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<title><![CDATA[Sinking Islands]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=498</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 7 Mar 2010 07:42:38 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Sinking Island-Majuli&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Majuli in upper Assam is the largest river island on the Brahmaputra River . It is a pollution free fresh water island. Total area of the island was 1250 ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[From a green barbet]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=497</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:49:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Slc3M_lmqMU/S39lguIhNrI/AAAAAAAAAbU/eMDl050Yksw/s1600-h/greenbarbet2.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440178487700829874 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0p... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spring in the garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=496</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:53:14 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Slc3M_lmqMU/S3fiIXYtcOI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/giSnHp6_BHc/s1600-h/peacock+at+NMML.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLA... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Anaar Tree]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=495</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:51:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Slc3M_lmqMU/SziVBR0k2OI/AAAAAAAAAYM/sAISceS6Jhk/s1600-h/2611+and+anar+020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blue Pansy Butterfly]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=494</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:44:02 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Slc3M_lmqMU/SzS-3TQSv7I/AAAAAAAAAX0/eQTISr7Csg8/s1600-h/Peacock+Pansy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img styl... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mahogany Forest, Kerala]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=493</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:20:41 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A visit to Kerala is never complete without a peek into the deep forests the State can still be proud off.  Waiting nearly two hours to get permission to drive through the Illithod Mahago... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jellyfish at Kovalam beach]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=492</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:50:48 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Slc3M_lmqMU/SvZtXwGksKI/AAAAAAAAAVc/vY8dstz2et0/s1600-h/cochin2810+130.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT:... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nobel Prize for work on user managed common properties]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=491</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Economic governance: the organization of cooperation&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt; Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson win Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 on Monday.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; &lt;A href="http:... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Butterflies and moths from the kitchen garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=490</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This year the rains came late and lingered till end of August. The butterflies and moth caterpillars waste no time in completing their life cycles; Here are some I managed capturing on th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Walking in the fields of Kangra]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=489</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:38:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I was in Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) late October, just before winter set in. As always, the countryside is ever changing and never fails to reveal something new for my camera to capture... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Survival Instincts of Lapwings]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=488</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Slc3M_lmqMU/SE0LIy8xDXI/AAAAAAAAAC0/ZQajBFb3UrE/s1600-h/lapwingeggs.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_P... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sinking Islands]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=487</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:30:05 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Sunderbans of West Bengal in India &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Sunderbans is the world's largest delta formed by the river Ganga. Sunderbans comprises 54 tiny lands at present and a n... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forest Department Culling Little Cormorants]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=486</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 6 Sep 2009 23:05:07 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The following news item which appeared in &lt;EM&gt;The Hindu&lt;/EM&gt; today, should make all of us sit up and take notice. Conservation is the most complex subject-It is only when environmental... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Trip to Morni Hills, Chandigarh]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=485</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:32:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;August 15, Independence Day- An ideal day to check out the hill station near to Chandigarh since we were already in Chandigarh on a visit. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The weather was good. It had rained ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar Eclipse 2009]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=484</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:53:07 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Here is a visual journey of the total solar eclipse in New Delhi.

The Nehruplanetarium at Teenmurti was surrounded by parked cars in hundreds well before 6 AM on 22nd July 2009. The Su... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Education for Sustainability]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=483</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:46:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Slc3M_lmqMU/SnWoBzhaefI/AAAAAAAAASI/DSMmcCRaQg8/s1600-h/tiger+workshop1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img st... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dudhwa National Park]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=482</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 08:00:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;We also managed an elephant ride into the 20 sq. km rhino enclosure . The rhinos seemed placid , chewing on elephant grass, which came to life with jumping hog deer as we maneuvered ou... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Weapons of Mass Destruction]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=480</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 2008 00:25:10 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;"Such is the lack of information about the biodiversity of Arunachal Pradesh ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Screening-A Tale of Two National Parks]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=473</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:47:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"&gt;21 April&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/SPAN&gt;2008, at 7.30 PM&lt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ladybugs as insecticde]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=472</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:02:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;A title=ladybug href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildscapes/2402358903/"&gt;&lt;IMG class=pc_img height=187 alt=ladybug src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2376/2402358903_23... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Butterfly safari park  in Kerala]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=471</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:22:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A Park exclusively for butterflies, exists in Thenmala hills, Kollam, Kerala.  Situated on 3.5 hectares of forests, the artificially created safari park is filled with roosting plants,... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[poaching of birds for the pet market]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=470</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:59:05 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Rose-ring and Alexander parakeets are listed under schedule IV of Wildlife Protection Act. ( No person shall hunt any wild animal specified in Schedule, I, II, III and IV except when s... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Trading on websites-China]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=469</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 02:21:18 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;“&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: '... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cambodia Experience]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=468</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The Cambodia Experience&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Wildlife Alliance launched the acclaimed Kouprey Express mobile environmental education unit to teach Cambodian villagers ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Waste to health bioconversion]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=467</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Reuse and Recycle]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:11:14 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Waste to health bioconversion&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The theory propounded by Dr. Uday Bhawalkar that excess nitrates affect abiotic and biotic phenomena which was a Phd... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clean cellulose from biomass wastes]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=466</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Reuse and Recycle]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:57:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Clean cellulose from biomass wastes&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Khaitan brothers have developed a clean technology, which enables clean cellulose from biomass wastes like ric... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man and the Biosphere]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=465</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Man and the Biosphere&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;According to a recent declaration adopted by UNESCO's ‘Third World Congress of Biosphere Reserves', it underscores potential... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advertising Indianwildlifeclub.com!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=464</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:57:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;See the ad we created for your club! &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The tiger in the ad is photographed by &lt;A href="http://www.wildscapes.net/ImageList.aspx?t=p&id=200"&gt;Aditya Singh&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG class... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eye- catching ads on wildlife!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=463</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:26:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;WWF ( World Wide Fund for Wildlife) came out with the following advertisments ( Animals painted on closed fists)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A title=tigerhand href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildscape... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Add your comments please!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=462</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:14:54 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;This forum seems to be the right platform to share some of the comments made by ICSSR(Indian Council of Social Science Research) on my report "E-governance for conservation"   This rep... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Intelligent Electricity]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=461</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:06:19 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Intelligent Electricity&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Have you ever wanted to view your electricity consumption at a click of a button and understand your total cost involved i... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Herbs from forests]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=460</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:52:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Herbs from Forests&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Converting traditional medicinal knowledge into fortunes—this is what a group of women in a remote village ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered Ghariyals]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=459</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 01:54:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Endangered Ghariyals&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The past two months have seen the unprecedented and shocking death of the Gharials on the Chambal River, ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[virus from human tourists harm gorillas and chimpanzees]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=458</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:42:38 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Ecotourism- Impact on wildlife&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The latest environmental issue attributed to eco-tourists is a massive threat to an already endangered species. It ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[web 2.0 technologies]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=457</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:32:58 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Web 2.0 technologies&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Web 2.0 technologies are creating a revolution in specialised groups of activists, NGOs and social changemakers.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A holistic view of climate change]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=456</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 02:14:13 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;A holistic view on climate change&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;There has been much debate about climate change perhaps because we cannot see carbon dioxide when we exhale, or ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[USA Experence]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=455</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:27:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Trust for Public Land (USA) published a story which is very similar to our own Tribal Rights Debate.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; A land under dispute for over 130 years( 208, 000 acres of forest land... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gene tweaked but is this brinjal safe to eat?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=454</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:10:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;H1&gt;Gene tweaked but is this brinjal safe to eat?&lt;/H1&gt;
&lt;DIV class=EC_byline&gt;
&lt;DIV class=EC_byline&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/author/Rupashree+Nanda/" target=_blank rel=nofollo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using flyash]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=453</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Reuse and Recycle]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2008 06:51:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5&gt;Using flyash&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Fly ash is a by-product of coal combustion in thermal plants. Presently majority of the coal ash generated ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered Giraffe]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=452</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:28:39 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study revealed that man and nature are threatening at least six distinct species of the African Giraffe, which are highly endangered and could fac... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cigarette butts]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=451</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:23:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT id=articleText&gt;Cigarette butts, snack wrappers and take-out food and beverage containers are the most commonly littered items. Cigarettes are one of the most insidious forms of l... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dams Coming Down in U.S!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=450</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:18:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Dams Coming Down&lt;?xml:namespace pref... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Organic farming combats global warming!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=449</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:52:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN class=articletitle1&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are plastics the villain again?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=448</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:11:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Thousands of chemicals have come on the market in the past 30 years, and some of them are showing up in people's bodies in low levels. Scientists studying obesity are focusing on endoc... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who is responsible]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=447</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Corporates and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:56:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"In early 2007, thousands of cats and dogs in North America fell ill with kidney ailments. Many of the pets had dined chez Menu Foods Inc., a company in Ontario, Canada, that manufactu... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rainforest -A  Christmas Song]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=446</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Watch a poignant short clip on "Silent Night", the most popular Christmas Song of all times, at the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQFWEc7I_jk... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prizes to win!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=445</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Ezine]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:40:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;ERIC NEE: What are the differences between traditional grant giving and using prizes as a way to stimulate social change?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;THOMAS VANDER ARK: Quite simply, it's the difference b... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Human elephant conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=444</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:47:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;H3 class=entry-header&gt;The Ugly Result Of Human-Wildlife Conflict&lt;/H3&gt;
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&lt;TABLE style="WIDTH: 230px" align=left&gt;
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<title><![CDATA[Jumping to freedom-Salmon]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=443</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:55:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Salmon Jumping to Freedom&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;Down on the fish farm, workers could not understand why the number of brown trout had su... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[WWF and Corporates]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=442</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Corporates and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:20:40 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"Increasingly, nonprofit experts are beginning to question one of the fastest-growing sectors of giving, the practice of building a donation into the purchase of items as... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Burning Pelts in Kashmir]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=441</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:52:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Historic Burning of Pelts in Srinagar - "The End of an Era"&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; Last week, (Dec 2007) Ashok Kumar in IFAW's India office, lit the flames to... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered Gharials]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=440</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:35:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Another Rare Species, Another Disease Killing Them Off&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;What is killing India's endangered gharials? 17 of the critically endangered crocodile-like... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conservation and tourism]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=439</link>
<author>susan_sharma@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;According to the International Ecotourism Society, the market for conservation-oriented tourism continues to grow; in 2004, worldwide ecotourism and nature tourism were growing three t... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The poor of the world are providing breathing space to the world]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=438</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:39:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The poor of the world are providing breathing space to the world&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"We believe India must take a proactive and leadership position on the issue ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wildlife Habitat]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=437</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:18:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The rate at which devlopment is taking place , especially in less developed countries like India, forests and wetlands are lost even before we have explored and indexed the wildlife li... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bio diversity and oceans]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=436</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:15:54 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;“Seventy percent of the world is ocean and eighty percent of global biodiversity is in it. We need to take care of the ocean. No matter where we are, we depend on it.” &lt;BR&gt;–Wallace... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[nature and music]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=435</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews- Wildlife, Nature and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2007 03:36:45 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=justify&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2&gt;&lt;A target=_blank name=mu&gt;&lt;/A&gt;Music in Nature Part 4: The Power of Music&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=justify&gt;&lt;FO... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Send in a wildlife photo to a newspaper!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=434</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Send in a wildlife photo to a newspaper&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The common use of affordable digital cameras have indirectly helped conservation and w... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Trek on foot!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=433</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:05:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Trek on Foot!&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;Long-distance hiking is incredibly romantic — the idea of spending weeks&lt;BR&gt;or months at a time in so... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Visiting the Zoo]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=432</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:45:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Visiting the Zoo&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A colorful campaign aimed at parents and children is playing up the “wild” in the premier attractions owned a... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Parks]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=431</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:46:43 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;National Parks &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;National Parks around the world need to get more media space than they get today. These Parks hold the key to the future of mankin... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oil Spill]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=430</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:44:45 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Oil Spill&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This week, November 2007, a massive storm swept into the Black Sea, sinking dozens of ships and breaking apart a Russian oil tanker. Ove... