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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Kalam Moots 9-Point Development Plan For J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today suggested a nine-point developmental plan for militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, including a people’s movement to eliminate terrorism and the creation of an economic zone along the Line of Control.
- Digital Record Of Bio-Resources (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Department of Biotechnology under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology has produced a set of CD based information called “Jeeva Sampada” which is the first digital documentation of India's vast bio-resources covering over 39,000 species.
- Feeling For Wildlife (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Two impressive perspectives on the basis of insights gained as conservationists.
- Digitised Inventory Of Bio-Resources Is Here (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
What is "sajeevani"? Where are "kurunji" flowers found? What does a Great Indian Bustard bird look like? Which are the animals used in cancer studies?
- Fallout Of Climate Change (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 25, 2006)
Latest scientific findings on the impact of climate change on biodiversity
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 25, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- A Clear And Present Danger (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Jul 24, 2006)
What does chicken-feed have to do with global warming? Plenty, if the example of what is happening in Europe is anything to go by. Poultry farmers there feed their birds with Brazilian soya bean – a crop cultivated in the vast tracts of Amazon . . .
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 24, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- A `Business Model' To Help The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 20, 2006)
The "Tigers Forever" initiative expects biologists to provide a guaranteed return in the form of a 50 per cent increase in tiger populations in key areas.
- Biosafety Mechanism Is The Safe Road (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2006)
India must not hesitate to reap benefits from genetic engineering as its biosafety mechanism is adequately robust and growing,
- Soya Threat To Amazon’S Eco-System (Tribune, Daniel Howden, Jul 18, 2006)
The scars are unmistakably man made. Hard edged squares and rectangles, hundreds of acres across, hacked and burned out of the Amazon forests, are linked by illegal dirt roads that stitch together these giant clearings.
- Radiating Half-Truths (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 17, 2006)
The ‘Doom soon’ generation can heave a big sigh of relief, thanks to the Chernobyl Forum, an international organisation of scientific bodies including UN agencies.
- Arunachal To Have Adventure Sports Cum Mountaineering Institute (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
The Arunachal Pradesh Government is contemplating setting up an adventure sports-cum-mountaineering institute at Sarkam under upper Siang district through NEC sponsored scheme.
- Tribal Rights And Wrongs (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Jul 08, 2006)
Conservation must lead to integration not exclusion. There is no dichotomy between tribes and wildlife
- People First (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Jul 07, 2006)
India’s 80 million tribal population, the largest in the world, is also India’s most exploited and disadvantaged community.
- India To Sign Pacts With Patent Offices Abroad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Move to protect country's traditional knowledge.
- Don't Desert The Drylands (Hindu, William D. Dar, Jun 24, 2006)
In 2006, the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, a global initiative called "Oasis" will link and synergise various research efforts for dryland development.
- Biotech Brinjal (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had a rather unusual bunch of visitors last week - Greenpeace protesters dressed up as sheep and cattle, who camped outside his office.
- A Seed Bank To Safeguard Food Supplies (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jun 21, 2006)
An ambitious project to safeguard future food supplies began on Monday with the launch of a ``Noah's ark'' for the world's most important plants.
- Green Alarm In Nilgiris; Sc Panel Finds Evidence (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jun 20, 2006)
The lush green canopy on the Nilgiris in Nilambur, a bio-diversity hotspot on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, was the starting point of environmental litigation in India. In 1996, it was on a petition by TN Godavarman Thirumulpad, a descendant of the . . .
- Who Benefits? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
The National Forest Commission has performed a very important service by raising an alarm on the UPA government’s proposed new legislation on tribal rights.
- Rainforests Should Be Forever (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 20, 2006)
The montane forests of the western ghats are among the last remaining global biodiversity hot spots.
- Urban Ecology (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Jun 18, 2006)
Healthy forests, streams, and wetlands contribute to clean air and clean water by enabling impurities to settle out or be converted to harmless compounds by plants or soil.
