Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world.
Biotechnology proponents claim that genetically modified (GM) crops are good for consumers, farmers and the environment, and that they are growing in popularity around the world. Unfortunately, journalists often report such claims as fact, without first subjecting them to critical scrutiny.
a mystery fever has hit Saharanpur and its neighbouring districts in western Uttar Pradesh. By October 15, the disease had afflicted 52 children, of whom 29 succumbed. Over the past two decades,
for the last 20 years, a mystery fever has baffled physicians in western Uttar Pradesh. Several theories have tried to identify the fever, but there has been more confusion than clarity (see box
Invasion of alien vegetation is troubling the Swaziland government. In the second week of June, the government doled out Real 10 million (us $1.4 million) in its annual budget to combat proliferation
marestail, the glyphosate-resistant weed, continues to spread in the us. So far, it has claimed about one million hectares (ha) in about 12 states and recently, scientists of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, announced the presence of marestail in Nebraska.
The present paper reviews recent developments in methodology for valuing the role of wetlands in supporting economic activity. The study brings out several issues related to conservation and management of the Pong Dam wetland. For the protection of aquatic biodiversity of the wetland, integrated management plans are required.
need to sponge out heavy metals from industrial wastewater? Try seaweeds. Two researchers at the Kochi-based Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has found that certain sea plants found along
weed suit: A Kenyan High Court has rejected a suit filed by over 700 residents of Baringo region of Kenya asking the government to uproot allegedly poisonous weed Prosopis juliflora. In 1983, the