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Open University Films]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=429</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:58:18 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Open University Films&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Here is an initiative by the Open University of Britain, well worth emulating by our own Indira Gandhi ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lake pollution]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=428</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:05:14 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Cross posting from Water Community (&lt;A href="mailto:se-wes@solutionexchange-un.net.in"&gt;se-wes@solutionexchange-un.net.in&lt;/A&gt;) &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Please visit the homepage of ILEC (International ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar illuminations -no electricity needed!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=427</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:52:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;"Perfect for use as a festive decoration at Christmas time or use all year round to decorate trees, shrubs, parasols, and other outdoor items. Perfe... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Feeding wildlife]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=426</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:34:58 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;PRE&gt;the following is an excerpt from an interesting post I found at &lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;A href="http://blogdave.nordquist.org/?p=21#comment-9"&gt;http://blogdave.nordquist.org/?p=21#comment-9&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tigers and Tribals]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=425</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:08:09 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"&gt;Tigers and tribals &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;------------- &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;” Is it possible to rec... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar power from satellites]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=424</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt; Solar Power from Satellites&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;At some point before 2050, satellites collecting solar power and beaming it back to Earth will become a pr... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Computer chips for solar cells]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=423</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Reuse and Recycle]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Computer chips for Solar Cells&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Computer maker IBM has found a way to save money, reduce waste, and contribute to the development of the solar powe... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered Gangetic dolphins]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=422</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2007 04:39:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The presence and health of wildlife ( birds, squirrels, fish ...) around us is often the best indicator of pollution levels in the air we breathe and the water we drink.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The di... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Carbon Credits on google search]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=421</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:50:41 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Carbon Neutral Search Engine &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Google search engine on a black screen? Ji Hain, it serves a great environmental purpose.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The site &lt;A hr... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Green your Corner]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=420</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Our ancestors knew thousands of stars in the evening sky, but now we're lucky if we can identify a dozen—and the culprit is the millions of watts of light we shoot up to the heavens.&lt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forests and Health]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=419</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:53:02 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;PRE&gt;".......... it makes a lot of sense for conservation movements to use the&lt;BR&gt;public health angle rather than the environment angle, as this has a&lt;BR&gt;direct bearing on people. In a na... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[North East of India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=418</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:19:53 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Three out of 34 biodiversity hotspots identified globally -Himalayas, Indo-Burma and Western Ghats cover parts of India.  The Northeast of India is traversed by the first two.  Northea... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Green movement]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=417</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:36:14 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"...without bringing America's underclass into the green movement, it's going to get nowhere...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The leaders of the climate establishment came in through one door and now they w... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[solar power]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=416</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:10:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Solar power could be the world's number one electricity source by the end of the century, but until now its role has been negligible as producers wait for price parity with fossil fuel... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Metamorphosis!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=415</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Observing around the tiny green space around the house can be rewarding for a wildlife lover. Here is something which fascinated me for over two weeks. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Can you make out the pu... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A first step to make Sariska tiger friendly]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=414</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Following the recommendations of the Ministry of Environment and Forests which made a case for the translocation of tigers to Sariska, the Rajasthan Forest Department decided on volunt... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Un"bear"able future ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=413</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:56:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"So as the trees are felled and land cleared of its carbon-stripping units, the earth simmers and mourns the growing loss of creatures that have survived ice ages but not the fatal pin... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nature in hospitals]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=412</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Nature Heals]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Incorporating Nature in Hospitals&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Hospitals still need to bring nature into the clinical setting. But there are a few trailblazing institutions as... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[What can bring back the birds?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=411</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:44:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;What can bring back the birds?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"Better knowledge about the birds, more green in the city and more parks.  If the environment is clean, the birds w... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flooding Rivers in India- Why?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=410</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:30:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Flooding Rivers in India -Why?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We know that the areas classified as flood-prone-defined as area affected by overflowing rivers (not areas submerge... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Human Elephant Conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=409</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:51:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Elephants' Fear Of Angry Bees Could Help To Protect Them&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;At a time when encroaching human development in for... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Example]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=408</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Corporates and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;BP Solar Decathlon &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The BP Solar Decathlon is a parntered event by BP that has received 20 selected teams by the U.S. Department of Energy to work... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered Vultures in Gujarat]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=407</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2007 20:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;There are close to 300 windmills in Kutch area of Gujarat, India.  Bird watchers attribute the decline in number of vultures found in this area (from 70 to 15) to the windmills.  &lt;/P&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Revenge?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=406</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Corporates and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2007 02:33:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Corporate Revenge?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;At the June 2007 annual meeting of the World Wildlife Fund in Bejing, soft drinks giant Coca ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Retired Civil Engineer Norphel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=405</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2007 02:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;For 15 years, Chewang Norphel, a retired civil engineer of Ladakh, has been building "artificial glaciers" to make life a little easier for the hard working but poverty-stricken farmer... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Artificial glaciers-Ladakh]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=404</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 7 Oct 2007 22:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;For 15 years, Chewang Norphel, a retired civil engineer of Ladakh, has been building "artificial glaciers" to make life a little easier for the hard working but poverty-stricken farmer... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Visual medium to educate about the impact of coal fired thermal projet]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=403</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 6 Oct 2007 21:33:48 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Activists making use of various visual mediums&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;to create awareness on the project's impact -Mysore&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[E-waste]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=402</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Reuse and Recycle]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:48:05 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;One tonne of scrap from discarded computers contains more gold than can be produced from 17 tonne of gold ore.  Mumbai alone throws away 19,00 tonne of electronic waste a yea... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Documentary on Sunderbans]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=401</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2007 21:28:05 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;PRE&gt;"Badabon-er Katha": A tale of the Sundarbans&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, lies on the&lt;BR&gt;Southwestern coastal areas of Bangladesh, forming a se... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Water Hyacinth]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=400</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Reuse and Recycle]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2007 01:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Water Hyacinth- economic potential&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;Water hyacinth is considered a scourge on water bodies. Yet, we only have to ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bihar takes lead in reviving river interlinking project]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=399</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:37:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Three years after the Central government virtually abandoned the mega project of inter-linking of rivers, the government of Bihar is coming out with a proposal to link variou... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peafowl tail feathers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=398</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2007 03:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;World Pheasant Association WPA (India) proposed removal of the legal loophole in respect of dealing in peacock tail feathers, to the National Board for Wildlife, the apex national body... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Density of owls more in human habitats]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=397</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The natural tree holes are diminishing in the open countryside due to an increase in tree felling. Urban habitats provide alternate nesting sites.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; A study published in the Jou... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Komodo Dragon Indonesia]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=396</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Oct 2007 02:08:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Komodo National Park Indonesia - some lessons for India&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Komodo, is famous for its Komodo Dragons, but its underwater environments are virtually un... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tigers on the brink-LA Times article]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=395</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:34:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;PRE&gt;........................&lt;BR&gt;"India still offers the best hope for the tigers' future because it has the most&lt;BR&gt;tigers and a conservation infrastructure. In 1973, the Indian governme... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A western point of view]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=394</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;...................................&lt;BR&gt;"Preserving tiger populations in India's parks has been derailed by a ballooning human population and the lack of a clear management policy. Tige... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Talk on Asian Elephnat in Captivity]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=393</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Captive Elephants]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:02:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Talk on ‘Asian elephant in captivity:Past, Present and Future'&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Wildlife Trust of India takes great pleasure in inviting you to a talk&lt;BR&gt;on the ‘Asian elephant in captiv... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yamuna Bird Park]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=392</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:58:18 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=left&gt;The River Yamuna has been deteriorating continuously on a gradual basis. With Commonwelth Games Village (CGV) taking shape, Global Village coming up right next to the DND an... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uneducated woman spearheads e-content ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=391</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:06:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A sixty year old uneducated woman at the helm of e-governance in an Ajmer Panchayat?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The "Manthan "award for e- content given to Noorani Bai brought to the digital world this u... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Linking of Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery could be taken up ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=389</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:15:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Linking of Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery could be taken up &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Linking of Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery could be taken up immediately, The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi to... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered vultures]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=388</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;Endangered Vultures&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; The two- day statewide (Gujarat) census on vultures, carried out in May 2007 through direct sighting system, has come up with some alarming fi... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plastic or Paper? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=387</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:57:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Plastic or Paper? Neither &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A landmark 1990 study by the research firm Franklin Associates—which factored in every step of the manufacturing, distribution and disposal stages of... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinmaya Dunster]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=386</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"In an age when nothing seems to move unless backed by the five-letter word “Money”, it is indeed surprising to find someone who creates a documentary woven around his own mu... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate’s refugees]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=385</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Each new moon, families in Kanhapur, a coastal Orissa village start packing up. Over the years, the sea has come dangerously close to the villages, swallowing half the houses, forcing... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific Ecotourism Conference]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=384</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:16:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Marine resources and environment protection in India has a long way to go.  Our neighbouring countries can provide case studies and success stories which can be a great learnng exp... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Corals added to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=383</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:58:42 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Corals added to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;For the first time in history, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes ocean corals in its annual report of wildlif... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tale of a peahen in our midst !]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=382</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Urban Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:56:39 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#333333 size=3&gt;Matari-Tale of a Peahen&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style=... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Play of passion-Tusker style !]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=381</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:31:19 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A wild tusker from Jharkhand enacted a play of passion in the middle of the night, broke through the fence of a circus and eloped with a female circus elephant. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Drawn by calls... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Hotels in Singapore]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=380</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:33:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Singapore's government is encouraging the city-state's hotels to go green. Under a new scheme run by the National Environment Agency (NEA), energy-efficient hotels can compete for an “... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Weather in Singapore]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=379</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:31:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Singapore is getting hotter and wetter. According to the National Environment Agency, average temperatures in the city-state have risen by between 1º and 1.5º Celsius over the past 50 ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird watching]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=378</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:04:42 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Most of bird identification is based on a sort of subjective impression- the way a bird moves and little instantaneous appearances at different angles and sequences of different appea... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Monsanto - Why the company failed]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=377</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:56:13 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; Robert Shapiro rose to the top of Monsanto Corp. with a powerful vision for transforming the company from a chemical manufacturer to a life sciences company using genetic engineering ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[River dried up by diversion-USA]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=376</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:11:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt; &lt;STRONG&gt;Judge declares river dried up by diversion to LA revived&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;   The city of Los Angeles has sufficiently restored&lt;BR&gt;a stretch of river along the Sierra ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Indian National Snakebite Protocol]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=375</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:03:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Indian National Snakebite Protocol &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;India has now become the first ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Recreation vs Exploitation ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=373</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;In recent years many western communities have shifted their reliance from drilling, mining and logging to recreational activities like camping, fishing, hunting, skiing, climbing and b... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mogiya poachers -Ranthambore ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=372</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:39:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: #cc6603; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;Mogiya poachers -Ranthambore &lt;/... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aiding Carbon Credit]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=371</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2007 05:03:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;State Bank of India (SBI) plans to create financial instruments to aid carbon credit trading and management and fund and advise clients in the eco-friendly business. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The busin... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Computer tools for conservation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=370</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 5 Aug 2007 21:57:45 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Computer tools for conservation&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;This tool — known as the "SWAP model," short for State Wildlife Action Plan — is unique: It considers ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Film making in Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=369</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 5 Aug 2007 00:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Here is a quote from a prominent African film authority, which is applicable to a large extent to the situation here in India as well.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"As an industry, wildlife and natural his... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[To eradicate poverty, we have to regenerate our ecology]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=368</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;To eradicate poverty, we have to regenerate our ecology&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.cseindia.org/index.html" target=_blank&gt;Centre for Science and Environment... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[ A real victory for tigers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=367</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt; A real victory for tigers&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In a key win in the battle to save wild tigers, The CITES convention on endangered species  rejected a lifting of the 14-year ban on... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[African Rats: The Best TB and Landmine Detectives]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=366</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:46:49 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;African Rats: The Best TB and Landmine Detectives&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;Trained giant African rats, with their extraordinary sense of smell, can detect whether or not a s... