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Preserving Perishing Paradises
Antarctic, the cold oceans surrounding it and the greater parts of Arctic are often conceptualised as the 'common heritage of mankind' - most enchanting, picturesque and pristine - sustaining the comp...
Urban Sustainability in a Changing Climate
Environmental refugees, driven by drought, deforestation, desertification and similar other environmental problems, result in permanent or semi-permanent immigrants to urban centres. With the numbers...
Predicting Extreme Events
With drastic alterations in climate anomalies, there is a need for adequate mitigation and preparedness computations that can help reduce the impact of environmental disasters. Scientific predictions...
Protected Areas-Mitigating Climate Change
Protected areas provide the most effective management strategy to conserve biodiversity and in the changing climatic scenario will become a necessary tool to reduce the vulnerability of human societie...
A Green Home
Modern lifestyles have introduced machines that assist easy living, albeit at a cost. It is perhaps time to seek environment friendly solutions that can help sustain the ecological balance rather than...
Opencast Mining River Catchment and the Plight of Odisha
Despite being rich in natural resources Odisha is home to the poorest people of India. The government promises growth through development, opening up this region to rampant mining. The impact of this...
Fresh Water Turtles of the Ganga
Water in the right quantity and quality is critical to the survival of aquatic biodiversity. Multiple threats take their toll, but uncontrolled and commercial exploitation by man has been the single-m...
Nitrate Pollution in Groundwater
Anthropogenic activities are primarily responsible for high groundwater nitrate which, beyond certain concentrations, can pose significant health problems. Judicious fertiliser, manure application and...
Inland Waterways-The Ecofriendly Network
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) was established in 1986 for development and regulation of inland waterways for shipping and navigation. The Authority primarily undertakes projects for d...
Financing Climate
Financing climate change is an effort to help countries especially the developing ones to cope with the challenges of global warming. Developed countries have the onerous responsibility to provide suf...