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Corn genomics pops wide open

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The sequencing of maize genomes and the development of new strains are enabling faster exploitation of this key crop's natural diversity.

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Ecologists report huge storm losses in China's forests

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From delicate orchids and magnolias to rare Chinese yews and Kwangtung pines, the flora of Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve is considered so precious that ecologists call the reserve "a treasure trove of species." But winter storms have reduced the biological hot spot to a splintered ruin.

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Tibet's seeds must be stored as climate changes

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Save the trees

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Scientists and policy-makers will meet in Bonn this June to discuss one of the most pressing concerns to come out of December's United Nations climate meeting

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Entomologists stifled by Indian bureaucracy

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An international collaboration to study insects in the Western Ghats mountains in southern India has been unable to get off the ground because of government concerns over biopiracy.

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Combating displacement

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THE last couple of decades have witnessed intense resistance movements challenging large-scale displacement caused, among others, by mines, dams, national parks and sanctuaries, bomb and missile-testing ranges, industry and urban expansion.

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The livelihood crisis for women

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As we approach another March 8 in this 60th year of India

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Assessment of displacement and NTPC rehabilitation and relocation policy

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The Singrauli region, in central India, is a nerve centre for thermal power and is called the

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NREGA and the budget

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When the National Advisory Council (NAC) was preparing the draft legislation on the right to employment, it had, in the words of one of its key members, Jean Dreze, to

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Measurements of urban ambient air quality of Chennai City

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Chennai Metropolitan Area extends over 1180 sq. km and has a population of more than 8.5 million. Rapid increase in urbanization with vehicle congestion has increased menacingly on the roads of Chennai. As a result of this, gaseous pollutants and respirable and suspended particulate matter pollutants are continuously increasing in the ambient air of Chennai city. These pollutants have been assessed using high volume sampler at residential and traffic intersection sampling stations in Chennai City.

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