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Curse of Copper]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=365</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:57:23 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The Curse of Copper&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Kenya-born film makers, Jenny Sharman and Richard Jones (True Nature Films) won the 'Best Independent' award at Missoula (IWFF... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA["Everyone for Conservation"]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=364</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:44:05 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Congolese film "Everyone for Conservation"(3 hrs) won the Merit Award for best Conservation initiative at the International Wildlife Film Festival, 2007. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The film was prod... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Copy of message sent by  retd IFS officers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=363</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;COPY of the message sent 11.7.07&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;Dear all fellow foresters,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;We the retired Fores... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tigers may be down to 1,300 in India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=362</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:07:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Tigers may be down to 1,300&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Aalarm bells begin to ring; States reluctant to accept statistics, responsibility&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This alarming loss highlight... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comments by Ritwick Dutta, Wildlife Lawyer  ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=361</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:38:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3&gt;&lt;B&gt;Subject: &lt;/B&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3&gt;&lt;B&gt;Re: Draft Fo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comments by Ashok Sharma, I.F.S Contd]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=360</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:38:39 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 110.25pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: norm... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comments by Ashok Sharma, I.F.S -Contd]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=359</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:37:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Rule 4.9 &lt;/B&gt;need... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comments by Ashok Sharma, I.F.S]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=358</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:34:01 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Rule 4(2)&lt;/B&gt; of the draft rules seek... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comments by Ashok Sharma Continued]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=357</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:31:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Some of the other glaring inconsistencies are: &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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<title><![CDATA[Comments by Ashok Sharma , I.F.S]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=356</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:25:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt; &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/F... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tribal Bill objections Continued]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=353</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"&gt;TIME LIMIT:-&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tribal Bill Objections Continued]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=352</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:24:13 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"&gt;RULE 16:-&lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt; &lt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tribal Bill Objections drafted by Lawyer]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=351</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:20:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoBodyTextIndent style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"&gt;OBJECTIONS:&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o n... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Abstract of article by Arnab Sen]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=350</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:15:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;
&lt;TABLE class=frmtbl width="100%" border=0&gt;
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&lt;TD align=left colSpan=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/9144.pdf"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thanal Conservation Action and Information Network]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=349</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2007 06:33:14 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Zero Waste Centre supported by the Kerala Hotels and Restaurants Association, Kerala Tourism and Indian Coast Guards have embarked on a major cleanup drive at Kovalam. The months o... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[International Consumer habits driving global warming]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=348</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:58:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Activists have long accused global corporations of being bad environmental citizens. But the problems of climate change and deforestation are part of a larger phenomenon, in ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Warming and Biodiversity]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=347</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:44:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;As global warming continues, natural habitats will change. In theory, animals would move as their habitats became too warm, but due to the pace of global warming, experts worry that so... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Two wheeler pollution]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=346</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jul 2007 01:45:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Motorcycles typically get about double the gas mileage of even the most fuel-efficient cars—but that doesn't mean they are green. They spew up to 15 times more pollution per mile, most... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA["The Great Indian Tiger Crisis " wins award]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=345</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews- Wildlife, Nature and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"The Great Indian Tiger Crisis" won the award for &lt;STRONG&gt;Best Point of View&lt;/STRONG&gt;  at the International Wildlife Film Festival 2007 at Montana, USA&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Synopsis&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Gre... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA["The Great Indian Tiger Crisis" Film has won an award]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=344</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2007 22:58:38 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"The Great Indian Tiger Crisis" won the award for &lt;STRONG&gt;Best Point of View&lt;/STRONG&gt;  at the International Wildlife Film Festival 2007 at Montana, USA&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Synopsis&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Gre... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[House Sparrows attack]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=343</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:59:41 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Here is an amusing story from Ahmedabad. A flock of sparrows has been pecking at three friends living in Ahmedabad since three days. The pecking is so severe that the men cannot go out... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Send your comments in 45 days]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=342</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:45:58 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Comments, objections and suggestions on the draft Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Rules, 2007, are being invited by the ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bicycle rally in Delhi]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=341</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:22:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"&gt;Delhi Cycling Club is organizing a bicycle ral... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bear Conservation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=340</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:22:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;
&lt;TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width="90%" border=0&gt;
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&lt;H3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Bear Conservation and Protection&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Urban contribution to offset global warming]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=339</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #e5e5e5 0.75pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOT... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[New assaults on nature to combat global warming]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=338</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=left&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Capitalism, faced by natural obstacles, sees no alternative to a new assault on na... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Board for Wildlife]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=337</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:51:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The National Board for Wildlife has been reconstituted with the following members.

The  members are Mahendra Vyas, Brijendra Singh, Divyabhanu Chavda, Dr. Ranjit Sinh, Biswajit Mohanty... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental Impact Analysis]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=336</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:56:54 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Courier New"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Here is an opportunity to learn about EIA-provided by Centre for Science and Environment&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Issue is not People vs Tigers...]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=335</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:34:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;….Simple arithmetic provides a total, today, of around 1,300 tigers in the country; some tiger biologist... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wildlife Crime in India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=334</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:22:41 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Watch these films on Discovery channel on 20&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt; July 2007&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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<title><![CDATA[capitalism and technology to effect positive social change.]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=333</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 9 Jun 2007 11:21:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;There is a growing sense of panic among global political and business leaders, especially in countries such as Singapore that have large coastal regions threatened by rising sea levels... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Where does money get spent? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=332</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 9 Jun 2007 01:47:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;If future generations could vote on how foundations invest their money today, would they choose the current allocation? &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Only 5 percent of U.S. foundation spending goes to the ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Three basic laws of ecology]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=331</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:58:43 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;No species can survive on this planet without respecting the three basic laws of ecology.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; (1) The law of biodiversity—that the strength of an eco-system is dependent upon the ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[comment on article in May ezine]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=330</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Ezine]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:38:56 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Yes this sounds like what the world was like during my childhood and what Manali and its environs were like when I had first visited it in the 1960s. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The present sad state of... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking a cue from global companies]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=329</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 3 Jun 2007 22:03:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Taking a cue from global companies, our own CII ( Confederation of Indian Industries) is writing to 100 large companies in India to measure, manage and reduce their greenhouse gas emis... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[’Caught in the Headlights’]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=328</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:09:09 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Courier New"&gt;CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS Broadcast Premiere on Montana Public Television &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Caught in the Headlights, 53 minutes, 2006 &lt;BR&gt;&lt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:ol(... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Orangutans]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=327</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 23:50:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Both orangutans and chimpanzees share about 96 % of their DNA with humans.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; In a recent study, orangutans have been named as the world's most intelligent animal. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Once ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Butterfly Park in Delhi]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=326</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 23:16:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Encouraged by the number of butterflies visiting the JNU campus, the Jawaharlal Nehru University is all set to develop a Butterfly Park within its premises to attract more species. &lt;/P... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[CEC term is coming to an end]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=325</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 04:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) has made many significant interventions where forests lands are concerned.  It has gone against the wishes of the Ministry of Environment and Fo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yamuna River]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=324</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 22:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Courier New"&gt;CSE invites you to a two-day media briefing workshop to understand the condition of India's rivers, examine existing river cleaning programmes, learn from them... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Films]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=323</link>
<author>susan_sharma@rediffmail.com(Susan)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews- Wildlife, Nature and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 03:15:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Four or five years ago you couldn't give environmental and conservation progr... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Review by National Board for Wildlife]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=322</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 21:05:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt; Project Tiger has been reviewed by the Tiger Task Force constituted by the&lt;BR&gt;National Board for Wildlife, Chaired by the Hon¹ble Prime Minister.  &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;The National Tiger C... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[I=PAT]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=321</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 04:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt"&gt;The organized environmental movement has be... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lion Claws]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=320</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 20:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Lion claws are cult symbols in and around Saurashtra.  There is a belief system built around them.  Fishermen wear them before venturing out to sea, apparently to make them "lion -hear... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jal Satyagraha Launnched in Delhi]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=319</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 08:33:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;DIV align=left&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;Yamuna is in danger and no single organization or person can handle &lt;BR&gt;this. Everybody in Delhi has to come together to tackle its problems. &lt;BR&gt;Instead of laying a ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Raven world’s second smartest creature]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=318</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 08:53:05 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Birdbrain is no longer a sign of stupidity; indeed it could be a sign of surprising intelligence.  &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Scientists Bernd Heinrich and Thomas Bugnyar reveal a series of experime... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Delhi]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=317</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 21:19:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The CO2 levels are going up by 2ppm per year, with Delhi adding 963 new cars daily to the city's fleet. To ensure that the temperature does not go up by more than two degrees by the tu... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A political challenge?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=316</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 23:43:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=left&gt;"Developing  world can leapfrog to a new energy future-from no fuel to the most advanced fuel. The biofuel can come from non-edible tree crops-jatropha in India, for example... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Godavari Basin, IIT Delhi and UK]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=315</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 21:51:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A regional climate change study is being done on the Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) basin by IIT Delhi and UK based scientists. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Godavari basin extends over three million sq.km ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Constitutional  Provisions in India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=314</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 06:17:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Article 48A and Part IV A of the Constitution grant environment supremacy over development. The Constitution, on a sensitive provision in Article 48A states:"The State shall endeavour ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental Law]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=313</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 20:24:48 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Environmental law in India has developed partly in response to demands by environmental groups and partly as a result of international conventions. The laws to protect bio diversity we... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wildlife Asia Film Festival]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=312</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 20:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Wildlife Asia Film Festival took place in March 2007 in Singapore. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"Cherub of the Mist" by Bedi Films (India)won the "Best Asian Film " award. "Village of Dust, City of Water"... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slow Loris]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=311</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 08:17:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Slow Lorises&lt;/STRONG&gt; need your help! &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The 14th Conference of Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Fauna and Flora) takes place in The Neth... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kaziranga National Park]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=310</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 21:39:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Kaziranga National Park is a clear case where hard work of the forest staff went unrewarded and unnoticed while the Park had the distinction of protecting a healthy population of rhino... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sunderbans Tigers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=309</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 08:15:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;In the Sunderbans, both man and animal face a threat from rise in sea levels. A 10-year study in and around the Bay of Bengal has already revealed that the sea is rising at 3.14mm a ye... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Water Towers of Asia]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=308</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 23:09:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The "Water towers of Asia" or the Himalayas feed seven of Asia's great rivers. A meltdown due to melting glaciers which are receding at an average rate of 10-15 meters per year, could ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eco tourism in India and Pakistan]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=307</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 01:59:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Key comments in a survey conducted by Planeta.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flood and drought]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=306</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 22:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;.........Three quarters of the 634 million people deemed to be most at risk from rising sea levels connected to global warming live in Asia. Coastal cities in the developed world, such... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are chimps more evolved?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=305</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 08:21:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A comparison of 14,000 human and chimpanzee genes by researchers at the  University of Michigan, U.S, shows that the forces of natural selection have had the greatest impact on our ape... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade underground]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=304</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Captive Elephants]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 21:20:06 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Researchers estimate the captive elephant figures in India to be around 5000, while the official figures are 3500. Ambiguity in numbers and a ban on interstate trade has pushed elephan... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Role of films in education]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=303</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:12:48 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;" .there is very little evidence to show that videos are used in the classroom, especially at primary and upper primary level, though impact can be huge considering the visual memory o... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[From the equator towards the poles]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=302</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Scientists say it has become increasingly clear that worldwide precipitation is shiftng away from the equator and toward the poles. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;While rich countries are hardly immune from... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Festival elephants in Kerala]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=301</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Captive Elephants]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2007 01:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;March /April is the time for temple festivals in Kerala where hundreds of elephants are displayed as part of the festivities. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Increasing competition among festival committe ow... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plant pesticides in Kerala]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=300</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:12:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;It all began two years ago when hundreds of butterflies perished at Muthalamada in Palakkad district of Kerala. The butterflies' holocaust was followed by the unusual death of cattle i... