India

 Twist in the TRIPS tale

UK panel endorses South's stand on intellectual property rights

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
WTO, Traditional Knowledge, Drug Industry, Biodiversity, Private Sector, Patents, Argentina, India, Developing Countries
Animal Care

 Drugged by chicken

Antibiotics in meat make disease causing bacteria resistant to cures

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
Pranay Lal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Animal Care, Cattle, Poultry, Animal Products, Food Standards, Traditional Knowledge, Drugs, Legislation, India, Tamil Nadu, European Union (EU)
Agriculture

 Fast food

pushpesh pant rediscovers Amaranth once the poor man s grain, today an expensive health food

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Fast Foods, Traditional Knowledge, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
Biodiversity

 Toda traditions in peril

Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco friendly Todas

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Tarun Chhabra
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Nilgiri, Cattle, Buffalo, Endangered Species, Tribals, Traditional Knowledge, Religious Beliefs, Flora, Biodiversity
India

 Caught in the web

Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
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Health Effects, Urbanisation, Rural Sanitation, Traditional Knowledge, Poverty, Education, India, Statistics
Biodiversity

 The Bill of contentions

The biodiversity bill has the potential of challenging the much hated formal intellectual property rights system of the TRIPs

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Trade, Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Legislation, Governance, Parliament, Africa, Philippines, Costa Rica, Peru, India
Biodiversity

 Kerala Knowledge Inc

Kerala shows the way by going for a decentralised method to protect its unique biodiversity

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Traditional Knowledge, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Research, Scientists, Panchayats, Kerala, Ernakulam
Agriculture

 Germany goes green

Environment friendly farm policies will be the new paradigm

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, Traditional Knowledge, Subsidies, Germany, Sustainable Development
Biodiversity

 Power to the people

The Biodiversity Bill to empower local communities under scrutiny of parliamentary standing committee

Publication Date: 
29/11/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Legislation, Public Participation, Parliament, Community Groups
Biodiversity

 Colours of Nature

An organisation in Mumbai documents the presence of dyeing pigments in microbes and plants

Publication Date: 
14/11/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Green Products, Traditional Knowledge, Hazardous Products, Flora, Biodiversity, Micro Organisms, Paint And Dye Industry, Research, NGO, Chandigarh, Mumbai

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