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Water Policy Interventions
How does one define development? In simple terms development should entail the meeting of today’s needs without compromising on the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Water forms a...
Indoor air pollution
Widespread air pollution around the world has caused global warming which in turn endangers the life of human and animal species. A great deal of attention has been awarded in understanding the dynami...
Understanding droughts in India
Drought is a normal climatic phenomenon that occurs in all climatic zones, but its intensity and frequency usually increases towards drier climatic zones. In weather terms, drought occurs when rainfal...
Demographic Transition
From the actual historical experience of a number of European countries and the United States of America some scholars have inferred that populations historically pass through different more or less w...
Conservation of Biosphere Reserves
Biosphere Reserves are rich in biological and cultural diversity and encompass unique features of exceptionally pristine nature. The goal of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is to facili...
Arctic Sea Ice reaches Record Lows
Arctic sea ice during the 2007 melt season plummeted to the lowest levels since satellite measurements began in 1979.
Why can’t CFLs come cheap?
Drift through any prominent do’s of the city and pose a few CFL questions to the elite and environment conscious. Watch the proud smile spreading across their faces claiming they use only compact fluo...
Land Degradation 2007
Loose and friable nature of soil, steep slopes and undulating terrain, faulty agricultural practices, reckless cutting and removal of trees, uncontrolled grazing and other adverse biotic factors have...
Copper Industry
Copper production in India: The copper production in India is about 3.6 to 4 lakh TPA. The per capita consumption of copper is about 400 gms as against world average of 3 kgs and North America’s 15 kg...