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USAID program charged with seed theft in India

A genetically-modified food project funded by the US Agency for International Development faces legal action for bio-piracy offences. The National Biodiversity Authority of India has published its decision to allow the case to proceed.

Published August 16, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged gm food, india, usaid, yahoo

Todd Stern handbagged in Delhi

Todd Stern, US special envoy on climate change, has met the new Indian environment minister, Jayanthi Natarajan, to discuss the looming UN conference in Durban.

Published July 20, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged FCCC COP17, india, US

Vandana Shiva calls for end to Indian seed poker

The Indian scientist and environmental activist, Dr Vandana Shiva, has taunted the world’s major biotechnology companies for adopting crop seed research methods which require no more skills than betting in a lottery.

Published July 18, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged biopiracy, india, seed treaty, yahoo

Let’s get real about two degrees

The first major publication of the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment predicts a worryingly high average temperature rise for the region.

Published May 16, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged global warming, india

Developing countries bid for climate change litigation

Scientists and academics in South Asia are calling on environmental groups to campaign for international laws which would enable developing countries and their citizens to claim compensation for damages caused by global warming.

Published March 21, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged india, kyoto protocol, loss and damage, yahoo

In search of the bottom billion

New research published by the Washington-based Center for Global Development questions whether a core function of the World Bank in supporting poor countries is “heading toward retirement” by 2025.

Published March 14, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged india, poverty reduction, world bank, yahoo

Mukherjee budget menaces Indian forests

India is the first major economy to present an annual budget since the disruption of oil production in Libya. Plans for the economy in 2011/12 revealed earlier today surprised observers by making no provision for volatile oil prices.

Published February 28, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged coal, deforestation, fossil fuel subsidies, india, yahoo

Hillary Clinton backs move to end hidden hunger

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has endorsed efforts by world food experts to improve coordination between agriculture, nutrition and health programmes. “This issue cuts to the core of a global crisis that demands action,” she said.

Published February 14, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged food security, india, malnutrition, yahoo

Fuel subsidies debacle undermines global warming roadmap

The abrupt New Year’s Eve reversal of President Morales’ decision to raise petrol and diesel prices represents a setback for prospects of reducing global carbon dioxide emissions.

Published January 3, 2011
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bolivia, fossil fuel subsidies, india, indonesia, reducing emissions

Trafficking, insurgency and globalisation in India

There are social and economic connections between the Naxalite assault in Chhattisgarh and the unresolved problem of human trafficking of sex slaves to Mumbai. Is globalisation a common contributory factor?

Published April 12, 2010
Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged books, globalisation, india, trafficking

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Sluggish in the doldrums of what happens.
Me waiting until I was nearly fifty
To credit marvels. Like the tree-clock of tin cans
The tinkers made. So long for air to brighten,
Time to be dazzled and the heart to lighten.

Seamus Heaney, from Seeing Things