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Who destroy our forests? The forest deparment!

Mar 19th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Environment

Of 105 elephants that died in 2007-08, post-mortem of 22 was done after 10 to 25 days of death.
Due to the delay, between 2002 and 2008, the bodies of 23 elephants decomposed and the reason for deaths couldn’t be ascertained.
Five elephants died due to dehydration and starvation

Bangalore: Elephants are starving to death.
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Who destroys our forests? The forest department!

Mar 13th, 2009 | By Colrama | Category: Agriculture, Articles, Environment, Issues of Interest

Starvation killing jumbos
N D Shiva Kumar | TNN
Of 105 elephants that died in 2007-08, post-mortem of 22 was done after 10 to 25 days of death.
Due to the delay, between 2002 and 2008, the bodies of 23 elephants decomposed and the reason for deaths couldn’t be ascertained.
Five elephants died due to dehydration [...]



National Portal on Environment launched by Sam Pitroda, chair National Knowledge Commission

Mar 1st, 2009 | By Rahul Dewan | Category: Environment

Portal designed and built by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), with support from the National Knowledge Commission

A one-stop shop for all information and resources on environment and development. An important step ahead for the environmental movement

Built on open source, to enable flow of easy-to-use information from sources across the country and [...]



Fritjof Capra : a leading light in creating in alternate world

Mar 9th, 2008 | By Rahul Dewan | Category: Articles, Economy, Environment, Religion

Fritjof Capra is one of my favourite authors and thinkers. This physicist has been a leading light bringing sanity into the dialogue between Science and Spirituality.
Here’s an interview of this living genius, in a section called Third Eye in The Indian Express: http://www.indianexpress.com/story/278598.html
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Fritjof Capra, physicist and philosopher is also the author of several international [...]



900,000, Birds Visit Chilika Lake

Jan 9th, 2008 | By Colrama | Category: Environment

900,000, Birds Visit Chilika Lake
Bhubaneswar: You could call it a bird lover’s paradise. Nearly 900,000 migratory birds of 158 different species have been sighted this winter in Orissa’s Chilika Lake in this eastern Indian coastal state.
“Of the 900,000 birds, 450,000 birds were sighted in Nalabana, an island in the lake,” Abhimanyu Behera, divisional forest officer [...]



Tree Plantation

Sep 16th, 2007 | By Colrama | Category: Environment, Projects

This Blog of July from Rahul should have preceded. However am putting this up now to complete the gaps in the history of Tree Plantation.
Colrama
I’ve resolved on Srijan Foundation’s behalf to plant 500 fruit andlocal variety trees this Monsoons in Delhi, to help compensate for the thousands of grand old trees being cut down for [...]