India

 <font class=UCASE><b>mandla</b></font> <br> Brimful of thirst

Average rainfall: 1,300 mm
Irrigation: 2% of gross cropped area

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 A natural secret

Policymakers don t need to go too far to eradicate poverty. The solution is as close as is a village well to a villager

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
Climate Change

 Food first

Wealthy and impoverished nations cannot share common environment regulation mechanisms

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Rajindar Sachar
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CNG, Euro II, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Legislation, Supreme Court, Delhi
India

 Conspiracy of Poverty

Which districts in India are the poorest and why? Down To Earth DTE analyses the surfeit of data and information to bring forth the underlying reality of the 10 poorest districts in India environmental degradation. How has neglecting the natural reso

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 Gushing gas

Apex court issues landmark order on CNG and raps the government

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
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CNG, Legislation, Supreme Court
India

 At a tangent

In the melee over moving Kolkata s tanneries to a new site, the initiative to tackle pollution has been nearly lost sight of. The Supreme Court zooms in on this lack of focus in its latest directive

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Jayanta Basu
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Pollution Control, Supreme Court, Calcutta (D)
Air Pollution

 Dead end for diesel buses

Polluting public transport vehicles sent packing as apex court refuses to extend green makeover deadline

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, CNG, LPG, Diesel, Legislation, Supreme Court, Delhi
Land

Supreme Court judgment on Aravalli hill of Haryana as on 19 April, 2002

The respondent No.7, who is admittedly a leader of national stature, a reputed Member of Parliament for years and a former Prime Minister of the country is accused of usurping about 600 acres of land in Village Bhondsi of the State of Haryana by manipulations and resort to exercise of his political influence.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2002
Supreme Court of India
Tags:
Forests, Land, Aravalli Range, Forest Act 1980, Supreme Court, India, Haryana
Air Pollution

 Mounting Evidence, Collapsing Public Health

FINE KILL The health effect of ULTRAFINE particles - smaller than 0.1 micron in diameter - on human health was never properly studied. Epidemiological studies done till now only linked the effects

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
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Pollution, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Cancer, Respiratory Diseases, Maternal Health, Child Health, Smoking, Bronchitis, Research, Legislation, Supreme Court, Austria, United States Of America (US), Statistics
Air Pollution

 India Exposed!

It is unimaginable. Air quality in most Indian cities is at critical levels. And the culprit respirable particulates are way above danger mark in most cities monitored. Yet government and industry are only too happy to join hands to script mass obitua

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
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Pollution, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Cancer, Respiratory Diseases, Maternal Health, Child Health, Smoking, Bronchitis, Research, Legislation, Supreme Court, Austria, United States Of America (US), Statistics

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