Full Coverage: Conservation

23.06.2006 A balance between the demands brought on by Lahore's development imperatives and the right of its residents to live in environment-friendly surroundings needs to be struck. At the very least, Environmental Impact Assessments should be conducted by the government and made public.

23.06.2006 Climate change and falling water tables are having a dramatic effect on the world’s water resources, says Satu Hassi of the Worldwatch Institute. She also cites the grassroots movement for rainwater harvesting in India and a phenomenon generating hope in these circumstances.

23.06.2006 Some 400 scientists and policy-makers from the world’s arid regions urged that leaders to put sharper focus on efforts to combat desertification, which threatens a third of the earth’s land surface.

13.06.2006 As a result of a long and continuous usage of natural resources, these communities have acquired a broad knowledge base of the behaviour of complex ecosystems of their locality.

06.06.2006 Nepalin sarvikuono- ja tiikerikannat ovat romahtaneet, WWF:n uusi tutkimus osoittaa. Bardian luonnonpuistossa tehdyssä tutkimuksessa löydettiin vain kolme tiikeriä ja kolme sarvikuonoa. Yleistynyt salametsästys on seurausta Nepalin levottomasta poliittisesta tilanteesta. WWF Suomella on Nepalissa käynnissä laaja luonnonsuojelu- ja kehitysyhteistyöhanke

05.06.2006 The plight of farmers and labourers in the Kolleru area of Andhra—the lowland between Krishna and Godavari deltas—is a striking example of misplaced policies and institutional mistrust causing disproportionate damage, opines Jayaprakash Narayan, coordinator of the Lok Satta movement and of VoteIndia, a national campaign for political reforms.

05.06.2006 With the burden of environmental degradation being largely borne by the women living within and in the periphery of forests, the government has come out with a proposal to empower women to ensure sustenance of natural resources.