tigerexotique | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 01 2008 | news, environment, India
awesome.
Quoted: The Indian government plans to spend more than $13 million establishing a special ranger force to protect the country's endangered tigers, following pressure from international conservationists to save the wild cats.
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man, this is dismal. though i've never been to Mongolia, i've always imagined it to be rolling green plains...so sad that now it's becoming a desert land.
Quoted: Overgrazing has turned big swaths of China's lush grasslands into desert, but recent efforts to rejuvenate the land may help sustain the country as a whole
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how did Seattle not make it to Top 10?! I'm shocked. Hey Santa Monica made it...although I think Seattle's much more environmentally conscious than Santa Monica.
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did not know amoebas could be deadly...how can these single-celled organisms kill people?
Quoted: Something in the lakes around Orlando, Florida, has claimed the lives of three boys this summer.
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global warming-dependent commerce.
Quoted: The Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific is now open due to ice loss, the European space agency says.
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Quoted: Honda introduced the gas-electric car to America, but Toyota's Prius became the synonym for 'hybrid.' Here's how Honda hopes to regain its enviro street cred.
kinda reminds me of the Batmobile...except that it's red and is missing some fins.
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Quoted: Public nudity is losing its power to shock
never thought public nudity would reach an all-time low, nor that it would be the first news on Economist.
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Quoted: Foster + Partners is designing the world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste city in Abu Dhabi. Named Masdar City, which means “the source,” the 1,483-acre project will include commercial and manufacturing space dedicated to developing ecofriendly products, housing, a university, and the headquarters for Future Energy Company, which is spearheading the initiative.
wow, that's amazing! if this actually works, i wonder what other countries would start building cities like this?
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You must be Arun's friend before you can comment on this Fave.better not screw it up anymore... cause the tigers are dangerously close to extinction. It does worry me that they are going to relocate so many people -- i hope that unlike in other projects, the compensation will actually get paid and people will be helped to build new livelihoods. the best hope for the tiger is to create local "watchers" and advocates in the villages and towns surrounding the reserves. many of the poachers get local help by paying large sums of money. the best hope for the tiger is to make it culturally valuable to have the tiger live...
agreed. i still find it strange that the cultural importance of the tiger hasn't permeated more to the masses. a predominantly hindu nation, with many deities having the tiger as their companions should display the importance of the animal to people and their beliefs...i wonder why this hasn't been better marketed to protect the tiger. i guess in the end it's about money and influence, let's see what wins.
this was actually what i wrote my honor's thesis on in college :-) but i think the problem is that the gov't has enacted very western policies in protecting the tiger (large reserves) rather than capitalizing on the cultures that most revere the tiger. many of the communities that live adjacent to tiger areas are aadivasi communities and have a greater reverence for the tiger -- but they are the ones who get shipped out and with the loss of place often comes the loss of culture.
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