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Education and Energy Conservation
Environmental education incorporates rudimentary portions on energy studies mainly dealing with sustainable development. But what is needed is specific energy education programmes, which will help in...
Lucknow’s Solar Powered Zoo
Lucknow’s Prince of Wales Zoological Garden is the first zoo in the country to use solar energy. Nearly all the zoo offices, streetlights and kitchen run on solar power. Another six months and the ent...
World Development Report
Since high income countries with much less population (sixth of the world’s population) generate nearly two thirds of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, their liability towards protecting the env...
World Trade Report
The World Trade Report examines differing inter-generational and international interests to make transparent, predictable, well designed and equitable trade rules with particular reference to fish, fo...
Ozone Report
TWO-WAY LINK BETWEEN OZONE LAYER AND CLIMATE CHANGE International efforts to protect the ozone layer, the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet rays, are a success and...
Tourism and Environment
Tourism and environment are mutually interlinked–a well cared spot has the potential to attract prospective tourists. However, in India, ill planned tourism has impacted the environment negatively. Wh...
The Cascades of Bastar
The Chitrakot boasts of delightful year round cascades, rising to a muddy monsoon crescendo as the waters tumble over a craggy arc. A little beyond are the romantic Tirathgarh falls that surge down fo...
In Deogarh
The idyllic town steeped in history, houses a medieval fort and a complex of Jain temples. The exquisite carving and exemplary architecture have set trends for later developments in Bundelkhand and is...
The Blackbucks of Vetnai
A non-descript village Vetnai in the Ganjam district of Orissa, is a safe haven to the endangered blackbucks. The villagers fiercely protect the animals, perceiving them as the harbingers of good fort...
A Turbulent Devbhumi
The deafening roar of the mighty Ganga, nearly three times its normal width, transporting boulders and earth from the majestic Himalayas must be experienced to be believed. Framed at one end by the sp...