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March
11, 2009
Minister urged to take steps to protect Adambakkam Lake
TAMBARAM:
Removal of encroachments from the Adambakkam Lake and preventing its further
degradation, improving water supply, permission to operate share autoricksh=
aws
were among the demands that the Federation of Adambakkam Welfare Associatio=
ns
made at a recent interaction with Labour Welfare Minister T. M. Anbarasan.<=
b>
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031158880400.htm
SRI method: T.N. steals a march over Andhra Pradesh
HYDERABAD:
Four years after the two States took to System of Rice Intensification (SRI=
) --
the high yielding, productivity-triggering, water and input cost-saving met=
hod
of raising paddy, Andhra Pradesh seemed to have been beaten hollow by
neighbouring Tamil Nadu.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031159130500.htm
Environment centre coming up at Lumbini Park
HYDERABAD:
The task of setting up the Environment Science Museum proposed by the Hyder=
abad
Metropolitan Development Authority is likely to be given to the Ahmedabad-b=
ased
Centre for Environment Education (CEE).
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031160400200.htm
Now, helplines to tackle water c=
risis
HASSAN:
The zilla panchayat has formed a series of help=
lines
to tackle drinking water problems in all taluks in the district during the
summer months. The taluk panchayat executive officers will be in charge of
monitoring the ground realities in their respective jurisdictions.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031150710300.htm
Ordeal begins for Kuttanad farmers
ALAPPUZHA:
Just when the puncha harvest appeared to be moving smoothly for paddy farme=
rs
in Kuttanad, procedural demons have started giving them sleepless nights.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031150940500.htm
Farmers cry foul, seek compensation
KORAPUT:
“I have lost my crop due to betrayal of an organisation from
Bhubaneswar” says Mangala Pujari, a marginal farmer from Badamput vil=
lage
in Mahadeiput panchayat of Koraput block.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031153160300.htm
Dwindling catches
Ocean
temperature is one of the primary environmental factors that determine the
geographic range of a species
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031154321000.htm
AGRICULTURAL REFORMS: On the wrong track
In the garb of 'conservation agriculture', costly
technology and imported concepts of sustainability are being introduced.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Mar112009/editpage20090310123264=
.asp
International=
Climate change accelerates water hunt in U.S. West
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's hard to visualize a wa=
ter
crisis while driving the lush boulevards of Los Angeles, golfing Arizona's
green fairways or watching dancing Las Vegas fountains leap more than 20
stories high.
http://www.enn.com/climat=
e/article/39435
Conservationists deciding which species to survive
WOULD
the animal have made it into the ark? That's the kind of question
conservationists have been asking when it comes to the thorny issue of =
;picking wh=
ich
threatened species to save.
http://www.enn.com/wildl=
ife/article/39437
Sea level could rise more than a metre by 2100, say experts<= o:p>
Global sea levels could rise much higher this century
than previously projected, raising the threat level for millions of people =
who
live in low-lying areas, new research suggests.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/11=
/sea-level-rises-climate-change-copenhagen
Global warming may trigger carbon 'time bomb', scientist war=
ns
Billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide and methane coul=
d be
released from thawing Arctic soils, says climate researcher
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/10/climate-change-=
copenhagen
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