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| Focus on farm growth, food security bill. |
| Gargi Parsai | New Delhi |
| The Hindu , Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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Surging food inflation, decline in agriculture growth rate and the impending food security bill are expected to be at the centre of the coming Union budget.
With a bumper wheat harvest expected th ...More
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| “New plan soon to improve degraded forest land” |
| P. Oppili |
| The Hindu , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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The Union Ministry of Forests and Environment will soon introduce a new programme to improve the condition of degraded forest land, said Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh here on ...More
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| Glaciers are indeed melting fast, says expert |
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| The Hindu , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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Supporting the argument on glacier melt, Julian Hunt, Emeritus Professor of Climate Modelling, University of Cambridge, U.K., showed evidence from a Chinese study to state that glaciers are indeed mel ...More
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| Climate change threat to berries. |
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| BBC News , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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They want to protect future production of fruit like raspberries and blackcurrants from climate change.
Raspberry production alone earns Scotland's farmers, many in the Tayside area, about £12m a ...More
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| ‘Keep biodiversity or face hunger’. |
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| The Hindu , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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Top scientists and policymakers from leading national and international institutes on Wednesday issued a declaration calling on all nations to prioritise conservation of the earth's multitude of plant ...More
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| A different take on global warming |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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G. Madhavan Nair interacts with students
The former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation G. Madhavan Nair said here on Thursday that human intervention was not the only reason for clima ...More
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| IPCC plays safe, turns to governments: A rebuttal |
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| The Hindustan Times , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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Suruchi Bhadwal, Lead Author, IPCC AR4 and Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Apropos your article in the Hindustan Times of February 15, 2010 of the above title, that results in a gros ...More
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| A climate change: Jairam Ramesh stokes debate |
| Jairam Ramesh / Budget Allocation |
| NEWS CENTER , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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Renewable energy ministry allocation up 61% to Rs. 1,000 crore; Rs. 500 crore for solar and small hydro projects; Rs. 500 crore for Ganga River Basin Authority (environment ministry)
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Regul ...More
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| ‘Keep biodiversity or face hunger’ |
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| The Hindu , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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Top scientists and policymakers from leading national and international institutes on Wednesday issued a declaration calling on all nations to prioritise conservation of the earth's multitude of plant ...More
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| World held hostage to weak U.S. policy |
| Isabel Hilton |
| The Hindu , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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In Delhi last week, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the guru of sustainable development from Columbia University, delivered a sobering message about U.S. climate politics. There was very little chance, he sa ...More
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| No doubt, Himalayan glaciers are melting fast: Pachauri |
| Rahi Gaikwad |
| The Hindu , Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
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Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which came under fire for an error in predicting that the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035, said on Tuesday that t ...More
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| “Farmers too can have a say in climate change” |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
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How do we adapt to climate change? Ask the poor who till the land — for they are already dealing with it, flood, drought or disease. The good news is that among them, with a helping hand from science, ...More
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| “Farmers too can have a say in climate change”. |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
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How do we adapt to climate change? Ask the poor who till the land — for they are already dealing with it, flood, drought or disease. The good news is that among them, with a helping hand from science, ...More
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| Norway says ‘no’ to genetically modified seeds. |
| Sarah Hiddleston | Chennai |
| The Hindu , Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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“The main instrument for global food security is national food production. Every country has an obligation to provide food for its own population. Trade alone cannot solve the fundamental challenges ...More
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| UN panel admits new error in key climate report |
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| The Indian Express , Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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The UN climate change panel has admitted to having imprecisely stated in a key report that 55 per cent of The Netherlands is under sea level, saying that is only the area at risk of flooding.
The ...More
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| Himachal to set up centre to study climate change. |
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| Indian Express , Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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Himachal Pradesh will soon set up a centre for climate change, snow and glacier studies and disaster management, to enhance the state’s preparedness for natural disasters and chalk out mitigation and ...More
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| FEATURE-Debate over GM eggplant consumes India. |
| Rina Chandran | Mumbai |
| Reuters , Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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The purple eggplant that Indian shopper Tanuja Krishnan picks out at a Mumbai market stall every week is an unlikely protagonist in a raging debate about whether genetically modified foods should be i ...More
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