January 15th , 2002WHAT'S NEW AT CSE
What's new at the
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India.
MODERN MALADY
Bane of modern life, asthma stalks the young ones and the affluent. It will strike 32
million people in India by 2010. What triggers asthma, what reins it in? And, is there
hope tomorrow for the strafed millions? Read more
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20020115/dte_analy.htm
SINKING SLOWLY
Tehri prepares for a watery grave as the controversial dam becomes a reality. For details
click
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20020115/dte_srep.htm
WHAT A CATCH
Villagers around Tawa reservoir in Madhya Pradesh finally allowed to retain fishing
rights. Details at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20020115/dte_srep1.htm
RAINFOREST FESTIVAL
A unique festival epitomises efforts for conservation of Assam rainforests, which have
been lying in a state of neglect for decades. Read More
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20020115/dte_grass.htm
NEVER TO BE RENEWED REALITY
The world's highest energy consuming country, the US, has done little to promote renewable
energy. Details at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20020115/dte_stati.htm
GNET NEWSLETTER FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
The current issue of the G:NET newsletter is now available. This bimonthly newsletter is
for all those who are concerned about our deteriorating environment.
http://www.cseindia.org/html/eyou/envedu/gnet/gnetindex.htm
TOXIC TALES
Analysis of samples from Padre village in Kasaragod district of Kerala reveals the
presence of endosulfan residues. More at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/lab/lab_report.htm
GOBAR TIMES January 2002
Our new bimonthly issue of GOBAR TIMES is now available on our site. It contains articles
like Fish fights & rights etc. For details click
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/gobertimes/gtimes.htm
A
message from the Chairperson, Anil Agarwal:
THE
BILL OF CONTENTIONS
The biodiversity
bill has the potential of challenging the much-hated formal intellectual property rights
system of the TRIPs |
Visit our website at www.cseindia.org and check
out what's new. Our website carries our science and environment fortnightly Down To
Earth, a daily environment news flash by subject categories, a catalog of books and
publications that are available, and all of our recent press releases. We also give
regular updates on all of our campaigns on topics like vehicular pollution, climate
change, biodiversity, water resources, wildlife, forests etc. Our online library of books,
journals, images and videos is searchable through a thesaurus of environmental keywords at
http://data.cseindia.org
We are also looking for reciprocal linking to other websites in this area.
Let us know your website address and we would be happy to link to you. Please feel free to
forward this message to other interested individuals. Past messages of this bulletin
are available at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/au/au6.htm
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