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Migrating butterflies protected in Taiwan]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=299</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The milkweed butterflies, indigenous to Taiwan, migrate in late March from Southern Taiwan to the north, where they lay eggs and die. The young butterflies then fly south every Novembe... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elephant’s DAY?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=298</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Captive Elephants]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;See a video on the celebrations in Thailand on Elephant's Day &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2948365"&gt;http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2948365&lt;/... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=297</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:55:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Clean energy, ................is 2.3% of the US electricity market. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The 2.3% breaks down the following way:&lt;BR&gt;1.5% from bio-mass&lt;BR&gt;0.44% from wind&lt;BR&gt;0.36% for geothermal&lt;BR... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will it go Extinct?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=296</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Asiatic Lion]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:32:41 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Will the Asiatic lion go extinct in the wild during our lifetime? Read what experts and concerned individuals have to say on the ground realities by clicking &lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reactions from Assam]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=295</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2007 23:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Reactions from ASSAM&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;.....The tribal bodies are doubtful about the efficacy of the new Act in protecting fully the interests of the tribal people ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comments on interlinking rivers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=294</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:10:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=Interlinking+Rivers"&gt;Comments on interlinking rivers by yahoo group members&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo members review]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=293</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews- Wildlife, Nature and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=Film+Reviews"&gt;Yahoo members review&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo members on films]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=292</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:05:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=nature+wildlife+films"&gt;Yahoo group on films on wildlife&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comments on ezine]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=291</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Ezine]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:02:43 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=Ezine"&gt;Hear Yahoo members talk about IWC ezine&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo members on EE!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=290</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=Environmental+Education"&gt;Postings on Environmental Education in our yahoo group&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Discovering nature without the Discovery Channel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=289</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2007 05:05:42 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"My parents have always been opposed to buying a TV and they were trying to explain to us the reasons why they were not falling in line with the TV-buying public. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;We could... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo group ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=288</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:59:10 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=environment+awareness"&gt;Yahoo members on Environment Awareness&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo group]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=287</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:57:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=engineers+environment"&gt;Yahoo group on "Engineers and Environment"&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving electricity at IITB]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=286</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:49:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;IIT Mumbai, Powai, is saving electricity on a daily basis and it's being done with a few thousand square feet of mirrors, discovers Piali Banerjee&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Indian Institute of Techn... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo members on Eco tour]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=285</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 Mar 2007 21:08:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=eco+tour"&gt;Yahoo members on Eco tour&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo forum on E-governance for conservation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=284</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 Mar 2007 21:04:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=e+governance+for+conservation"&gt;Yahoo forum on E-governance for conservation&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo club posts on Climate change and global warming]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=283</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=climate+change+and+global+warming"&gt;Yahoo club posts on Climate change and global warming&lt;/A&gt; ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo members on Community reserves]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=282</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:48:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=community+reserves"&gt;Yahoo members on Community reserves&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[yahoo club discussions]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=281</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Captive Elephants]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:42:13 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=captive+elephants"&gt;Yahoo club members on Captive Elephants!&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Related topics]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=280</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:39:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indianwildlifeclub2/msearch?query=bio+diversity"&gt;Read what our yahoo group members say on bio-diversity!&lt;/A&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scientists Launch Amphibian Ark to Stave Off Frog Extinctions]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=279</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:09:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;In February, 2007 scientists from around the world kicked off the Amphibian Ark project, a global campaign to protect the world's vanishing amphibian species from a ravenous killer fun... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Tech]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=278</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:15:02 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Green Tech: Eco Software&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;Environmental degradtion affects everyone; is being &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;caused-in varying degrees- by everyone... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sell the Tiger to Save it?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=277</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:35:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Selling the Tiger to Save it?&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"Enforcement of wildlife laws in China is lax, one of the main reasons that smuggling is so rampant and this lax... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Opinions heard at Wildscreen-India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=276</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:35:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/S... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Computer costing less than Rs 5000/-?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=275</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:01:53 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt; &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Documentary films in India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=274</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Documentary film making in India has always been a challenging task.&lt;SPAN style="mso-space... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[HIGHLIGHTNING TOURISM’S ROLE IN CLIMATE RESPONSE]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=273</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:55:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;HIGHLIGHTNING TOURISM'S ROLE IN CLIMATE RESPONSE&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt; "There is now &lt;BR&gt;unequivocal proof from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change&lt;BR&gt;and the Stern report that climate cha... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[IPCC Report on Global Warming]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=272</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Feb 2007 01:15:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;PRE style="MARGIN-TOP: 7.5pt; BACKGROUND: white"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;IPCC Report on Global Warming&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:sc... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cockatoos Story]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=271</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Anthropomorphism]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 Feb 2007 05:12:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A picture story sent in by a friend was so moving I thought we must have a blog topic exclusively for "anthromorphism". Anthropomorphism, also called personification, is the attributio... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bearing the Heat for the Teddy Bear Treat]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=270</link>
<author>jayanthsharma@msn.com(Jayanth Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 06:16:53 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I travelled to the lesser known Daroji Bear Sanctuary a few days back. with atleast 22 sightings of the Sloth bears, the trip was very succesful. &lt;A href="http://www.wildlifetimes.com/for... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Women Foresters for Maharashtra]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=269</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:44:58 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Maharashtra all set to induct women foresters&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;CHANDRAPUR: For 21-year-old Yogita Madavi, the steep climb of Tipagarh hills in the naxal-hit Gadchi... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Foundation for Ecological Security]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=268</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:41:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Sustainable management of natural resources at grass roots-Foundation for Ecological Security&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Many of the human activities that modify or destroy ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Walk on Tree Canopy!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=267</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:15:58 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;An amazing treetop walk through the dense forests of Naduvathumoozhy, near Konni, is likely to become a reality soon. And God's Own Country will be able to offer tourists one more majo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=266</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:10:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The number of sick birds, both wild and domesticated, continues to mount at the Sukhna lake in Chandigarh,   with the UT wildlife department rescuing a large egret and a domesticated g... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[UFW to Bedaguli – Trip Report]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=265</link>
<author>akshath@gmail.com(Akshathkumar Shetty)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:10:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[UFW to Bedaguli – Trip Report
&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.wildlifetimes.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=584"&gt;HTML Version&lt;/a&gt;
    
&lt;a href="http://akshath.googlepages.com/UFWtoBedagu... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taxi drivers as eco-tour guides at GOA]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=264</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:39:49 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Mollem National Park:&lt;/STRONG&gt; The core zone of Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary ( GOA) comprising an area of 107 sq. km. was notified as a National Park during 1978. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The West - Return to  more environfriendly travel? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=263</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:53:06 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Our transportation choices obviously have a major impact on the environment, so what can we do to lessen our impact on the planet and reduce our dependence on oil? &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Fed... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hybrid Cars]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=262</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:43:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;In a new study issued last week, automotive consumer information service Intellichoice.com reported that gasoline-electric hybrid cars and trucks—favored by environmentalists for sippi... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sunderbans]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=261</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:25:06 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The sea is steadily eating into the Sundarbans, the world's largest delta and mangrove forest, threatening an ecological disaster for the Bengal basin region. The 20,000 square kilomet... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marine turtles-two stories]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=260</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dead Olive Ridleys have been spotted in large numbers at Gahirmatha, Devi river mouth, Jatadhar river mouth, Harishpur areas, Chilika coast and Puri. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The situation went out of... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clouded leopard]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=259</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:40:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Frequently overshadowed by bigger, better known inhabitants of India's jungles, such as the tiger, elephant and leopard, little is known about the clouded leopard. . A smaller member o... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Screening at workplaces?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=258</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:44:47 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Social and environmental film makers all over the world are, generally speaking, a much troubled lot on the financial front. What keeps them going, more than anything else, is thei... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Roots and Shoots]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=257</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:34:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Roots and Shoots&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I had the privilege of listening to Jane Goodall at the Brish Council on 21 Jan 2007, while she w... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Poaching in Panna]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=256</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:47:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Poachers in Panna targeted the wildlife to celebrate the new year and killed dozens of animals. Most hit were the bucks. It is learnt, in Umaria beat an incident of killing of bucks ca... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Human Animal Conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=255</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wild Elephants]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;A scientific study conducted by an Asiatic elephant expert from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has concluded that RCC wal... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[First white-backed vulture bred in captivity ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=254</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:18:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Following efforts that lasted for over five years, the first white-backed vulture baby was born at the Haryana-based Vulture Conservat... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hyderabad Zoo takes up breeding of Mouse Deer]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=253</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:12:07 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Wildlife officials are all set to start breeding of the endangered species Mouse Deer, also known as `Spotted Indian Chevrotain', at N... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[RED SAND BOA]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=252</link>
<author>adi_sawant@rediffmail.com(aditya)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Jan 2007 04:39:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Plz inform me what is record size of red sand boa!... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[environmental education at shool]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=251</link>
<author>divyacoffee@yahoo.co.in(Divya Chandran)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Jan 2007 00:31:38 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;EM&gt;This is regarding the present scenario of school level environmental education prevailing in our country...The fact that evs is a very easy subject makes it... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Borneo]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=250</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A new report by WWF details how scientists have uncovered dozens of species of plants and animals formerly unknown to science in the jungles and coastal waters of the Indonesian island... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mangroves, trees]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=249</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:18:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The term "greenbelt" refers to any area of undeveloped natural land that has been set aside near urban or developed land to provide open space, offer light recreational opportunities o... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wiping Out Lantana Weeds]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=248</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 06:08:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Delhi University has developed a technology to wipe out Lantana Camara, a weed which has created havoc invading millions of acres of deserted landscapes. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; &lt;BR&gt;The te... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND TRADITONAL KNOWLEDGE]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=247</link>
<author>susan_sharma@rediffmail.com(Susan)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:32:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Barasingha  and Hangul ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=246</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Barasingha in Kanha N.P and Hangul in  Dachigam N. P ( J&amp;K)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;The barasingha, the beautiful deer with twelv... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tribal Bill becomes Law]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=245</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:23:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Tribal rights Bill Passed&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The law which gives tribals rights to forest land is expected to cover nearly ten lakh tribals and traditional forest-d... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Pollution]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=244</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:05:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;Si... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A considered opinion]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=243</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:01:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"The fact is that warming of the global atmosphere is possibly the biggest and most difficult economic and political issue the world has ever needed to confront. I say this because... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[India lives in many centuries!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=242</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:07:19 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Delhi Wildlife Department rescued seven owls belonging to the species" Indian Horned Owl", in Old Delhi.  &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The seizure has brought to light a racket run in the nam... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seething Singur]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=241</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:39:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The headlines scream of a seething Singur in Calcutta, where Tatamotors are acquiring land to set up an automotive plant. The settlement to the farmers is handsome, yet farmers ask,"Wh... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Grameen Bank founder wins Nobel Peace prize]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=240</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Dec 2006 22:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The award of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus is a tremendous accomplishment for the founder of Grameen Bank, Bangladesh and for the field of social entrepreneurship. &lt;/P&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental Impact]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=239</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Dec 2006 03:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Courier New"&gt;Training: Understanding and deciphering EIA: from screening to decision-making &lt;BR&gt;New Delhi, January 8-13, 2006 &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;=============================== &lt;BR&gt;&lt;B... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elephant corridors do not respect political borders!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=238</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wild Elephants]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:15:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Wild Elephants of Nepal have all but vanished.  It is said that the occasional herd is from the forests of Shiwaliks and the TERAI along the Himalyan foothills in U.P.&lt;BR&gt;With rap... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil shows the way!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=237</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:44:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dener Giovanini (Brazil) has designed a citizen-based network to fight the third largest illegal business in the world, animal trafficking. He incorporates Internet communications into... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ecological security]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=236</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:55:02 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dr. JA McNeely, Chief Scientist, IUCN (World Conservation Union), will be speaking on "Ecological Security:The Foundation of Sustainable Development" at the India International Centre ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[WATER WARS started in the South of India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=235</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments are at loggerheads over the 100-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala's Idukki district. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Tamil Nadu wants the water level in the dam raised... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Counting endangered Bengal Tigers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=234</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:48:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Scientists of the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered species (&lt;STRONG&gt;La-Cones), Attapur, Hyderabad&lt;/STRONG&gt;, have come up with tiger census system using DNA fingerprinting.... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The RTI (Right to Information) Act]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=233</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 01:00:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The RTI ( Right to Information) Act of India is a historic legislation. But, it rests with the people of India to make their government and authorities accountable. