A survey was conducted in 150 agricultural fields where agroforestry has been followed. Five main multiple plantation patterns of agroforestry systems were followed which includes 2 to 6 plant species.
Be it crop residue or unintended green cover, biomass has several uses in India. It is being promoted for power generation. This is increasing fodder prices. Read this special report by Down To Earth on the biomass economy.
Until five years ago very few people in Mumbai were aware of the Mithi river running through it. Then, in the monsoon of 2005 it flooded, drowning 500 people. With the devastation it erupted into public consciousness, dark and stinking. Ever since the authorities have been trying to revive it. Their latest experiment is putting it on oxygen.
1411 tigers left. So says the latest advertisement campaign of a new telecom company and the wwf. It is powerful. It plays to our emotions. But it does not tell us what is being done, or should be done. It does not tell us how we, the consuming classes, can be part of the solution to safeguard the tiger.
Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular disease and lung cancer. In this study, we used size fractionated PM samples (3?7, 1.5?3, 0.95?1.5, 0.5?0.95, and
Business is down at the Surya Chambal power plant, but not because of recession. It is the fuel. This power plant runs not on coal, but on mustard husk.
Thalidomide, a drug used during the 1950s as a sleeping pill and to relieve morning sickness in pregnant women, was a mixture of two forms: one beneficial, while the other caused severe birth defects. Chemists handing out the drug did not know this.
World Health Organization estimates the maintenance of vaccines costs US $200 per year. From the making to the point of administration, vaccines require freezing temperatures for stability. Sustaining the cold chain needs a continuous supply of electricity; costs rise 14 per cent. “20 per cent children in developing countries with Hib meningitis.
