Biodiversity

 "Biological control is the way out"

Dr. R D Gautam, principal scientist and in charge of the Plant Health Clinic, speaks to Down To Earth

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
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Ecosystems, Soil Resources, Agriculture, Pest Control, WTO, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, GATT, Research, Australia, New Zealand, India, Statistics
Biodiversity

 "We need to be more proactive"

Dr. S. Ramani, senior scientist Agricultural Entomology , Project Directorate of Biological Control Indian Council of Agricultural Research , Bangalore speaks to Down To Earth

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
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Ecosystems, Soil Resources, Agriculture, Pest Control, WTO, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, GATT, Research, Australia, New Zealand, India, Statistics
Biodiversity

 'Serious study has not yet begun'

R Uma Shankar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, speaks to Down To Earth

Publication Date: 
28/02/2004
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Ecosystems, Soil Resources, Agriculture, Pest Control, WTO, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, GATT, Research, Australia, New Zealand, India, Statistics
Biodiversity

 Forest fires a trailblazer

Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. Dipanjan Ghosh looks at the possibilities

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Dipanjan Ghosh
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Ecosystems, Grasslands, Grazing Lands, Soil Resources, Livestock, Forest Management, Forest Fires, Biodiversity, Scientists, Indonesia, India
Sanitation

 A land in turmoil

An assessment of environmental degradation must preclude rebuilding of Afghanistan

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
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Forests, Soil Resources, Development, Sanitation, Rehabilitation, War, Afghanistan, United States Of America (US), Environmental Security
Industry

 Sustaining terra firma

Scientists in New Zealand have developed a low cost technology that can clean contaminated soil

Publication Date: 
29/04/2000
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Green Products, Soil Resources, Soil Capability, Industry, Technology, New Zealand
India

 For a terra firma

Earth, the cradle of all lifeforms, should not be transformed into a graveyard for want of serious monitoring of soil degradation all over India and the world

Publication Date: 
29/04/1996
J Sehgal, I P Abrol
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Soil Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, India
Agriculture

 Fighting drought

The current drought has spurred Indian agricultural scientists to formulate guidelines for combating different rain scarcity situations -- when rains start late, when they are less than normal,

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
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Land Resources, Soil Resources, Agricultural Research, Watershed Development, Drought, Science And Technology

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