Afforestation under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is yet to be a high priority for panchayats, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests T.M. Manoharan has said. He was inaugurating an Agro-Forestry Lab Complex and a building for library at Kerala Agricultural University’s College of Forestry here on Monday.Mr. Manoharan called for intensifying research in tree farming. “Tree farming...
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Indiscriminate exploitation and destruction of forests have reduced rattan (cane) plants in parts of Western Ghats alarmingly. Some varieties of the plant have declined drastically and they may become extinct, if left unattended, warn experts.Researchers are attempting to identify the genetically diverse varieties of rattans and reintroduce them to suitable locations.The Kerala Forest Research Institute,...
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Kerala Science Congress will be organised at the Kerala Forest Research Institute at Peechi in Thrissur district from January 28 to 31, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) Executive Vice President Dr E P Yesodharan said.Talking to newspersons here yesterday, he said State Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan would inaugurate the Congress, sponsored by KSCSTE and co-sponsored...
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22nd Kerala Science Congress will be organised at the Kerala Forest Research Institute at Peechi in Thrissur district from January 28 to 31, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) Executive Vice President Dr E P Yesodharan said today.Talking to newspersons here, he said State Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan would inaugurate the Congress, sponsored by KSCSTE and co-sponsored...
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The 22nd session of the Kerala Science Congress will be held at the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, from January 28 to 31, 2010. The special theme for the Science Congress is ‘Intellectual Property Rights and Development: A National Perspective.’The technical sessions of the congress will be led by experts in various fields, executive vice-president of the Kerala State Council for...
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Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 30 : The 22nd Kerala Science Congress will be organised at the Kerala Forest Research Institute at Peechi in Thrissur district from January 28 to 31, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) Executive Vice President Dr E P Yesodharan said.Talking to newspersons here yesterday, he said State Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan would inaugurate the Congress,...
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Kerala Health Minister P K Sreemathy would inaugurate Malabar Institute of Medical Science (MIMS) Craft Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Research Centre here on November 22.A panel discussion on ''Mathruthwam Manushjyathwathiloode'' would be held after the inauguration, said a release here today.Kerala Vanitha Commission Chairperson Justice D Sreedevi would inaugurate the programme, it said.Journalist...
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Thiruvananthapuram: Precision methods of agriculture, such as site-specific nutrient management, are relevant for a State such as Kerala with its small homesteads and diverse soils and crops, S.K. Naskar, Director, Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, said here on Tuesday. He was delivering the inaugural address at a seminar on the site-specific method organised by Kerala Agricultural University...
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Former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Director General of Police Hormis Tharakan has called for intensifying security along the Kerala coast.He told reporters after delivering the Bishop Alapatt Memorial Lecture at the Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute that better coordination between State and Central intelligence and security agencies was needed. “It should...
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 per cent from August 2008 to July 2009 - the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government has said.Analysis of satellite imagery by the National Institute for Space Research shows an estimated 7,008 square kilometres of forest were cleared during the 12-month period, the lowest rate since the government started monitoring deforestation...
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