- Desertification In India (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 17, 2006)
There are two deserts in India. The Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a desert mainly located in the State of Rajasthan in northwest India. It continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert.
- Norway’S Booster Shot To India’S Call On Bio-Piracy (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 16, 2006)
India and other developing countries – which are demanding multilateral disciplines to stop bio-piracy – received a major boost on Wednesday at the World Trade Organization when Norway supported their demand for amending the controversial . . .
- Do Carbon Trades Help? (The Financial Express, KALIPADA CHATTERJEE, Jun 15, 2006)
Under the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention, the developed countries (also called Annex-I countries) are committed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2% below their 1990 level (base year). The US and Australia, however, have . . .
- Too Much At Stake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
Biotechnology is not merely a business proposal
- Tiger Land (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Situated in the lap of Agastiyarmalai, which is known as the super hotspot of biodiversity in Tamil Nadu, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) is also a tourist hotspot.
- Losing Security Over Agricultural Resources (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Jun 11, 2006)
The seeds Act 2004, has not received much public attention, despite the impact it will have on the lives of 726 million Indian farmers and the billion Indians who consume what these farmers produce.
- Don't Desert Drylands (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 10, 2006)
Drylands, cover more than 40% of the planet’s surface and affect more than 1 billion people.
- Get Power Out Of Civic Waste, Says Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) can perhaps consider installing mini power plants, which will run on municipal waste.
- Mansion Nonpareil ~ A Story Of Rashtrapati Bhavan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
From the stage of conception by the then Viceroy Lord Hardinge in 1914 to its present form, the history of the Rashtrapati Bhavan can now be traced pictorially through the pages of a book.
- This Way To Paradise (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 04, 2006)
As tourism brings in the dollars, Shangri-La is discovering anew the value of its Tibetan heritage.
This is Shangri-La. Given the visceral punch of the area's beauty, this is one marketing ploy that's easy to fall for.
- Into The Great Mountains (Hindu, Kanchi Kohli , Jun 04, 2006)
The Tirthan valley in Himachal Pradesh is a heady combination of spectacular landscapes, mystic forests and musical birdcalls.
- Greens Move To Stall Thermal Plant (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
he meeting remained inconclusive and the committee headed by Energy Secretary Dilip Rau decided to meet again in June.
- Signs Of Growing Justice In Forest Business (The Jakarta Post, Editorial, The Jakarta Post, May 30, 2006)
No matter where you go in rural Indonesia, you will come across people who have fallen foul of the country's forest laws.
- Celebrate The Kipunji Monkey (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 29, 2006)
The discovery of a new primate in the high altitude forests of Tanzania is yet another compelling piece of evidence that science has a lot more to explore in the natural world.
- Uniformity In Diversity (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 28, 2006)
Is human activity blocking new species from evolving? It would seem so.
- Coming Home To Malnad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Kuvempu’s house that has been converted into a museum as well as the Kuvempu Centenary Memorial Building are fitting tributes to one of the greatest cultural personalities of our times, writes Vidya Maria Joseph.
- The Tangle Over The Tiger And His Lair (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 25, 2006)
It’s not as big a controversy as others facing the Prime Minister but it’s set off a storm in conservationist circles.
- At The Crossroads (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, May 20, 2006)
Farm sector growth has come down to less than 2 pc a year, and contributes only about 25 pc to the GDP
- Protecting Global Biodiversity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 19, 2006)
Over the past few decades, human activity in the name of development has adversely affected global biodiversity in an unprecedented way.
