Kolkata − 700008 18 February 2009 The Editor The Statesman Kolkata – 700001 Sir‚ Unplanned urbanisation and indiscriminate felling of trees have destroyed the green cover of the earth and have made it what it is today −− a jungle of concrete. This has posed a great threat to the environment and to our very existence. Trees play a vital role in maintaining the ecological balance and the way deforestation is going on at present‚ will have fatal
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Mmm. McChicken sandwich. Crisp‚ warm and juicy. Who wants it? Here you are. Go ahead and eat it. What’s in it? Bread‚ Lettuce‚ Cheese‚ Another creature’s life‚ and BBQ sauce. And if you’re wondering what kind of life went in to your stomach. (show picture 1) It was her mother‚ and the McDonalds you‘ll be going to in three weeks will be serving her. Can you honestly look into her eyes and explain to her why she doesn‘t have a mother. Imagine if you were without your mother‚ and if your mother was
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND THE FIVE- YEAR PLANS In First Five- Year Plan (1951-56) high priority was given to public health‚ agriculture‚ industrialization‚ water supply‚ sanitation‚ housing etc.‚ but environmental development was not allotted requisite place till the end of Third plan. It was in Fourth Five- Year Plan (1969-1974) in the chapter on ‘Long Term Perspective’ that the process of planning contained the issue of environment as an important aspect. The importance of environmental planning
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The world’s population is growing at 1.1 per cent per year‚ having surpassed 7 billion people in late 2011. It is expected to rise to 9.1 billion people by 2050. This growth is unprecedented and is being felt mainly in the developing world. Due to the unprecedented growth rates being experienced and uneven distribution of population growth occurring it is resulting in huge amounts of pressure on the natural environment‚ drastic global inequalities and is affecting age structure and employment in
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and civilised society’‚ maintaining high economic growth rate is a key task set by the Government of Viet Nam (Viet Nam Political Bureau 2004). However‚ parallel with economic growth‚ Viet Nam is facing environmental problems. These include deforestation‚ degradation in environmental quality in river basins‚ increase in municipal and industrial solid waste and soil erosion (Viet Nam Political Bureau 2004). Most industrial and municipal wastewaters are discharged untreated to rivers and that worsens
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To what extent is economic growth beneficial for global economies? Economic growth is defined as the expansion of the productive capacity of an economy. An increase in resources causes an area to produce more goods or services in a given period of time – as shown on a production possibility frontier (PPF) diagram‚ where the curve shifts outwards. The PPF is a curve showing the maximum combinations of goods and services that can be produced in a given period with available resources. The improvement
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History of Municipal administration in India The earliest evidence of local management of civic administration in India can be traced to Indus Valley civilization (around 2300 B.C) which was essentially an urban civilization. Commenting on the Indus Valley civilization‚ Golden Childe says “well planned streets and a magnificent system of drains‚ regularly cleared out; reflect the vigilance of some regular municipal government”. The nature of society and governance at local level underwent a significant
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animals is not just a cruelty done to the animals but also a shameful thing. By doing this‚ we make loss of ourselves too. Deforestation is also one of the major causes of their extinction. As the trees are cut for fuel‚ timber‚ wood‚ paper‚ thus the forest area is getting diminished. Thus‚ the animals depending on the plants for their food also starve. Due to the rapid urbanisation‚ trees and forests are being cut for the space to live in. Hence‚ making a large number of animals homeless. Their natural
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Unit 1 : Introduction to Environmental Issues OBJECTIVES: i. understand the global environment system ii. understand the issues & challenges of pollution management iii. Awareness of current environmental problems CONTENTS: 1.1 Interactive Global Environment Systems 1.2 Historical Perspective of Environmental Pollution 1.3 Global Environmental Issues 1.4 Engineering & the Environment Slide No. 1 Some Relevant Definitions Environment Surroundings in which an organisation operates‚ including
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The blindness of one’s morality in the irresponsible pursuit of knowledge and power‚ and the consequential diminishment of our humanity that ensues is explored in both Frankenstein (1818) and Blade Runner (1982). These texts warn against the neglect of responsibility and the obsession with scientific endeavours. Despite different times‚ both Mary Shelley’s and Ridley Scott’s contexts represent cultural anxieties about the nature of progress‚ both underpinned by profound technological expansion and
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