Farmers in India are using 25 times the amount of water that agricultural scientists say is needed to produce paddy. Improper irrigation methods and misconceptions are the stated reasons for the high wastage of a scarce resource.
The plastics industry in USA maintains its green image by deviously exporting used containers to developing countries for disposal, finds Greenpeace, an international environment group.
K P NYATI Director (Environment Cell) Confederation of Indian Industry 23 Lodi Road Institutional Area Now Delhi 110 003 P B DUGGAL Secretary Federation of Associations of Small
Increasing instances of theft of plant species from Asian countries led delegates at a recent symposium of botanists in New Delhi to stress the need to recognise the importance of taxonomy - the
STAR MOSS, a primitive organism without roots or a vascular system that is common in the forests of North America, contains genes that could be used to engineer drought resistance in crops. Molecular
While doctors are vehemently opposed to what they term "ventilating" corpses, lawyers are in two minds regarding whether a brain stem dead person should be kept alive on life support machines.
An ongoing debate in the UK questions the ethics behind the acquisition by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew of acquiring tropical plants through dubious means and using them to manufacture life saving drugs, without any of the financial benefits reaching
Union urban development minister Sheila Kaul has presented Laurie Baker, the innovative architect lauded for his low-cost construction techniques, with the United Nations Habitat Scroll of Honour for
New measurement techniques show the level of atmospheric oxygen is decreasing in direct proportion to the burning of fossil fuels. These techniques allow scientists to monitor how much carbon dioxide can be absorbed by the oceans.
