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Local ways of preservation

A look at local involvement in water supply, waste disposal and electricity generation in Denmark

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29/09/1993
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Countdown to self reliance

Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites

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14/09/1993
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From bonded labourers to green crusaders

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Impoverished tribals living in the shadow of the Sahyadri hills show how degraded land can be revived by simply working unitedly

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Russia's selfish volte face

By cancelling the cryogenic deal with India, Russia may end up being the actual loser

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14/09/1993
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Starting off on the wrong foot

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A non conventional energy complex set up in Brahampur village lies in a shambles today because authorities disregarded the people's requirements

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Up, up and away

Each launch vehicle progressively developed by India is capable of placing bigger payloads into higher orbits. The country's hope of carving a niche in the space-launch market rests on the GSLV

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Arid politics

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Each year the world loses $42.3 billion because of desertification. But when its leaders meet to discuss the fast spreading problem, all they can do is wrangle about funds

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The community factor

NGOs stressed the empowerment of local communities as an important factor in halting desertification

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Blame it on tapioca

Thai farmers switched to tapioca in the 1960s to meet the demand in the European market. But today, European environmentalists are demanding the imports be stopped because tapioca has ruined the soil in Thailand

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Hanging in the international balance

Fluctuations in the international cotton market has resulted in massive degradation of land in West Africa

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