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There is a large uncertainty in the relative roles of human land use, climate change and carbon dioxide fertilization in changing desert dust source strength over the past 100 years, and the overall sign of human impacts on dust is not known.

The recent attempt by the ministry of environment and forests to arrive at a definition of

Sua Nath is usually an amiable farmer. But ask him about mining in his village, Bagjana, and he flares up. Nath is among those who have taken it upon themselves to protect this village in

Safety in mines has improved today compared to days of bonded mine labour. But mines which employ 1 per cent of the global labour force remain hazardous Over half the world's mining

How should a forest be defined in India? The Union ministry of environment and forests is currently preoccupied with this question. Placing this process in context, archi rastogi finds the custodian of India s forests coul

The Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) has reached the first milestone of its ministerial exercise

Community forests vs commercial interests At the April-end workshop, the consultants put forward a draft definition

In a democracy of 84,326,240 tribal people "The crucial watershed in the history of Indian forestry,' writes historian Ramachandra Guha in his essay The Prehistory of Community Forestry

It is still a draft. Surely it can be re-oriented? There is no doubt that India needs a definition of

Oxford English Dictionary A large tract of land covered with trees and undergrowth sometimes mixed with pastures (in proper names also a district formerly forest but now cultivated); the trees