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;To enable ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wildlife living in the seas and rivers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=232</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:45:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Sustaining Fish Stocks &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A new study by the environmental research organization Worldwatch has found that consumers are playing an increasingly large role in dictating the terms... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Tiger Conservation Authority]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=231</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:13:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the state governments on a PIL challenging the creation of tiger reserves in the already existing national parks and san... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Community reserves across the world ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=230</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:30:13 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Across the world, a new paradigm of conservation is spreading, one in which responsibility for wildlife protection and benefits of forests are shared with communities. Two trends have... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Screenings by WWF India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=229</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:58:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 367.0pt 6.75in" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;WWF-INDIIA&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P cla... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Translocating tigers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=228</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:52:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Sariska tiger sanctuary, had lost its entire tiger population to excessive poaching in the area. On October 30, a crucial meeting between the Rajasthan government and the Union ministr... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living on a Blue planet]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=227</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2006 06:05:01 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;“The oceans define our planet, and their fate may to a large extent determine our fate, now and in the future.” &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The study &lt;STRONG&gt;'Impact of biodiversity loss on ocean system ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farm bred Tigers or Wild Tigers?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=226</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2006 03:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;The visit of a Chinese delegation to Delhi to re-look an MOU signed in 1995&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacer... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[podcast of Green Films]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=225</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Green Planet Films support environmental education through film, and their newest enterprise is a podcast called GREENSTREAM: a source for eco film news. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;With p... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Poaching of Marine Wealth]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=224</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:58:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Indian Coast Guard plays an important role in catching poachers who trade in ocean wealth; turtles, crocodiles, dolpins to name a few. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Recently, the Indian Coast Guards na... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chhoto Mollakhali,  East Sunderbans]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=223</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:39:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;This village has no electricity, no transport or even the basic medical facilities.&lt;SPAN style="... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wildlife Rehabilitation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=222</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:39:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is developing a network of wildlife rehabilitators working in India who would like to rehabilitate distressed wildlife through Emergency Relief Network (E... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[WildScreen Awards-2006]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=221</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:25:49 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Two Indian films have made it to top awards at the prestigious "Wildscreen" Film Festival at Bristol, U.K. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;These are &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;NEWS AWARD&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt; Last Dance of th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Increasing Stakes of Local Communities]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=220</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:37:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A workshop on &lt;STRONG&gt;`Rising stakes of local community in conservation of forests and wildlife: Institutionalisation of eco-tourism involving local communities'&lt;/STRONG&gt; was organised... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Increasing Stakes of Local Communities]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=219</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:35:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A workshop on &lt;STRONG&gt;`Rising stakes of local community in conservation of forests and wildlife: Institutionalisation of eco-tourism involving local communities'&lt;/STRONG&gt; was organised... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interlinkingin Europe and China]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=218</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:12:47 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Yury Trutnev, Russia's natural resources minister said, Russia is still in two minds about whether to revive a controversial Soviet-era plan to divert Siberian rivers to the arid Cent... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Distributing on the internet]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=217</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:27:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;For an ecologically sensitive film maker, films are a medium of communication and the communication process is not completed until the message is delivered to the proper audience and f... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Elephant Management School in Europe!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=216</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Captive Elephants]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Hamburg(Germany) zoo director Dr. Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck and British elephant trainer Alan Roocroft teach keepers and handlers how to care for elephants in captivity-at the First Eur... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wind Energy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=215</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:29:14 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Here is an excerpt from a report in the New York Times dated 28 September 2006. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Wind power may still have an image as something of a plaything of environmentalists more concer... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cross-bred lions-Indian and African]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=214</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Looking to devise a special attraction during the eighties, the Punjab Zoo's administrators created a unique hybrid species by cross-breeding Asiatic and African lions. Less well-known... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google.org project to alleviate global warming]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=213</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:44:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The ambitious founders of Google, the popular search engine company, have set up a philanthropy, giving it seed money of about $1 billion and a mandate to tackle poverty, disease and g... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yamuna Bio-diversity Park]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=212</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Yamuna Bio diversity Park&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; I visited the Yamuna Biodiversity Park in September 2006 and was quite impressed by the work being done to save th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[New bird species in Arunachal Pradesh!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=211</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:40:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A striking multi-colored bird has been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh making it the first ornithological find in the country in more than half a century. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Discovery of this ne... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[New bird species discovered by an astrophysicist!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=210</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:39:02 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A striking multi-colored bird has been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh making it the first ornithological find in the country in more than half a century. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Discovery of this ne... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered Great Indian Bustard]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=209</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:06:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;BNHS ( Bombay Natural History Society)&lt;/STRONG&gt; is an NGO working silently and persistently for conservation. For the last five years they have been working to save the grassla... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[An effort worth emulating by Sarmoli Van Panchayat!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=208</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:22:07 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Community based conservation-Uttaranchal&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A Van Panvhayat ( Village Forest Council) near the trijunction of India, Nepal and Tibet, called 'Sarmoli-Jainti' has... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Economists Worried?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=207</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:24:45 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Economist writes in a survey: &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"This survey will argue that although the science remains uncertain, the chances of serious consequences are high enough to make it worth spe... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Feed back on IWC Ezine ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=206</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Ezine]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:01:40 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;For an idea to be spread, it needs to be sent and received.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; Ideas never spread because they are important to the originator. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A key element in the spreading of th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Who killed the electric car?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=205</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:52:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Who Killed the Electric Car? &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The year is 1990. California is in a pollution crisis. Smog threatens public health. Desperate for a solution, the California Air Resources Board ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Penalty increased]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=204</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 9 Sep 2006 05:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006 (No. 39 of 2006) has come into force on 4th September 2006. The Act provides for creating the National Tiger Conservation Authority and t... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flash floods ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=203</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 9 Sep 2006 02:21:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Ramaswamy Iyer, former chief secretary in the water resources ministry said that there is an inherent conflict of the flood control objective with the other objective of trying to maxi... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Greener way to Fly!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=202</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 00:12:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Expedia.com®,  became the first online travel agency to offer travelers the ability to purchase carbon offsets -- carbon dioxide reduction measures used to help cancel out the gre... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Greener Way to Fly]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=201</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Expedia.com®,  became the first online travel agency to offer travelers the ability to purchase carbon offsets -- carbon dioxide reduction measures used to help cancel out the gre... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A unique solution to Human-Elephant Conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=200</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Sep 2006 05:55:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A three phase project to protect  tribals and earmark biologically sustainable forests for an elephant reserve, is taking shape in Chattisgarh.  &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;'Chhattisgarh has be... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advanced search on archives]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=199</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Ezine]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:22:47 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Did you know that the IWC ezines for the last 5 years + are searchable for content?  All vistors to IWC.com can freely avail of the 'Advanced Search" button at the bottom of our h... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flood Control through Dams?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=198</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:54:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Almost every year, floods ravage various states. According to news reports in most of the cases, the flood disaster has been caused by panic release of water from dams since inflow to... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flood control]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=197</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:03:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Barney Flynn&lt;/STRONG&gt;, a former prune and almond grower, used his experience as a farmer and businessman to come up with an inventive way to help California farmers transform u... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ullas Karanth on Tiger]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=196</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:13:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Wildlife biologist Ullas Karanth on Tiger&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Q: What's wrong with the concept of sustainable use and the idea of financing projects for local people to make money... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shift plea ignored ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=195</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:46:39 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A 22-km bridge from Sewri in Central Mumbai to Nhava in Navi Mumbai, proposed to be built ( work expected to start in Dec 2006) will destroy the Sewri habitat of lesser flamingoes. &lt;/P... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tiger Conservation Authority]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=194</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A national Tiger Conservation Authority (TCA) has finally been set up with constitutional power, though heavily diluted with 13 radical clauses to placate the tribal lobby. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tiger Conservation Authority]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=193</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:35:23 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A national Tiger Conservation Authority (TCA) has finally been set up with constitutional power, though heavily diluted with 13 radical clauses to placate the tribal lobby. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Empowering communities-an opinion]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=192</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:48:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I found this post in an MSN group and thought that it is worth sharing. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"I, too, have set out in the world determined to help the plight of endangered species. But there is li... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[What attracts tourists to India?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=191</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The "Outlook" Magazine conducted a survey of a carefully selected sample of 150 people each in the cities of New York, London and Bejing.  To the question&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; 'Do the wi... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Human elephant conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=190</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:22:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;" I think that compensation can only be a temporary solution and that too in areas with low levels of conflict. In the long term, we can solve the conflict( or should I say minimise th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leatherback turtles]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=189</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:58:42 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Decmber 2004 tsunami has seriously disrupted breeding patterns of the endangered &lt;STRONG&gt;leatherback turtle&lt;/STRONG&gt; in the Andaman and Nicobar islands where 400-600 used to nest d... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Free booklets on birds and butterflies]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=188</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne&lt;/STRONG&gt;, an Engineer and Chartered Accountant for 15 years in the U.K, returned to Srilanka with the aim of creating a million wildlife enthusiasts ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Singapore!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=187</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:58:05 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A country with no natural wealth of its own, is attracting tourists worldwide who want to study animal behavior. This country is Singapore. Jurong Bird Park and Santosa Island are must... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Educating the greedy of the world]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=186</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 6 Aug 2006 01:29:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Illegal trade in endangered species can't be attributed to socioeconomic factors. People doing this, in most cases, have other means of finding income. It is &lt;STRONG&gt;pure greed&lt;/STRONG... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media nad Educators -a distinction]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=185</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Aug 2006 20:52:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;There could be a reason why -quote- the "newly industrialized" countries are not starting from the enhanced ideas on environmental protection unquote-. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The way I see it, it is... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[We already have the Information Needed]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=184</link>
<author>amin@knowtech.ca(Amin Adatia)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The information needed to protect and enhance the environment is and has been available. The only thing that has not changed is, as you say, the greed and short-sightedness. It is a wonde... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Australian Experience]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=183</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:44:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Excerpt from an article by Gaurav Gupta in &lt;EM&gt;Indian Express&lt;/EM&gt; dated 28 July 2006 &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Australian experience stands as a dire warning not only to the conservationists who a... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Food Security]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=182</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:10:53 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For a poor country like India, filling one's stomach is priority.  But the poor are not vandalising wildlife or forests.  It is the greed of short sighted people which does this.  The dev... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does it matter when I have no food?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=181</link>
<author>amin@knowtech.ca(Amin Adatia)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:20:41 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why would it matter when all I really want is some wood to burn to cook my food? Actually what I really want is some food to begin with.

The real culprits are the "educated persons" wh... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Linking may lead to more frequent flooding of the Betwa river]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=180</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:03:44 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;EVERYTHING about this controversial project is low-key. The Ken-Betwa Link Project is the first link in a series of projects to build dams and canals between 30 of India's rivers, majo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A lot needs to be done!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=179</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:11:40 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The time has come for environmental education to move out of class rooms and address real problems out there. Environmental Education, I have always believed, is a life long learning s... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are we doing enough to protect TIGER, the most potent symbol of Asia? ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=178</link>
<author>puja.priyadarshini@iap-online.net(Puja)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:23:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to researchers the tiger population has dropped over the past 100 years from an estimated 100,000 in 1900 to only 4000 in the 1970's. 


In wake of the tiger crisis, governme... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tigers in Trouble - Protect Them]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=177</link>
<author>puja.priyadarshini@iap-online.net(Puja)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:36:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TIGER, the most potent symbol of Asia, the pride of the Jungle is facing trouble. Today there is little ground remaining for our national animal. 
 
According to researchers the tiger p... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[What can a city dweller do?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=176</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:26:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Simple actions such as maintaining a wildlife friendly garden can actually contribute to biodiversity. Its a long shot but if everyone where to modify their gardens in this way it coul... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental education has no borders]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=175</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:10:32 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Courses in environmental studies are very good at describing issues. Educators must also give techniques or tools for aspiring environmental professionals. Here is the gist of a d... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental problems]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=174</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:32:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Environmental problems are very site specific, and any good solution needs to factor in social and economical aspects. It comes with experience, and with asking lots of questions. &lt;/P&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Cats in Crisis – Save Them]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=173</link>
<author>puja.priyadarshini@iap-online.net(Puja)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Poaching]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:27:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TIGER, the most potent symbol of Asia, the pride of the Jungle is facing trouble. Today there is little ground remaining for our national animal. 
