Environment and Food Security Concerns

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, 2008 IS BEING OBSERVED ON 5TH JUNE . THIS YEAR WE PLEDGE TO MOVE BEYOND TOKENISM AND MEDIA GLITZ AND CREATE REAL AWARENESS ABOUT THE DAMAGE OUR ACTIONS ARE CAUSING TO THIS LOVELY PLANET. LETS PLEDGE TO MAKE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AWARE OF THE ACTION WE HAVE TO UNDERTAKE TO [...]

    Dal Lake needs no introduction. The most famous and often quoted symbol of Kashmir is in fact the Dal Lake.It would not be wrong to say that most parts of Srinagar city lie in the vicinity of this lake. The crown of kashmir unfortunately is breathing is last. It has shrunk to almost [...]

For centuries man has been practising sustainable agriculture without any major damage to the environment.Increase in demand led to industrialisation and intensification of cultivation and livestock rearing. Mixed farming has almost faded and given way to stall feeding for livestock, indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers for crop cultivation.Health hazards apart these practices are increasingly contributing [...]