- Beyond The Dismal Science (Deccan Herald, HAZEL HENDERSON, May 17, 2006)
There is the need to deconstruct money systems and encourage local real world alternatives
- Top U.K. Award For Indian (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Suprabha Seshan has been conserving rare plants of the Western Ghats
- The Dead Sea Is Shrinking (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, May 12, 2006)
'Can the Dead Sea be allowed to die?' is a question that concerns environmentalists of West Asia, who are also alarmed by the prospect of River Jordan going dry
- Ngos Make Out A Case Against Ropeway Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Government has not made an environmental impact assessment'
- Garden Of Eden (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 09, 2006)
Now we know why there's so much more biodiversity in the tropics than anywhere else in the world. It's the tropical heat and warmth that help life thrive and branch out via mutations into different species at a rate faster than in other regions.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
The Karnataka Sahitya Academy has invited entries for its annual book awards in 18 categories from publishers and authors of books published in 2005. Each award comes with a purse of Rs. 5,000.
- The Right Kind Of Growth For Asia (Deccan Herald, Haruhiko Kuroda, May 08, 2006)
Good governance and protection of environment are the greatest challenges
- The End Game (Deccan Herald, BITTU SAHGAL, May 07, 2006)
A tiger was found dead near the Tadoba Tiger Reserve in end-April 2006. Its legs were separated from its body, yet it was reported by officials that the tiger died fighting another tiger.
- Coming Soon: A Safari Park In The Heart Of Delhi (Hindu, Lakshmi B. Ghosh , Apr 30, 2006)
A safari park right here in the heart of the Capital? Sounds hard to believe? Well, Delhi University thinks otherwise.
- Development And Conservation Should Go Hand In Hand: Collector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The need to strike a harmonious balance between development and conservation was underscored by the Nilgiris Collector, C. Vijayaraj Kumar, while releasing a compact disc titled, `Window on Nilgiris' brought out by the Nilgiri Wildlife and . . .
- Seeing A Different Green (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Are we in such a state of dissonance with nature that we can't smell the green grass and wet earth? With Earth Day just gone by, Rakesh Mehar tries to get at the root of the matter
When people see one tree being cut, they don't realise the significance
- Coming Home To Malnad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Kuvempu’s house that has been converted into a museum as well as the Kuvempu Centenary Memorial Building are fitting tributes to one of the greatest cultural personalities of our times, writes Vidya Maria Joseph.
- Man In Self-Destruct Mode (Times of India, ARUN FIRODIA, Apr 24, 2006)
Imagine a world inhabited only by cockroaches, rats, crows and mosquitoes, the few hardy creatures that have learned to survive in Man's world. Weak ones are getting extinct — at the rate of one species every hour.
- Human Race Plunders The Earth Planet (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Apr 22, 2006)
An increase in population beyond the carrying capacity of the Earth has resulted into environmental pollution, over exploitation of natural resources, scarcity of food and poor standard of living.
- Nagercoil Students Devise Safety Device (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Three Nagercoil students of Raja's Engineering College at Vadakkankulam have designed a safety device that can send alerts whenever cables are cut in windmills.
- Red Mark For India On Green Issue (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Apr 17, 2006)
The latest international summary for policy makers on environment, the Pilot 2006 Environment Performance Index, has ranked India almost at the bottom among 133 countries in the world as far as its environmental policy making and performance . . .
- Turtle Bay (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 14, 2006)
We have a legal and moral obligation to protect turtles
- Species Interrupted (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 11, 2006)
How many years does it take for a new species to evolve? Millions. Hunting, poaching and habitat destruction, however, can drive a species to extinction in less than a century, give or take a few decades.
- Extinction Of Species (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 07, 2006)
It’s time that humans learn to manage natural resources
- Protecting The Tree Of Life (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 31, 2006)
In the long list of insults to the environment, scientists say, extinction is the most serious because it is irreversible.
- Women In Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Mar 22, 2006)
When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves and the Nation moves’’,
- Right To Survive (Statesman, KISOR CHAUDHURI, Mar 21, 2006)
Many political ecologists tend to remain rigid in judging poverty as the prime factor in environmental degradation overlooking the effects of trade reforms in countries like India where, to match the global industrial pattern, there is increased . . .