 
According to researchers the tiger p... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Invisible rural engineer]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=172</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:03:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Chewang Norphel, 67, is a soft-spoken innovator from Ladakh. For over 15 years, Norphel, a civil engineer by training, has been building ‘artificial glaciers' to make life a little eas... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Power of Video to change/motivate? Read this real life story]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=171</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 9 Jul 2006 21:21:53 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Ela Bhatt was totally sold on the idea. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;With support from the United Nations Development Programme and USAID, she managed to bring the Martha Stewart team to Ahmedabad. Twent... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Exploiting natural resources for development]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=170</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 8 Jul 2006 21:39:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;What is your opinion on the concept of reclaiming land for tribals? &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Ans: That would be very important all over India. One of the problems that tribals are facing is that their... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Siachen Science Park]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=169</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Jul 2006 21:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Troop withdrawal from Siachen is still to be resolved but Indian and Pakistani scientists have begun pushing for a geosciences lab to study the glacier and eventually convert it into a... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Can evolution run backwards?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=168</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Jul 2006 20:23:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Can two species that have evolved from one species collapse into one once again? In other words, can evolution run backwards? &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Two fledgling species can become different enough... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Evolution and Climate change]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=167</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Jul 2006 01:39:39 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;How is it possible for one species to give rise to more than one subsequent species? &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;One process by which this can occur is through the dividion of a population into two or mo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tribal Bill 2006]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=166</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Jul 2006 21:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The tribal bill provides communities right to protect and manage any "community forest resource" that they have been traditionally conserving and to impose penalties on anyone vio... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kolkatta "NO" to interlinking of rivers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=165</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jul 2006 20:23:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"There has been a proposal from the Centre to interlink the Teesta, Sankosh and Manas rivers in North Bengal and link it with the Ganga. The objective is to ensure a good supply of wat... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sustainable Travel?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=164</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 2 Jul 2006 05:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;It seems that travel related activities account for about 1/3 of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. In many cases one round trip flight emits more carbon than your automobile does in ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Research Paper-South Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=163</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:05:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Research Paper dated 17 Feb 2005 by School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, South Africa &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;New forest policies in South Africa seek to reconcile conserv... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conservation in Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=162</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:49:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Community based conservation projects in Africa have contributed to decreases in poaching. Increase in wildlife game reserves and direct benefits from trophy hunting have promoted a utali... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Animals, agriculture and city planning]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=161</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:03:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;...The Food and Agricultural Organisation(FAO) of the United Nations recommends urban agriculture including animal rearing within cities as a useful means to tackle poverty and promote... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A study done in Annapurna Conservation area (Nepal)]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=160</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:01:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Community -based approaches to management of protected areas are increasingly being implemented in many areas. In a research study published in the journal &lt;EM&gt;Environmental Conservati... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A joke by our 'thinkers']]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=159</link>
<author>rauf@auroville.org.in(Rauf Ali)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:06:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two astonishing features of the bill  leap out:

The process: we've wiped out the tiger in some places, so wiping out more habitat will ensure its future, according to the Tiger Task Fo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Army to have powers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=158</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:02:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The National Wildlife Board met on 19th June 2006 under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of India.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; The Board decided to give legal powers under the Wildlife Protect... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Definition of traditional forest dwellers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=157</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:52:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;According to Ashish Kothari of 'Kalpavriksh', an environment action group, the expansive definition of traditional forest dwellers, provides scope for state governments, land mafia and... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[tribal Bill-is the cut off date of 2005 going to benefit the real tribals?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=156</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tribal Bill-How it will affect our forests]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:24:06 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;On 18th June 2006 we had an online chat on the "Tribal bill". The chat log can be read by clicking on the link below. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/mainsite/ChatT... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Protecting Wildlife is the way forward!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=155</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:32:48 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Why should it be every citizen's concern to protect endangered species, and how can one be of assistance? Not just by volunteering with NGOs working for the cause, but are there ways i... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alternate fuel-Ethanol 101]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=154</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:40:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Ethanol is a renewable fuel distilled mainly from corn. In the near future, ethanol may also be produced using agricultural and wood waste, of which there is an abundant supply for bot... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gaps in implementation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=153</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife , Forest Laws]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:06:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Why is the impending exinction not being checked through the legal system? India is a party to CITES, has its own Wildlife Protection Act. Where are the gaps? Implementation..Convictio... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA["Invertebrate Diversity and Conservation in the Western]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=152</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:31:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Western Ghats is one of the two hot spots of India. Like many other tropical countries, very little is known about the diversity and distribution of invertebrates from India. This poor... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Automated vehicular pollution detection system(Pollution Buster)]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=151</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:56:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Four students from Dr.B.V Raju Institute of Technology, Narsapur, Medak District, Andhra Pradesh have designed a "Pollution Buster". &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The device includes a user module comprisi... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living With the Park]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=150</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:12:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ9QxZ7hS5U"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ9QxZ7hS5U&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Comments on 'YouTube' &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Question by &lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do we harm nature unconsciously?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=149</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:03:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;How do everyday human activities (seemingly innocuous, though) harm an already threatened species of plants/animals? I mean, do we end up harming nature even unconsciously? ( Question:... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Threats to endangered species]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=148</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:13:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The major threat to endangered species is man's insensitiveness to the fragile web of living things. Blaming deforestation, poaching, wildlife trade etc is addressing the issue in bits... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[ environsciences.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=147</link>
<author>gaganmatta@gmail.com(gagan matta)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Jun 2006 01:11:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.environsciences.com"&gt;http://www.environsciences.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; This site contains useful information about environment/nature studies and have the details of... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sarang The Peacock]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=146</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews- Wildlife, Nature and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Jun 2006 21:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;From: welldunn77 &lt;WELLDUNN77@YAHOO.COM&gt;To: "Susan Sharma" &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SHARMASUSAN@YAHOO.COM&gt;Subject: Lovely Peacock one, Susan &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 9:57 PM &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Hi, Su... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[India's own 'Diane Fossey']]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=145</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:49 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;She spent most of her short life working on turtles and there is a small memorial to her right next to the turtle pond at the Madras Crocodile Bank. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Viji (as Vijaya was called... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brahmaputra-Ganga Link]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=144</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Jun 2006 01:37:10 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Subansiri, a tributary of Brahmaputra&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Lower Subansiri (LS) Hydel Project is planned on the river Subansiri, one of the main tributaries of the mighty Brahmaput... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Grey water recycling in Mathematical Institute ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=143</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 3 Jun 2006 20:21:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Chennai Mathematical Institute, spread across five acres in Siruseri, proposes to implement a grey water recycling system in its premises. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The project, in its first phase,... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Major challenge facing the World]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=142</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Jun 2006 03:13:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"I think climate change is the major challenge facing the world. I have waited until the proof was conclusive that it was humanity changing the climate. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The thing that really ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[" Fledge" The GREEN CAR]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=141</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jun 2006 01:39:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Seven mechanical engineering students of the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) put together the prototype of the country's first gasoline-electric hybrid car. Named "The Fledge".&nbsp... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Message to all polluters!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=140</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 21:29:41 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Watch the short video at the following link. It plays well at our internet speeds too! &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;A message to the world's greatest polluter. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.stopglobalwarmi... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Assam first Indian State to use Bamboo-generated power]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=139</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 23:49:09 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Bamboo flowering and eventual death of the species in the seasons  make available large scale bamboo residues. This has to be utilized continuously and on large scale so that... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate change-impact at local level]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=138</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 02:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Discovery channel is showing a one hour program "Climate Change -an untold story". The feature has four documentaries made in India. &lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;"Climate's First Orphans"-by Nila M... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Soil Biotechnology]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=137</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Engineers and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 21:55:38 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A new method called Soil Biotechnolgy(SBT), developed by IIT, Mumbai, is being used for sewage treatment at Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;All the plastic and solid waste is... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Decline in the population of sparrows]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=136</link>
<author>NAUGHTY_AVI05@YAHOO.COM(AVINASH)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 13:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Hi guys,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; I am not an expert in ornithology nor am I an avid bird watcher. But the simple concern over the fact that the most common bird of India is rapidly dissapearing,... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asiatic Lion]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=135</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 19:52:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Asiatic lion is struggling to survive in its last wild home in India. The Asiatic lion is considered a different species from its African cousin. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Read a well researched ar... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo group for Indian documentary makers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=134</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 19:46:49 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Join Docuwallahs2, a list focussing on documentary films (mainly from India)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; &lt;A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/docuwallahs2"&gt;http://groups.yahoo.com/group/docuwallah... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wild Buffalo ( Water Buffalo)]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=133</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 20:44:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;With only a few hundreds left in the wild, the wild buffalos (Bubalus Bubalis) in India could soon turn extinct unless an urgent action for their conservation is initiated. Wildlife Tr... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jerdon's Courser]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=132</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 20:32:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Jerdon's Courser&lt;/STRONG&gt; - which is a small nocturnal bird found in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh was thought to be extinct till it was re-discovered in 1986. But the Te... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seoul(South Korea) -a travelogue]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=131</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 02:12:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Seoul-Where Modernity Bows to Tradition" was screened at &lt;STRONG&gt;Journeys&lt;/STRONG&gt;,' the first film festival on travel which was held in the capital city of Kerala. Read a report abou... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet connectivity for rural areas]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=130</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 02:04:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Ashok Jhunjhunwala of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, is the key expert behind innovation of cordDECT technology,a low-cost advanced Wireless Access System.&lt;/P&gt;
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<title><![CDATA[Ken -Betwa Link]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=129</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2006 08:39:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The MOU for starting the canal work to link the Ken and Betwa was signed in August 2005. The canal will originate at the Daudhan Dam and four more dams will be constructed in the Panna... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA["An Inconvenient Truth"]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=128</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Climate change and Global Warmimg]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 23:46:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Former Vice president of the U.S.A Al Gore has produced the documentary &lt;STRONG&gt;"An Inconvenient Truth" &lt;/STRONG&gt;which premiered in May 2006. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"Al Gore strips his presentations... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A afternnon activities of Birds]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=127</link>
<author>adi_sawant@rediffmail.com(aditya)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 08:21:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Comic Sans MS"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;As every bird watcher knows  morning time is best time for bird watching or evening time. &lt;FONT color=#dc143c&gt;But any time have You tried What are th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Youtube - watch trailers on desktop]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=126</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 02:38:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Watch trailers of the following films at the links mentioned under them.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; Sarang-The Peacock &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PUR5tTqNWE"&gt;http://www.youtu... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man-Elephant Conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=125</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 21:46:40 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Jason Antony and Ankur Chaturvedi:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I found this extremely interesting article on the website of Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun. Here is an excerpt &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;---"For exam... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Existence of Forstein's Cat Snake (Boiga forsteini)in Central India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=124</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 07:06:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Hi Harshad,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; I found this message in yahoo group "Naturepix" which will interest you. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;jugal tiwari &lt;A href="mailto:jugalt2000@yahoo.com"&gt;jugalt2000@yahoo.com&lt;/A&gt;&... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[rare indian breed dogs]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=123</link>
<author>rampur_hound@yahoo.com(sanjay)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 May 2006 05:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Although dogs do not come into the catagories of wild animal except the dholes, but infact we have more than 38 rare breeds in our country. When I say rare indian breed dogs I do not c... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dummerils blackheded snake.]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=122</link>
