Sacred groves - tracts of virgin forests - are vestiges of an ancient practice in which people protected a forest to avoid the wrath of its …
READ MORE 31 Jan 1994A recent congress highlighted the relevance of people-oriented science and technology such as the management of water, forests and agriculture.
READ MORE 15 Jan 1994French peasants fearing withdrawal of subsidies under the European Community's agricultural policy must be relieved to find the just-concluded …
READ MORE 15 Jan 1994A pristine lake that once drew birds of several species today lies clogged with weeds, a victim of unplanned economic development.
READ MORE 31 Dec 1993Moves are afoot to convert the brackish Pulicat lake into a freshwater one to supply water to Madras city and authorities seem to have little …
READ MORE 31 Dec 1993Lakes are being lost or altered because of the disruption of natural processes by intensification of agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and …
READ MORE 31 Dec 1993Issues relating to the environment, though not on top of the agenda, did make their presence felt in the just-concluded assembly elections.
READ MORE 15 Dec 1993Hemmed in by intensive agricultural and industrial activity, pastoralists are finding less room to carry on their activities. This could upset …
READ MORE 15 Dec 1993Critics have condemned the World Bank's new information policy, as a mockery of the basic rules of informed public debate and environmental …
READ MORE 15 Dec 1993HIV bringsscience down on its knees
READ MORE 15 Dec 1993Villagers engaging in illegal cutting and smuggling of sandalwood have evolved ingenious methods to avoid detection.
READ MORE 30 Nov 1993Starting out as a sandalwood smuggler, Veerappan is today wanted for murder, too.
READ MORE 30 Nov 1993Industrialists in Agra and Firozabad are in a tizzy about the Supreme Court's order to close down more than 200 polluting industrial units near …
READ MORE 30 Nov 1993Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …
READ MORE 30 Nov 1993Minimising the production of waste in industries saves raw material and, because it reduces the quantity of pollutants, lowers the cost of …
READ MORE 15 Nov 1993Washing of ice cream vats at the Nirula's factory produced a liquid that was rich in milk fats and sugar, but had a high pollution potential. …
READ MORE 15 Nov 1993Threatened with closure on grounds of pollution, Palam Potteries adopted a waste minimisation method that brought down its smoke emissions and …
READ MORE 15 Nov 1993A simple waste minimisation technique at an electroplating plant in Delhi improved the quality of its plating and saved the unit Rs 60,000 annually.
READ MORE 15 Nov 1993Recycling water and chemicals has resulted in drastic reduction of effluents from Surat's textile units.
READ MORE 15 Nov 1993Pulse production in India is touching an all-time high, but the benefits are reaching only a few because most farmers are ignorant about the new, …
READ MORE 15 Nov 1993New thinking on forestry management calls for reducing the emphasis on sustainable timber production and concentrating instead on the protection …
READ MORE 15 Nov 1993The killer quake struck unexpectedli in the still of the night. Entire villages were flattened and thousands perished. Though rescue and relief …
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