In This Indian Village Voting By Women Is A Taboo
Region: India
In Sehruwa - a village in India's Uttar Pradesh state, women have never exercised one of their most important constitutional rights: vote Ironically, Sehruwa is only 144 km away from Lucknow - the state capital wher... more
Views: 1400New FAO Study Shows Accurate Images Of Forest Loss
Region: Italy
A new, satellite-based survey released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provides a more accurate picture of changes in the world’s forests, showing forest land use declined between 1990 and 2005.The ... more
Views: 1469Smuggling Driving Indian Farmers to Starvation
Region: India
Rampant smuggling along Indo-Bangladesh border is adding to the woes of thousands of Indian farmers already under stress due to a changing climate and decreased paddy production. Tons of vegetables, smuggl... more
Views: 1328India’s first Forest Congress takes off in New Delhi
Region: India
In the midst of ever increasing pressure on the forests and climate change threat, India is organizing its first ever Forest Congress – a 4-day event to relook at the issues relating to forest management in the count... more
Views: 1079India’s first Forest Congress takes off in New Delhi
Region: India
In the midst of ever increasing pressure on the forests and climate change threat, India is organizing its first ever Forest Congress – a 4-day event to relook at the issues relating to forest management in the count... more
Views: 1378Exotic Himalayan Mushroom Threatened by Climate Change
Region: Nepal
World’s most exotic caterpillars - the Cordyceps mushrooms - that grow exclusively in the Himalayan region, are under climate change threat. Cordyceps/Caterpillar mushroom is a rare specie of edible... more
Views: 1576Dealing With Drought: Nepal Village Shows The Way
Region: Nepal
Traveling to Teenpiple - a village in Panchkhal valley of Nepal takes a good 2 and half hours from the capital city of Kathmandu. Surrounded by lush green hills lined with rows of Pine, the village is like a... more
Views: 1635Climate Change Threatens Tea Production In India
Region: India
Production of tea in Assam - one of the world’s largest tea producing regions - is on a slow decline, thanks to changing climate in the Brahmaputra river basin. This has been revealed by Prof Chandan Mahanta, a... more
Views: 4406Climate Change Affects Orange Production
Region: India
With October, the air is turning a crisp cool all over north eastern India. Soon, markets across the region will be flooded with winter vegetables and fruits including oranges. However, this winter will be far less j... more
Views: 2310Indian Communists' Red Salute to Hindu Goddess!
Region: India
Marxist Philosophy and Hindu spiritualism now go hand in hand in Tripura, the last bastion of the left front in India. The proof: besides allotting generous amount of fund, the communist government here also... more
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