A World Bank study has revealed that the country is on the verge of an ecological disaster with an estimated increase in sulphur dioxide emissions by 315 per cent by 2020, thus causing acid
Bhutanese environmentalists are trying to save a lake, the shrinking of which local people believe would spell disaster for their community. The Shadilutso lake in the central part of the country is
The Indian Leather industry has become one of the few in the world that has commercially produced enzyme-assisted leather dehairing process, according to the Director of the Central Leather Research
The biomass assessment study made by the Salem-Dharmapuri Chamber of Commerce at the instance of the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) and submitted to the Ministry of Non-conventional
After a long delay, the Brazilian government released the data on deforestation in the Amazon during 1995 and 1996, as well as estimates for 1997. According to the numbers disclosed by the National
Greenpeace welcomes a European Commission move to take forward a project on comprehensive removal of offshore oil installations. The announcement was made one week before the anticipated final
SmithKline Beecham announced that the huge pharmaceutical company will provide an anti-parasitic drug free to about one fifth of the world's population in an effort to eliminate the grossly
City doctors have formed a Political Affairs Committee (PAC) to educate and persuade politicians to adopt a people-friendly approach. The PAC will also try to highlight health issues which have been
A global conference being held in Bangalore next month is expected to frame international guidelines for the conservation and non-destructive use of medicinal plants. The conference comes exactly ten
The scenic Kolleru lake, one of the few largest freshwater inland lakes in the world, is fast becoming extinct, endangering a rich variety of animal and plant species, due to indiscriminate
