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A rare tree whose extracts are used for an anti cancer drug is being felled illegally

Bacteria can be used to clean soil effectively if they are protected from protozoans, their predator

Giving coal a good scrub by using small calcium oxide crystals might greatly reduce the pollution caused by coal based power stations

private sector participation in forestry projects will only be allowed in degraded and denuded forest lands. The recently approved Approach Paper to the Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-2002) says that the concept of privatisation of forest areas was not conducive in the Indian context and would therefore, not be encouraged in forest resource management.

A UK company is making an ultra sensitive instrument to monitor ecological imbalances

safe disposal: The Thiruvanantha

Gliding lifeboats can bring astronauts back to earth in case the space station fails

The Centre will transfer more autho

If you are in Bhutan and get caught carrying a pheasant feather, you can be fined Nu 500 by the nature conservation section (ncs) of the country's forestry service division. Fines for killing

Local pharmaceutical groups in Jakarta have decried a draft law aimed at a drug patents crackdown by the government. The roaring medicine business in the city is attributed to several copies of same