DOWN TO EARTH ONLINE - ON ITS WAY
Since January 1998 we have been bringing you news, analysis and reports from our
Fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth. Dissemination of this information is a crucial
element of our mission here. However, we have limited the information available because of
resource and time constraints, usually only putting 4 or 5 articles from each issue online
and often truncating the longer articles to just a few pages. Now, we are posed to begin
providing our entire magazine plus unique interactive features over the Internet,
including full text of all articles, discussion forums, advanced search, full
archives and more. Stay tuned for more information. Right now we need your help to
Beta test the system, make suggestions, and provide feedback to us. We will give you
access to our demonstration version for a limited period so that you can help us improve
and refine the content, presentation, and features. We will be rewarding the first 50
testers who fill up the survey form at the end of the beta test with a 2-month free online
subscription for Down To Earth. If you are interested in
helping us out then visit the following link before June 5th and just sign up.
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/DTEbetatest.htm
SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT
The Centre for Science and Environment invites you to witness the dramatic impact of
community-based rainwater harvesting, through a paani yatra to the villages in
Maharashtra. For more click the link below
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp43_invite20010530.htm
STABILISING SLOPES
Contrary to what scientists feel shifting agriculture imparts stability to slopes. When it
comes to hillside management traditional knowledge scores over armchair research and the
wisdom of the local people stands the test of time. Read more click the link below
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010531/dte_analy1.htm
LEAP FROG
Changes in the environment are taking a toll on amphibians. These beautiful but sad
creatures are facing a host of threats ranging from pesticides, to global warming, to
human activity and the resulting pollution. We have some more details click the link below
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010531/dte_life.htm
CULLING FIELDS
The chiru (Tibetan Antelope) may be ready for sustainable harvesting. Perhaps there is a
way to harvest its fur and promote livelihoods from the shahtoosh trade rather than ban
it. For details click the link below
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010531/dte_analy.htm
WAR ON DROUGHT
An army of water warriors assembles in a Rajasthan village and vows to drought-proof as
many as they can. Read more
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010531/dte_grass.htm
BIOBUSINESS
Genetic resources or biological materials derived from plants and animals remain the basis
for improvement of agricultural crops and for medicines for 75 per cent of the world's
population. The biotechnology industry has harnessed living organisms to produce a variety
of products, such as medicines and cosmetics. For more details visit the link
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010531/dte_stati.htm
ORGANIC COTTON
Cotton, grown on a mere five per cent agricultural land accounts for 50 per cent of the
total pesticide consumption in India. Such large-scaleusage of pesticides is causing
extensive damage to our ecosystem. Organic cotton, grown without using synthetic
fertilisers, pesticides or defoliants, is the ecofriendly solution to this problem. For
more details visit the link
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20010515/dte_stati.htm
CSE AND NAI DUNIYA INVITES YOU
CSE and Nai Duniya, Indore, take great pleasure in inviting you to the release of CSE's
book Making Water Everybody's Business: Practice and Policy of Water Harvesting on June 5,
2001 at Indore University Hall, Khandwa at 9 am. For more
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp43_invite20010601.htm
CSE RELEASES ITS BOOK, MAKING WATER
EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, IN KATHMANDU
CSE's new publication on water, Making Water Everybody's Business: practice and policy of
water harvesting was released on May 15, 2001, in a public meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal, at
the Birendra International Convention Centre by the vice chancellor of Tribhuvan
University, Dr Navin Prakash Jung Shah. More details at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp43_update20010525.htm
CSE RELEASES ITS BOOK, MAKING WATER
EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, IN RAIPUR
The Center for Science and Environment organised a programme - Sabki ChinPaani (Water is
everybody's concern) in partnership with the Raipur-based NGO Mayaram Surjan Foundation
and Rotary Club of Raipur for the release of 'Making Water Everybody's Business' on 25th
May 2001 in Raipur - capital of Chhattisgarh. More details click
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp43_update20010601.htm
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Anil Agarwal:
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AT ITS BEST
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