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A Question of Self-Interest (Winner of Blogging Competition 2012)
(Award Winning blog-post in Blogging Competition 2012 organized by United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Theme of Competition: “The Green Economy: Does it Include You?”) “Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.” –François de La Rouchefoucauld “The name of the game is taking care of yourself, because you’re going to live long enough to wish you…
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Economic Important Traits of Buffalo and Their Implication
1. Introduction Buffaloes have been raised under farming systems of Nepal throughout the known history. They are the traditional provider of milk, meat, hides, manure, draft power and also the reserve capital for the farm families. They are mainly raised by the smallholder farmers across all the physio-graphic agro-ecological (Agro-eco) zones of the country. Due to…
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Climate change is happening now and economic costs are enormous
Chris Tackett Science / Climate Change March 4, 2013 Wendy Koch at USA Today had a good cover story this weekend on the many ways climate change is impacting the economy, the military, the environment and human survival: The economic costs of all these changes are enormous — not only for those directly affected but also for the…
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Mongolia as Global Host of World Environment Day 2013
Nairobi, February 22 2013 – Mongolia, which is prioritizing a Green Economy shift across its big economic sectors such as mining and promoting environmental awareness among youth, is to host this year’s World Environment Day (WED) celebrations on June 5, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today. The 2013 theme for the event, the single biggest…
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Plant Materials Commonly Used For Insect-Pest Management.
Introduction: Botanicals are the pesticides derived from the plant materials. They are very effective in controlling the insect- pest because they possess repellant, knock down, anti-feedant, broad spectrum properties and also they are important because they are less hazardous, biodegradable, and maintain balanced bio-diversity of insect-pest. Use of botanicals is an age old practice where…
