Biodiversity

 Barbed wire isn t the answer

Fencing off biodiversity hot spots cannot protect species

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Down to Earth
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Forests, Agriculture, Fodder, Trees, Endangered Species, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, Private Sector, Environmental Science, Research, Public Participation, Costa Rica, Greenland

 Callous forest law

What is needed is to undertake liberalisation from the point of view of the poor. This is the message of Dewas

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Anil Agarwal
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Environment, Timber Smuggling, Trees, Tribals, Legislation, Public Participation, India, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Deforestation
Agriculture

 Mutual interest

Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood a simple lesson that has been forgotten

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Environment, Land Degradation, Soil Erosion, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Trees, Asia, Honduras, India, Nagaland, Developing Countries, Forests
Agriculture

 Issue at hand

Science needs to come home scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Environment, Land Degradation, Soil Erosion, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Trees, Asia, Honduras, India, Nagaland, Developing Countries, Forests
Forests

 Indonesia

The Indonesian government has banned the domestic and international sale of ramin, a valuable tree species. "This has been done to protect the Tanjung Putting Park

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
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Forests, Trees, Endangered Species, Indonesia
Forests

Sustainable use of biomass resources: A note on definitions, criteria, and practical applications

Does rural fuelwood use and more generally rural biomass use cause forest degradation? This question has been debated in scientific and policy circles. The author presents a framework for defining degradation and sustainable use of forests that might help clarify some of the confusion.

Publication Date: 
31/10/1994
Sharachchandra Lele
Energy for Sustainable Development
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Biomass, Energy, Rural Energy, Forests, Firewood, Uttar Kannad, Trees
India

 Plants as toxin purifiers

Plants have long been known as air purifiers, but now Paul Jackson, a microbiologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is using plant cells to purify liquids contaminated with heavy metals like

Publication Date: 
30/07/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Trees, Science And Technology, United States Of America (US)
Biodiversity

 There's more to trees than timber

New thinking on forestry management calls for reducing the emphasis on sustainable timber production and concentrating instead on the protection of countries' ecosystems.

Publication Date: 
14/11/1993
Ann Danaiya
Down to Earth
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Pesticides, Forest Management, Deforestation, Wood, Trees, Biodiversity
India

 Arboreal witness

A tree testifying against a murder suspect? But that's exactly what happened recently in the US -- a "genetic fingerprint" from two seedpods found in the suspect's truck was found to be identical to

Publication Date: 
30/08/1993
Down to Earth
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Trees, Science And Technology, Genetic Engineering, United States Of America (US)
India

 Ending resin tapping

Widespread damage to pine forests near Dharmsala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh has prompted the Chaneta village panchayat to pass a resolution urging the government to halt resin tapping

Publication Date: 
30/03/1993
Down to Earth
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Forests, Trees, Pine, India

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