The Indian Agriculture is in Peril. Rotational conventional agriculture in India had taken care predominantly of the rural society, that had minimum impact on biodiversity and the pollution it caused was localised typically. It is true, nutrients capturing in the product was low but use of energy was almost zero. The idea of sustainable […]
Air-conditioners take their toll on the environment
The changing climate is one of the major challenges we face today. Rise in global average temperatures, increase in sea levels and melting of glaciers and ice sheets have underlined the immediate need to address this issue. In Bangalore, this factor is even more evident with hundreds coming into the city for settling down, thanks […]
IUCN experience sharing event held
PSNP Experience Sharing Event held in Chitral. CHITRAL: Experience Sharing Event organized by IUCN under Program Support for Northern Pakistan (PSNP) was held in Chitral on Friday. Members of Chitral Round Table, CCS Special Committee, Chitral Fund for Sustainable Development (CFSD) and representatives of NGOs, intelligentsias, media, Ulema and members of the implementing partners of […]
Leadership Is Key to Better AIDS Response
Continued and committed leadership is crucial to getting and staying ahead of the AIDS epidemic, says UNAIDS Executive Director, Peter Piot, in a preface to a new publication titled South Asia: Portraits of Commitment – Why people become leaders in AIDS work. The publication, commissioned by the UNAIDS’ Asia Pacific Leadership Forum (APLF) on HIV/AIDS […]
A Zero Carbon Footprint? What Individuals Can Do To Make It Happen
Living the No Impact lifestyle is impossible; a carbon footprint by definition equals damage to the earth. Yet some people try. This article assesses what individuals are meaningfully doing to contribute to the environment and how corporations are playing into the trend by conducting experience based marketing. There are many crazy shops around, but FLOWmarket beats […]
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES
Ernesto Miguel, Ph. D. and Irene Calsiyao Edited by MARCIANO PAROY JR. Abstract This study was conducted to assess the factors associated with Swidden farming/Patch cultivation practice in Barangay Magao-gao, Pinukpuk. The study was conducted from November 2005-April 2006. It focused mainly on the factors of Socioeconomic, […]