downtoearth-subscribe

Search Results

  • SIMMERING DIFFERENCES

    The Supreme Court (SC) verdict and the Aquaculture Authority Bill (ABB) SC: Government of India shall constitute an Authority under the Environment protection Act, 1986. The Authority

  • The ways of the wild

    The ways of the wild

    PATTERNS of the Wild was screened at the India International Centre in New Delhi on February 24, 1996. It is a documentary on the primal theme of the preservation of wildlife and biodiversity.

  • Stop reclamation plan

    local environmental groups in South Korea have demanded an end to a large-scale reclamation project now underway on the southwestern coast of the nation. "The project should be scrapped

  • Craning at the treetops

    Craning at the treetops

    Washington's Wind River Experimental Forest will soon have an unusual inhabitant: a 90-metre-high steel-and-concrete monster. In a $1-million project, a giant crane will help scientists study life

  • Chillout zone

    Native species of Arabia's Wildlife Centre (awc) can beat the heat of the desert. No sweat. For, the government-funded, reserve located on the outskirts of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, is

  • Wetland wars

    Wetland wars

    CALCUTTA is famed worldwide for its sewage fisheries -- wetlands that use industrial and domestic sewage for fish cultivation. But the Mudially Fishermen's Cooperative Society needed a helping hand

  • HONG KONG

    A wealth of information on new species in Hong Kong has come to light with the start of the first territory-wide biodiversity survey, which aims to identify the regions where various fauna and flora

  • SOUTH AFRICA

    The latest furore in South Africa is over the Cloudy Creek or Rietspruit wetland on the south bank of the Vaal river. The Sasol Chemical Industries wants to strip mine the area for coal as

  • Saving Chilka

    TWENTY-ONE members of Parliament have petitioned the Prime Minister to save Chilka Lake, a major wetland in the country. They have protested against the state government giving advance

  • CUBA

    Excessive tourism Development is pcoving to be on Cuban environment A major bug msem is the con of a stone bridge dw mainland with on I cays or rand or sand. "It's dw immediate so dw

  • Vanishing fauna

    Vanishing fauna

    about 24 fauna species are likely to become extinct in Gujarat in the near future, states a new report. Fauna of Gujarat , the report, is part of a study conducted by the Zoological Survey

  • SOUTH AFRICA

    Home to a staggeringly abundant variety of flora and fauna, South Africa -- having emerged out of the shadow of apartheid -- is witnessing a resurgence of its tourism industry; the country has more

  • A Himalayan effort

    THE Himalayan national park in the Kulu district of Himachal Pradesh has been chosen for a Rs 6.5 crore World Bank-aided project to conserve its existing biodiversity. The park, which covers an

  • Growing gains

    are genetically modified (gm) crops threatening biodiversity? Not really, if the results of a small-scale trial being conducted in Denmark are to be trusted. The tests suggest that engineered

  • Web Exclusive: Vulture breeding plan shelved

    The world's first vulture breeding programme for a socio-religious purpose has been shelved. Parsis are traditionally laid to rest in Mumbai's Tower of Silence where vultures (now endangered) devour

  • Locked out

    Animals to lose rescue home

  • SNIPPETS

    • Ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea, who met recently in Cambodia for their annual talks, failed to fix any concrete energy

  • News Snippets

    • Two men from Minnesota, USA will attempt the first summertime crossing of the Arctic Ocean, a trek sponsored by the environmental group Greenpeace to show how global warming is melting the

  • Snippets

    • Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's (CNSC's) president recently said it was discovered last year that the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited secretly dumped thousands of litres of hazardous

  • GREEN QUIZZARD, Burla

    GREEN QUIZZARD is a quiz competition concerning the environment, its degradation, protection and means of awareness about environment to our precious coming generation. This initiative by the Literary Society of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (formerly University College of Engineering), Burla to inculcate towards environmental protection., it is a sincere and confident step to create a sense of responsibility among the Student both at school and graduate level as regards the emerging environment issues and the remedial measures to prevent them.

  1. 1
  2. ...
  3. 280
  4. 281
  5. 282
  6. 283
  7. 284
  8. ...
  9. 289