<author>adi_sawant@rediffmail.com(aditya)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 6 May 2006 22:59:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dummerils black headed snake[Sibynophis subpunctatus]&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;is one of the uncommon snakes in india becuse this snake is very small and mainly found in forest areas; so sighting of th... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[gekos at peb fort- matheran]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=121</link>
<author>adi_sawant@rediffmail.com(aditya)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 6 May 2006 09:57:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Peb fort near Matheran is a treat for bird watcher and herpetologist. I  visited  this fort  last Sunday. It was a very harsh treck due to summer heat. On peb fort there... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Existence of Forstein's Cat Snake (Boiga forsteini)in Central India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=120</link>
<author>nisargmitraharshad@rediffmail.com(Harshad V Kulkarni)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 May 2006 12:06:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;One of the beautiful Indian snakes is Forstein's Cat snake. According to the reference in The Book of Indian Reptiles &amp; Amphibians by J.C.Danial(BNHS),this snake is found in forest... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Corbett Park affected?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=119</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 May 2006 05:31:43 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"In Uttar Pradesh the famed Jim Corbett National Park that falls under Shadra-Sahayak Canal Link will bear irreparable losses with the submergence of the elephant reserve area." &lt;/P&gt;
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<title><![CDATA[Man Elephant conflict RE:]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=118</link>
<author>Janthonyf1@hotmail.com(Jason Anthony Fisher)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 May 2006 22:07:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Has anyone one heard of the research in Africa on the recording of Elephant sounds and using those as means (Albeit Still experimental) to 'trick' elephants to avoinding areas? For exa... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Cats at Malshej Ghats]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=117</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 May 2006 11:17:10 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Suresh, please tell us where the places you are referring to are.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Cats at Malshej Ghats]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=116</link>
<author>nerkunam.suresh@sulzer.com(NV Suresh)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 May 2006 09:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I had been travelling a lot by road over the past 10 years, and have come across reported sighting of Leapord and Tiger in the Malshej Ghats. Once when we had gone during the Monsoon s... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbai Leopard]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=115</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 May 2006 03:15:09 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dear Vaibhav,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; If you go to our homepage and write "Mumbai Leopard" in our advanced search button, you will get 10 items which match the words. Please read the article "Le... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Heels on Fire in Kerala]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=114</link>
<author>thaniillam@sify.com(Thani Illam)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 May 2006 01:13:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;heels on fire&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; Ever thought what it would be like to run over 600 km in a month through the Indian state of Kerala that the National Geographic describes as one of the ten... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sourcing Natural History books]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=113</link>
<author>rama@vsnl.com(Ram Ramaswamy)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 May 2006 22:27:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; I wanted to tell the IWC community about an online resource "Scholars without Borders" that I have recently set up. The site &lt;A href="http://www.scholarswithoutborder... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leopards of Borivli National park.]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=112</link>
<author>vadivartak@yahoo.com(Vaibhav Vartak)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 May 2006 19:04:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Find ways to rescue the Mumbai Leopard and its habitat.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yes we can do something]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=111</link>
<author>pareek_ravi@rediffmail.com(Ravi)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 May 2006 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dear friends &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Do not think that u are not doing anything unless some body is not with you, or unless a team is there. The thing is "what I am doing". Whenever and wherever we c... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Narmada issue and the Interlinking of Rivers]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=110</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:28:40 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I believe that the Narmada issue has to be looked at as a landmark case seen in the perspective of a much larger project of "Interlinking of Rivers in India". &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Narmada basin da... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ecology impact of river linking]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=109</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:29:23 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have jointly formed a committee to look into the viability of river linking project for linking Kali Singh and Chambal rivers. The body would submit a repo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Our Mountain heritage]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=108</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:44:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;On a recent visit to Rishikesh when I stayed at one of the mountain resorts, I decided to trek the mountain slopes along with one of the workers at the resort-who was a cook cum coolie... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Junior Tiger Task Force]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=107</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I recently went to the Sriram School in Gurgaon where a screening of "Curbing the Crisis" by Tiger Watch was held. What came as a pleasant surprise was hearing that the "&lt;STRONG&gt;Junior... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Environment education.]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=106</link>
<author>ragoorao@yahoo.co.in(Raghavendra Rao)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:05:42 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Environmrnt education or awareness does not necessarily stop at refining the Automobile exaust gases or stopping an industry from spewing smoke from their chimneys. Environment awarene... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man - Elephant conflict.]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=105</link>
<author>ragoorao@yahoo.co.in(Raghavendra Rao)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:54:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Mr. Ankur Chaturvedi seems to have a good way of keeping elephants at bay from straying into plantations or any other human settlement. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;True, like he says we are in the way of... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Snake conservation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=104</link>
<author>NAUGHTY_AVI05@YAHOO.COM(AVINASH)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:28:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hi guys, I am Avinash, snake expert from hyderabad. I was just thinking that it has been a long time since we have talked over snakes. If u are a snake conservator or a snake handler plea... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[To Corbett With Love]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=103</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews- Wildlife, Nature and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:09:38 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dear Susan, &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Yes, thank you, we have received the film To Corbett with Love. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;It was a present from me to my wife for Christmas and we have already watched it and found... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living With the Park-Ranthambore National Park]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=102</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews- Wildlife, Nature and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dear Susan Sharma &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Last week I got a copy of film "Living With the Park-Ranthambore National Park". This is a good effort made in showing what is going on in Ranthambore. I wou... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Narmada Dam ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=101</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The salient features of the Ministerial Report on Narmada Dam can be read at the following link &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/17/stories/2006041705231100.htm"&gt;http://w... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Short films from IndianWildlifeClub.com]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=100</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Apr 2006 05:06:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;IndianWildlifeClub.com has produced five short films under the banner “Wildbytes.tv”. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Sarang-The Peacock&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;To Corbett With Love&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Wilderness Nepal&lt;/LI&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lake Tasik Chini in Malyasia]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=99</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Apr 2006 02:12:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Despite its overwhelming biological diversity and tropical ecosystems, Malaysia lacks lakes. There are only two natural freshwater bodies in the entire country: Tasik Bera and Tasik C... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[220 villages to be submerged ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=98</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Apr 2006 23:58:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://petitions.aidindia.org/narmada/"&gt;http://petitions.aidindia.org/narmada/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Above is a site where you may send a free fax to the Prime Minister to save 35,000 ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lions and Tigers re:]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=97</link>
<author>Janthonyf1@hotmail.com(Jason Anthony Fisher)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:51:56 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Thanks so much to Raghavendra Rao for the insight about my questions on Lions and Tigers. I'm sorry I haven't been back on this site for months, but I greatly appreciate the answer. Ma... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paper presented at Coimbatore Institute of Technology]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=96</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:31:43 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;There is a thought provoking article on riverlinking by Atma Bharati at the following link. It is worth spending time to read it. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://geodexter.blogspot.com/2006/0... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pedal-powered computing initiative ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=95</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Mar 2006 04:52:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;This article appeared in &lt;A href="http://www.thinkcycle.org"&gt;http://www.thinkcycle.org&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The article details an initiative launched in February 2003 in Phon Kham, a village ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT for Social Change]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=94</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Mar 2006 00:59:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;‘IT for Social Change' (IT4SC), a network idea by Anil Shaligram who used to run a DTP centre in Maharashtra, is being implemented by him in the State. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;His strategy is to cond... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peninsular Component]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=93</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:48:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Mahanadi-Godavari&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Godavari-Krishna ( 3 sites)&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt; Krishna-Pennar ( 3 sites)&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt; Pennar-Cauvery&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt; Cauvery-Vagai-Gundar&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Himalayan component]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=92</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:20:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Brahmputra-Ganga &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Kosi-Ghagra &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;Gandak-Ganga&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt; Ghagra-Yamuna&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt; Sarda-Yamuna&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt; Yamuna-Rajasthan&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt; Rajas... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bio Diversity of Uttaranchal]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=91</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Mar 2006 03:12:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P align=left&gt;The renowned biologist A.J.T Johnsingh suggests that the forests of Uttaranchal can easily support about 1000 elephants and 200 tigers &lt;FONT color=#d2691e&gt;as long as this la... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man Elephant Conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=90</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Mar 2006 02:45:10 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Ankur Chaturvedi's article on human elephant conflict has been published at the following link &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/mainsite/clubreviews4.asp"&gt;http://www... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A new study says that river-linking will affect monsoons in the country ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=89</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:49:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;This warning was issued in an article published in the January 10, 2006 issue of the journal, &lt;FONT color=#dc143c&gt;Current Science&lt;/FONT&gt;. The report, an outcome of a one-day meeting of... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paticipation of villagers in shifting due to dam construction]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=88</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:43:06 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;“Participatory Rule Appraisal” (PRA) appears to be paying dividends to the West Godavari district administration in  implementing the relief and rehabilitation package meant for t... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Iniernet kiosks in rural areas]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=87</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:36:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.n-logue.com"&gt;n-Logue&lt;/A&gt;  was established to serve the information and communications needs of people living in small towns and rural areas of India. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jawaharlal Nehru on large projects]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=86</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:07:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;" The idea of doing big undertakings or doing big tasks for the sake of showing that we can do big things, is not a good outlook at all. For it is the small irrigation projects, the sm... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tribal Rights Bill]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=85</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:45:38 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;On December1, 2005 the Union Cabinet gave its approval to the revised Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;One of the major changes in the final Bill is that ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[West Bengal Grameen Sanchar Sewak Scheme]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=84</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 8 Jan 2006 05:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Grameen Sanchar Sewak (GSS) scheme, kickstarted by BSNL and the Department of Posts in 2002, is ready to be regularised and go national. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The GSS scheme, which began with t... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Centre shelves Pamba-Vaippar river-linking project ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=83</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 7 Jan 2006 07:02:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Union Government has shelved the controversial project to link the Pamba and Achenkovil rivers of Kerala with Vaippar river in Tamil Nadu.  
The Kerala Legislative Assembly and the S... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Tiger Conservation Authority]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=82</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:14:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Cabinet on 16/12/05 approved the constitution of a National Tiger Conservation Authority. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Contrary to rising hopes and expectations that the Prime Minister will head the T... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[IWC Chat]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=81</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:06:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The topic for our monthly chat on &lt;STRONG&gt;18December 2005&lt;/STRONG&gt; was "Tiger Task Force Report". &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can read the chat transcript at the following link &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Read the report!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=80</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force Report]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:01:48 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Tiger Task Force has submitted its report. The report brings out some glaring facts. Read the report at this link &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://projecttiger.nic.in/TTF2005/contents.htm"... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Polavaram Project-Controversy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=79</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:15:54 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Orissa government has objected to the construction of the Polavaram project on the ground that the 150 ft high dam will submerge several villages and agricultural lands in that Sta... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Polavaram -linking Godavari and Krishna]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=78</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:39:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The report prepared by the NWDA(National Water Development Agency) on the 174km Polvarm link,  is available at the following link ( Please cut and paste in your browser)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Every Village a Knowledge Centre, etc]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=77</link>
<author>amin@knowtech.ca(Amin Adatia)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Susan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I am not sure I would be in favour of reducing the number of people "dependent" on the Farm. One thing about a Farm is that it provides for the ability to grow "personal ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A new carnivore?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=76</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 04:20:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;After the discovery of hundreds of new species of frogs in the rainforests of SriLanka in 2002, it is the turn of the rainforests of Borneo to come up with surprises. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WWF rese... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Incredible Women of Incredible India]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=75</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 01:59:06 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;India's first women cab service providers cum tourist guides "Project Priyadrashini" launched in Delhi will be a boon for women travellers ensuring that they feel safe and comfortable ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Every village a knowledge centre]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=74</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Amin: They say the world has a digital divide. In the digital world, there is a further divide-the users and the techies. Take the case of cyber cafes which are the places from where m... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Requesting all members to write reviews]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=73</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Film Reviews- Wildlife, Nature and Environment]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:55:23 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Every year thousands of well researched, poignant and informative documentaries are made on environment and nature related issues. Sadly these films are hardly seen by the public at la... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Village Empowerment]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=72</link>
<author>amin@knowtech.ca(Amin Adatia)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:38:58 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Susan

I am not sure about the empowering impact of an e-mail becuase the reality these days is the spam that comes with an e-mail access.

