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- Paper firms seek to unlock timberland value

Pressured by shareholders fed up with lacklustre returns, USD paper and forest companies are scrambling to unlock the value of their timberlands but are skittish about giving up

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- Exclusive ' pokkali' shrimp farming disappearing

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26/02/1998

The Kerala's exclusive organic 'pokkali' shrimp culture is slowly disappearing with the 'pokkali' shrimp farmers facing a cash crunch. This is not because of government promotion of aquaculture or

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- Member states remain split over GMO ban

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26/02/1998

Bans on the import and cultivation of genetically modified maize in Austria and Luxembourg look set to remain in place until at the least the summer. A committee of EU experts should vote within the

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- Leatherbacks nesting in Tortuguero

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26/02/1998

The leatherback (marine turtles) nesting season begins this March, and it will continue until May. The Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC) is presently organizing different ecological groups

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- 'Assam has rich reserve of honey'

There are a far greater number of honeycombs in the wilds of Assam than in the Sunderbans, a joint research conducted by a team of experts from Austrian and the Gauhati University has found. The

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- Irrigation benefits 32 thousand farmers

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26/02/1998

With the completion of reconstruction work, repairs and expansion of 34 irrigation projects by the District Irrigation Office of fiscal year 2053/54, some 1,500 hectares of land has been brought

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- MPs condemn increase in farm spending

MPs criticised as "totally unacceptable" European Commission plans for an increase in farm spending as part of its proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. The Commission has estimated the

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- Black mark against power group's green credentials

Only two of the 15 national players in UK's soon to be liberalised retail electricity market take the environment seriously enough to offer "green" tariffs to customers. Eastern and South Western

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26/02/1998
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- Environment in the balance

Companies will have to disclose environmental costs and liabilities, even including the extent of damage to their own property that they are not required to put right, if recent proposals by a United

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- El Nino fluctuations may follow warm water flow

Scientists have identified a warm water flow pattern in the Pacific Ocean that may explain why El Nino fluctuates in strength every 10 years or so, and they speculate that global warming may have

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