jangipur track are being eroded by the Ganga. Also being worn away are the Farakka feeder canal, the Jangipur barrage and a 94-km

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As envisaged in its common minimum programme (CMP), the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government will lay emphasis on diversification of agri and allied sectors to augment production and produ