Environment and Food Security Concerns

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16th September, 2008 By Shuja-ul-Rehman & Nazima Saleem Khan Credits: UNEP, Ozone Secretariat(UN), Green Hopes Why is ozone so important?? Click here to know OZONE FRIENDLY PRODUCTS Alternative ozone-friendly products are now manufactured widely in all the industrialized countries under both well-known and other brand names. [...]

��                                                                                          Theme for 2008 Combating land degradation for sustainable agriculture                                                         Credits : UNEP, UNCCD and green hopes. The 2008 World Day to Combat Desertification is celebrated under the theme, “Combating land degradation for sustainable agriculture.” The issue is a real challenge in the modern society, both in developed and developing countries, as land degradation cannot [...]

Less than two decades ago this used to be a living and thriving water body. Pride of the city. Cool breeze , crystal clear waters, fish in huge numbers, lotus stem, fishermen ,boats and bathing children. Well, a place teeming with activity. Then the sad story started. Sewage and trash from the fast growing number [...]