Agriculture

 Germany goes green

Environment friendly farm policies will be the new paradigm

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
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Agriculture, Organic Farming, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Germany, Sustainable Development
India

 Indicators of energy use

the International Energy Agency ( iea ) based in Paris has undertaken a project in India to evolve indicators for energy use. The project aims to study patterns of energy use in various

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
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Consumption Patterns, Energy, Research, India, Sustainable Development
Industry

 Green Ads

The corporate world in Japan is wooing the environmentally conscious consumer by going green

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
Worawan Ongkrutraksa
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Green Products, Consumption Patterns, Industry, Advertising, Japan, Sustainable Development
Poverty

 Ecological poverty

As a first step, the new chief ministers should declare themselves the chief environmental officers CEOs of their states

Publication Date: 
14/01/2001
Anil Agarwal
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Agriculture, Water Harvesting, Biodiversity, Poverty, Public Participation, Anil Agarwal, India, Jharkhand, Sustainable Development
Biodiversity

 Himalayan upheavals

it is difficult to categorise Natural Premises: Ecology and Peasant Life in the Wes

Publication Date: 
14/12/2000
Arnab Kumar Hazra
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Ecology, Western Himalaya, Habitat, Pastoral Nomads, Biodiversity, Environment Management, Sustainable Development
Biodiversity

 Protecting biodiversity

the g b Pant Institute for Himalayan Biodiversity and Development at Kosi-Katarmal, near Almora, Uttaranchal, had recently organised a three-day national workshop to define a action plan for

Publication Date: 
14/12/2000
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Himalaya, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development
Animal Care

 Saving livestock

the various ways to involve farmers in the conservation and development of livestock were discussed recently during two meetings organised at Udaipur and Sadari village of Pali district,

Publication Date: 
29/11/2000
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Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Rajasthan, Sustainable Development
Biodiversity

 Paradise in peril

Gal pagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador, is probably the world s best known biodiversity zone. But alien species and invasive plants are threatening its unique ecosystem

Publication Date: 
30/10/2000
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Ecosystems, Grazing Lands, Land Degradation, Islands, Flora, Fauna, Reptiles, Tourism, Biodiversity, Legislation, Public Participation, Governance, Sustainable Development
Environment

 UNITED NATIONS

Environment ministers from 42 countries have decided to evolve new strategies and appro

Publication Date: 
14/10/2000
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Environment, Sustainable Development
India

 Tackling poverty

civil society in India associates the World Bank with economic growth infrastructure, and fiscal stabilisation. This book to some extent confirms this perception. It argues that economic growth

Publication Date: 
29/09/2000
N C Saxena
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Agriculture, Economic Development, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Public Participation, Governance, World Bank, India, Sustainable Development, Rural Poverty

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