- Blueprint For Greener Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
This project will sure make other cities green with envy. If all goes well, verdant Bangalore will turn greener under the ‘Greener Bangalore’ project, which aims to refurbish the city’s urban space. Rose gardens, lotus ....
- Help Of Software Companies Sought To Protect Trees In Kodagu District (Hindu, P. Manoj, Mar 20, 2006)
Deforestation is affecting flows into the Cauvery
Firms will be requested to adopt trees in Kodagu villages
The Kodagu Model Forest Trust has identified villages
Financial incentives will be sought for retention of native trees
- Organic Agriculture (Daily Excelsior, Dr K C Bhagat, Mar 09, 2006)
Agriculture is the key human profession as it is linked with the entire process of environment (that is comprising air, water, land, climate, biodiversity, forest etc) on the one hand and constitutes the life line of human species . . .
- State Rapidly Losing Its Forest Cover (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, Feb 24, 2006)
Forests account for only 17.5 per cent of the total area
What little is left is under severe stress and mostly degraded
"Adequate attention not paid to assess biodiversity"
Nilgiris tops the list of district-wise forest cover
- Bird Flu: Intensive Farming Link (Hindu, John Vidal, Feb 23, 2006)
Animal farming and man's intrusion into the environment are major factors in the spread of new diseases.
- Europe's Urban Areas Still Growing (Hindu, Nicholas Watt , Feb 22, 2006)
A Unep report warns of the dangers of the urban sprawl.
Europe's Urban sprawl increased by an area three times the size of Luxembourg in the 1990s, highlighting the continent's failure to protect the environment, a report warned on Monday.
- Get Serious About Wetlands (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 22, 2006)
Wetlands, which cover seven million hectares in the country, are rightly described as the "kidneys of the ecosystem."
- Villagescope — Reviving The Rural Economy (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Feb 14, 2006)
During the British Raj, indigenous products were given a silent burial. But many of them still survive and are catering to the global market. The government has to ensure that market reform does not encourage sophisticated middlemen.
- Precarious Irreversibility Of Climate Change (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 11, 2006)
The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, terms climate change the "world's greatest environmental challenge". `Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change,' summarises the proceedings of an international symposium on the subject held a year ago.
- Wal-Mart And Monsanto On Indo-U.S. Agriculture Initiative Board (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 10, 2006)
Will set the agenda for collaborative research to be pursued with Indian labs
- The Land The World Forgets (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 09, 2006)
The ‘lost World’ unearthed recently in West Papua is as remarkable as it is poignant. An international team of scientists reportedly stumbled on to the 300,000-hectare treasure house of biodiversity in the Foja Mountains of the Indonesian . . .
- Brazil: The Challenge Of Ecological Resource Use (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 06, 2006)
Brazil's rainforest is considered the earth's most biologically diverse ecosystem. Unfortunately, about 16 per cent of this forest has been denuded in just the last four decades.
- Poor Nations Need Billions To Fight Climate Change (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Feb 04, 2006)
A top British environmentalist said on Friday the developing world needed to spend at least $40 billion more every year to fight climate change.
- Pollution : A Threat To Man Kind (Daily Excelsior, Ashish Katoch, Feb 04, 2006)
Air, water and soil are the natural resources and are essential for the existence of plants, animals and mankind. These constitute our environment. Man is capable of modifying his physical environment as per his needs. He is continuously constructing ....
- A Future Of Their Own (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 03, 2006)
Rs 10,000 crore must be set aside in Budget 2006 for relocating tribals out of tiger reserves, says ILA PATNAIK. This is good for tribals, good for tigers, and good for India’s economic growth
- Save Wetlands! (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Feb 02, 2006)
February 2nd is celebrated as World Wetlands Day. India has a wide variety of inland and coastal wetland habitats. Look around in your own neighbourhood, and you are sure to spot a wetland or two-a lake or maybe a small pond!
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