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Posted 24-Feb-2012 Vol 3 Issue 8
Simple living
The eponymous Himalayan Farm Project has no electricity but is heaven on earth for visitors and volunteers. Some stay for a week but some live there for longer durations, says Shikha Nehra
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Posted 17-Feb-2012 Vol 3 Issue 7
Turtle fest
It is that time of the year again at the beautiful Velas beach in the Konkan region's Ratnagiri district. Welcome to the annual Turtle Festival, which kicks off Feb 19, says Quaid Najmi
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Posted 14-Feb-2012 Vol 3 Issue 6
Nature cure
The Kerala government is considering tax concession on ayurveda medicines and other steps to promote the traditional system of medicine, Chief Minister Oomen Chandy has announced.
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Posted 09-Feb-2012 Vol 3 Issue 5
Wild survivors
With several big-time poachers behind bars, and effective patrolling strategies in place, tiger poaching has dropped in India by nearly 60 percent in 2011, says Sanjeeb Baruah
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Posted 07-Feb-2012 Vol 3 Issue 5
India lauded
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation Director General, Kandeh K. Yumkella, tells Rohit Vaid that India needs to export its green technologies to Africa and Latin America
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Posted 06-Feb-2012 Vol 3 Issue 5
Seed sharing
Farmers have woken up to the threats from modern agricultural techniques and are developing, preserving and sharing seeds that hold the key to their future. Manu Moudgil checks out the trend
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Posted 26-Jan-2012 Vol 3 Issue 4
Conservation at home
When nature lover Anand Deval was told he can’t cut the trees he had planted in his backyard, he went to court. Pragya Krishna talks to his daughter, a forest official, about the curious case
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Posted 12-Jan-2012 Vol 3 Issue 2
Painless pluck
Resettlement was so painless for the people of three villages in Melghat Tiger Reserve, thanks to a good compensation plan, that many others want to move out of the forest, says Ashwin Aghor
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Posted 11-Jan-2012 Vol 3 Issue 1
Private Forest
If you’re a nature lover you will love The Kikar Lodge, says Nivedita Sharma, who reached the place - which is also India’s first private forest reserve - after a 2 hour drive from Chandigarh
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Posted 27-Dec-2011 Vol 2 Issue 51
Mission turtle
Nature lovers are meeting for a 3-day turtle festival at Vengurla beach in Maharashtra, where they will camp at villagers’ homes, eat their food and save as many turtle eggs as possible
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Posted 14-Dec-2011 Vol 2 Issue 49
Guests at Zoo
The Delhi zoo that’s spread over an area of 240 acres has been overrun by painted storks that have come from Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir, where the rivers are frozen, says Prathiba Raju
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Posted 03-Dec-2011 Vol 2 Issue 48
The price of greed
A chilling piece on the condition of Aravallis in Rajasthan, which has been damaged beyond redemption due to the indiscriminate marble mining in the region
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Posted 29-Nov-2011 Vol 2 Issue 47
Harbouring birds
There is good news from Kashmir. Srinagar is harbouring 6 lakh migratory birds at Hokersar Bird Reserve, and hundreds of purple moorhens have moved in permanently, says Sheikh Qayoom
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Posted 17-Nov-2011 Vol 2 Issue 46
Garuda returns
An endangered species of stork, Greater Adjutant or Garuda, has now an ideal nestling place in Bihar’s Bhagalpur, where their number has grown from 78 to 300 in four years, says Imran Khan
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Posted 15-Nov-2011 Vol 2 Issue 45
Restore tanks
Citing the restoration of Pammal tank in Chennai as an example, Sushmita Sengupta says if all the 2359 temple tanks in Tamil Nadu are cleaned up, they would recharge groundwater in the State
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Posted 14-Nov-2011 Vol 2 Issue 45
Solar beats
A rock band currently in India promotes the green cause through its music, and practises what it preaches by generating solar power for its concerts from the solar panels installed on its van
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Posted 12-Nov-2011 Vol 2 Issue 45
Joy in cycles
Bangalore is all set to have dedicated bicycle lanes covering a total length of 42 km in Jayanagar, an upscale residential area, which is home to the likes of IT icon Narayana Murthy
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Posted 12-Nov-2011 Vol 2 Issue 45
Day of the dolphins
The population of the endangered Gangetic river dolphin has grown to 223 from about 175 last year at the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, India's only dolphin sanctuary, located in Bihar
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Posted 04-Nov-2011 Vol 2 Issue 44
The challenger
The youth of Caurem, a tribal village in Goa, led by 24-year-old Nilesh Gaonkar, are locked in a dangerous battle against the mining mafia, which has been plundering the region for years
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Posted 20-Oct-2011 Vol 2 Issue 42
A Bodo volte face
Territorial Army jawans in Bodoland! Do you conjure up images of conflict, shooting and killing? No, the ‘135 Eco Task Force’ is out there rejuvenating the Chirang forest, that too by employing the Bodo villagers, says Kavita Kanan Chandra
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Posted 18-Oct-2011 Vol 2 Issue 41
Green drive
An ambitious project that would involve about 1 lakh youth to increase the country’s forest cover from the existing 20 percent to 33 percent within 10 years is ready for implementation soon
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