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Forest Minister Benoy Viswom has said that only trees can effectively counter global warming. He was inaugurating ‘Bhoomigeetham 2010,’ an environmental convention for students, organised by the SNDP Yogam Vanitha Sangham, here on Sunday. He warned that if environmental degradation were allowed to continue, people may soon have to buy air to even breathe. Twenty-five [...]
A review due on Monday can help restore public faith in the U.N. panel of climate scientists and its finding that global warming is man-made despite errors in a 2007 report, the U.N.’s environment chief said. Achim Steiner also told Reuters on Sunday that extreme weather in 2010 such as floods in Pakistan or Russia’s [...]
Washington apple growers are going to take an estimated $44 million hit this year from a new Mexican tariff, another chapter in an ongoing trade dispute that has already hurt cherry and pear growers. The 20 percent tariff took effect Thursday and affects all U.S. fresh apple sales to this state’s largest export market. State [...]
A recent study has suggested that a richer and healthier diet is available for bees in urban and suburban settings as compared to the ones in farmland settings. In an attempt to assess the link between bee health and diversity of pollen they encounter, honeybee hives from as many as 10 National Trust sites were [...]
Snake Sathish displaying the king cobra which he rescued. DH Photo Ironically when the real snake is found in the vicinity it is done to death by petrified bunch of people. In Gonikoppa lives a herpetologist, who rescued an injured king cobra, treated it for over 60 days and released it to the woods. The [...]
In much of Africa, a herd of cattle is more than just cows. It’s a savings account, protein store, dowry, funeral fund, symbol of wealth, and hedge against drought. For many smallholder farmers, the loss of even a single cow to disease can spell ruin. Yet a grievous number of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa get [...]
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