Unemployment

Everybody's a Loser

The World Trade Organization s recent ministerial meet in Seattle, USA, will be remembered more for the protestors who turned the venue into a battlefield than for the controversial trade issues that were discussed. As the protestors grabbed the media s

Publication Date:

30/12/1999

Author(s): Anju Sharma

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19991231

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment Economics, Environment Politics, Health Effects, WTO, Child Labour, Unemployment, NGO, Developing Countries, Animal Products, Wildlife

India

New aquaculture project

an ambitious aquaculture project is on the anvil at Nayachar in Haldia, West Bengal. The state government hopes that the project will generate employment opportunities for the locals and give a

Publication Date:

14/11/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Aquaculture, Unemployment, West Bengal

Animal Care

The lake colony

Call them the lakers . Some 10,000 of them. Parts of the Dal land and water belong to them. And when they feel the need to make a floating garden or land on the lake, they simply do it. Especially since the militancy problem in the Valley began, there

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Weeds, Dal Lake, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Planning, Unemployment, Governance, Srinagar (D)

Agriculture

Floating stock

Morning in Dal: commotion behind the scenes

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Weeds, Dal Lake, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Planning, Unemployment, Life Science, Governance, Srinagar (D)

India

Lake agriculture

An ingenious and indigenous way of cultivation

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Weeds, Dal Lake, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Planning, Unemployment, Life Science, Governance, Srinagar (D)

Water Resources

Militancy, weed...

... and sewage a strong political will is needed to get rid of them?

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

19990915

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Lake Pollution, Weeds, Dal Lake, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Planning, Unemployment, Life Science, Governance, Srinagar (D)

Wildlife

HOME AT LAST

After more than 30 years of struggle, the Inuit people of Canada are given more autonomy and the right to self determination

Publication Date:

29/06/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Lifestyles, Canada, Tribals, Unemployment, Governance

India

More or less equal

God made all humans equal, but some are more equal than others when it comes to consuming the world's resources

Publication Date:

30/10/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

7

Issue:

19981031

pp:

0

Tags:

Land Degradation, Unemployment, UNDP

Mining

KENYA

Wooden carvings are hot selling products throughout the world. Unfortunately, the popularity of the product may also lead to its downfall. The Kenyan wooden carving industry is a good example of the

Publication Date:

14/10/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Exports, Unemployment, Kenya

Water Pollution

UNITED NATIONS

India is going to receive a technical assistance of US $14 million from the UNDP to strengthen its leather, fibre and handicrafts sections. The UNDP and the government of India signed two US $7

Publication Date:

14/10/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Unemployment, UNDP, Malawi