Empowerment would come from seeing and watc... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Every village a knowledge centre]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=71</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Amin: You are very correct about what sustainable development means at the village level. Namely, that the village has an assured supply of good food and water, has "jobs" that give a ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Re:Every Village a Knowledge Centre]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=70</link>
<author>amin@knowtech.ca(Amin Adatia)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:57:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Susan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;It all depends on what you mean by a knowledge centre in a village. The computer can facilitate the "deployment" of a knowledge centre but having one is not really necess... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[National Bio-Diversity Action Plan]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=69</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:58:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"It is a much-ignored reality that tens of millions of people in India still survive on the biodiversity of forests, seas, wetlands, grasslands, mountains and coasts. The true value of... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flow diversion of Ranganadi River, Arunachal Pradesh]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=68</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:52:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Ranganadi Hydroelectric project (Phase I)was commissioned in 2001. This phase involved inter-basin transfer of water from the Ranganadi to the Dikrong using a flow diversion plan. ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharing what we know]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=67</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:17:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I agree that we need to broaden our concept of Environment awareness to include the general public- the adult population who are in charge of the planet right now. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;There are s... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Every village a knowledge centre]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=66</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2005 02:01:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Amin: Gandhi advocated sustainable development. His "charkha" was a symbol of self-sustenance and self-empowerment. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In today's knowledge society can the computer take the plac... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Environment Initiatives]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=65</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:24:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;India is one of the twelve megadiverse countries in the world. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Bio diversity is important for sustainable development because it represents the wealth of biological resources ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sustainable Conservation or Utilization?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=64</link>
<author>amin@knowtech.ca(Amin Adatia)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:50:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The "developed" countries are actually the culprits when it comes to the destruction of ecosystems in "not-their-backyard" as we are finding out the Bush Administration and their appro... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Natural Resources are an irreplacable asset]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=63</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:50:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Thank you for some thought provoking ideas, Amin. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The developed nations of the world are trying to find a balance between development and ecological sustainability. Countries ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[People Issues are Complex??]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=62</link>
<author>amin@knowtech.ca(Amin Adatia)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:14:23 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;It depends. If you mean by that the process of motivation and move away from the current practices of destroying the current environment with no regard to the future or the impact on t... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The National e-Governance Plan]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=61</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP)has just been unveiled. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Ministries which get into the bandwagon now stand to benefit immensely. The Ministry of Income tax is a case i... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Community Reserves and law]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=60</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;There are traditional practices such as sacred tanks and sacred groves, institutions such as Van Panchayats as well as new initiatives such as joint forest management (JFM). &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[People issues are complex]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=59</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:08:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At a generic level I agree that Environment issues are very simple. It is people and natural resources at the basic level.  People and animals competing for the same natural resources in ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why make it complex?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=58</link>
<author>amin@knowtech.ca(Amin Adatia)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:44:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dr Susan Sharma I read your paper. You make the process sound very complex. I think the solution would be by starting to look for a generic approach.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; For example, all the... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[IWC's monthly ezine]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=57</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Ezine]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:54:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Been trekking? Visited a tribal village? Or saw some amazing wildlife in a national park? Write in to iwc@indianwildlifeclub.com along with two good photographs. Published articles get pa... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Books on nature, wildlife]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=56</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:50:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read a book on nature or wildlife recently? Write a review here.  It will reach a wide audience who love reading such books. ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tourist revenues from bio-diversity]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=55</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Bio-Diversity]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:48:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The total forest cover in India is estimated to be 19.27 per cent of India's geographic area. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;This area accounts for our bio-diversity, our natural wilderness heritage... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Can IT help in conservation related issues?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=54</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[E-Governance for Conservation]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:22:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I have uploaded a paper presented at an e-Government conference held in October 2005 at The Grand, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.  The Conference "Conflux 2005"  was a joint ef... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[M.S Swaminathan on river linking]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=49</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:46:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well-known agricultural scientist and chairman, National Commission on Farmers, M. S. Swaminathan, has favoured construction of the Polavaram project and for that matter any big project, ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medha Patekar on River linking]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=48</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:45:11 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A day after the State Government secured the much-awaited environmental clearance for the Polavaram (Indirasagar) project, noted environmental activist Medha Patkar and the tribals facing... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Clearance for Andhra Project]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=47</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 05:28:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;One of India's first river-linking projects, Polavaram, received the Centre's environmental clearance on 26th October 2005. The Pollavaram project(AP), renamed Indirasagar, aims at tak... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[More opinions]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=46</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:59:56 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Deliberations in a workshop on "Interlinking of Rivers: Doable and Desirable?" organized by the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology. The main points are as follows: &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Studied Opinions]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=45</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Below are objections raised by a group of learned men led by Shri V.B. Eswaran, Former Secretary, GOI and seconded by Dr. R.N. Athavale of Hyderabad (AP)and fifty others. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ken-Betwa Link]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=44</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:37:44 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chapter 11 of the project report online lists the environmental and ecological aspects of the project.
The K-B link project comprises a storage reservoir on Ken river and a 232 km long l... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Government site for riverlinking]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=43</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:22:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Please visit the site &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.riverlinks.nic.in/index.asp"&gt;http://www.riverlinks.nic.in/index.asp&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; which is the official site for river-linking in... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kerala not permitting river-linking project]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=42</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:08:19 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Kerala's rivers have a short running span but significant ecological functions to perform from their points of origin in the Western Ghats.  Periyar, the longest river of the state with a... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scientific Reports]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=41</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2005 06:50:41 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is an urgent need for scientific study reports to be made  available in the public domain.  In the absence of transparency in big projects, media reports become the only source of n... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Assam experience-Official statement in Parliament]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=40</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:16:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;"Interlinking of rivers under National Perspective Plan (NPP) prepared by Central Government envisages construction of storage dams. The storage dams reduce the severity of floods and ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[A balanced view?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=39</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:13:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In nature what is linked are not rivers but water itself, through the hydrological cycle. A balanced water cycle demands a holistic policy that promotes forest cover, prevents erosion, en... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eco-tor rating]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=38</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:28:49 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Malaysian Tourism Department has developed an eco-rating system for their eco-tourism operations ranging from Ec0-1 to Ec0-5.  &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;ECO-5 should be the ultimate goal for e... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The india Experience-Gujarat]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=37</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:12:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many large scale projects with potential impact on large populations are still designed with little scrutiny, if not secrecy. Here is how Gujarat has adverised its linking plans.
1. Majo... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Chinese experience]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=36</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2005 06:03:39 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The south-north transfer project in China includes three different routes that are to interlink the Yangtze river ( which has relative "surplus" water) and the yellow river ( which is sev... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Thailand Experience]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=35</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2005 05:44:07 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pilot Projects worth US $ 1 million are expected to be kickstarted soon.   This will consist of a diversion of Mae Klong water to Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan.  According to the Mi... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Indian Experience]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=34</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Sep 2005 04:40:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has sought the cooperation of all the political parties, non-Governmental Organisations and people of the State to fully harness... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The American Experience]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=33</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:01:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Dams in 11 States being pulled out in 2005 ( Source: Environment News Service 1 Sep 2005)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; 56 Dams in 11 States in the U.S are being removed in 2005 according to the lates... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nepal: East Rapti River Basin]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=32</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Sep 2005 03:01:34 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The East Rapti River basin includes the Royal Chitwan National Park of Nepal. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Two researchers from the International Water Management Institute ( Srilanka) have suggested that... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Survey on 24 Hour Channel]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=31</link>
<author>mithun169@yahoo.com(Mithun)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 Sep 2005 02:13:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A survey was conducted in the year 2003 by the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) for their 24 hour Higher Education Channel. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Out of 481 sample students whose resp... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Let us share what we know and think!!!!]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=30</link>
<author>mithun169@yahoo.com(Mithun)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Environment Awareness]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 4 Sep 2005 01:56:12 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;A community approach to looking at conservation problems fosters an ability to consider sustainability issues from the view of different stakeholders. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"Awareness" happens thro... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The American Experience]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=29</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 3 Sep 2005 07:46:45 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The delta of the Colorado river basin has shrunk to 5% of its historic size thanks to intensive river diversions that have spelt a death knell to the people, flora and fauna of the reg... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Russian experience]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=28</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Interlinking of Rivers]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 3 Sep 2005 07:39:18 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Aral Sea of Russia is a large inland sea.  Already, the Amudarya and Syrdarya, which once had combined flows greater than that of the Nile, have been largely emptied by massive irriga... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man elephant conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=27</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:44:06 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;It is well known that some parts of Jharkhand State in India face the threat of elephant attacks, especially in the night. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The people of these regions spend their nights on ma... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tiger Task Force]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=26</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:24:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;The Tiger Task Force has submitted its report. The report brings out some glaring facts. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"In the last 30 years, only 80-odd villages have been relocated from all 28 reserves. ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rare Leoprd]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=25</link>
<author>ragoorao@yahoo.co.in(Raghavendra Rao)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leopards are normally yellowish or mustard colored with black rosettes as markings.But in Mysore Zoo there is a leopard which is light yellowish gold color with brown rosettes.There are b... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man-Elephant Conflict ]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=24</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jul 2005 20:12:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Ankur had sent an email to us seeking help to implement his ideas. We thought throwing open the subject in our open blog forum will bring in some valuable comments. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You can al... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Man Elephant Conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=23</link>
<author>damdim.estate@sify.com(Ankur Chaturvedi)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jul 2005 03:14:16 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Hi! &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I am an Executive with a multi national Tea Company posted in the plantations. My estate is at the forefrunt of Man-Elephant conflict. Wild heards regularly stray into hum... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[The mangroves off Thane Creek]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=22</link>
<author>oliverpinto@rediffmail.com(Oliver Pinto)</author>
<category><![CDATA[nature/wildlife films]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2005 03:49:24 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Could someone tell me about the kind of flora and fauna there is around the area covered by mangroves around the Thane Creek? The area I refer to is that which can be seen as one passe... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tigers & Lions in India.]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=20</link>
<author>ragoorao@yahoo.co.in(Raghavendra Rao)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 13:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;There is a question in "Any Other" from Mr. Jason from USA.  Mr. Jason, Tigers and Lions are still in India, but they do not occupy the same forest ranges. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The Tiger inha... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tigers and Lions]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=19</link>
<author>Janthonyf1@hotmail.com(Jason Anthony Fisher)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2005 23:27:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I have some questions about Lions and Tigers in India and they are listed in the any other topic already as a blog. I hope someone can answer these for me. Thanks, jason... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tigers and Lions]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=18</link>
<author>Janthonyf1@hotmail.com(Jason Anthony Fisher)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Any other]]></category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2005 23:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Actually, I am fascinated to know that nature's two top cats, once lived in the same country.  (As an American I am also impressed with the widlife heritage of India.)  ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[ARE OFFICIALS ANIMALS]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=17</link>
<author>shaldukn_urs@sify.com(shaldavya)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2005 22:34:03 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;IN THE TROPIC LEVEL THE CREATURES HAVING NO PREDATORS ARE VULTURES, EAGLES, TIGERS, LIONS ETC. BUT IN RECENT DAYS A SEPERATE POWERFUL NEW ORDER OF PREDATORS (CRUELVORES) EVOLVED, NO NE... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Declining sparrows]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=16</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The other day I spotted a sparrow on the pavement of Connaught Place.  So sparrows are making a come back! Thanks to the reduced air pollution and unleaded petrol may be?
Here is a link ... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are sparrows declining in urban India?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=15</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is always a pleasure to hear the chirping of sparrows heralding the beginning and end of a day. But in the last five years of which I spent three in Saket, South Delhi and two in Gurga... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Community reserves and law]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=14</link>
<author>dr.prarun@gmail.com(Arun PR)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:56:47 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I appreciate the view of Bahar Dutt on the need for support for Community reserves. Moreover, those communities need more appreciation and acknowledgement from the governmental and sci... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[community reserves]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=13</link>
<author>richa_maurya@yahoo.com(richa)</author>
<category><![CDATA[community reserves]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:14:29 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I read the article by Bahar Dutt at&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/mainsite/communityReserves.asp"&gt;http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/mainsite/communityReserves.asp&lt;... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sparrows and Vultures- Where are they?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=12</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;I travelled from Delhi to Jhunjhunu(Rajasthan) by road recently. It felt nice to be woken up in the morning by the chirpy sparrows. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I suddenly realised how much I miss them he... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tigers and leopards]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=11</link>
<author>sharmasusan@hotmail.com(Susan Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Wildlife]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:44:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;In January 2005, the Delhi Police seized a huge contraband of animal skins which included 60kg of tiger and leopard paws, 3 kg of claws and around 40 bones besides the skins. &lt;/P&gt;
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<title><![CDATA[Travelogue]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=10</link>
<author>shashisharmaindia@hotmail.com(Shashi Kant Sharma)</author>
<category><![CDATA[Eco-tour]]></category>
<pubDate>Sat, 1 Jan 2005 05:17:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;P&gt;Letter I wrote to my sons after our trip in Oct.2004 to Ranthambhore National Park and the Koeldeo Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt; We had a very nice trip to Ranthambhore. But... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[great idea]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=9</link>
<author>uttara63@yahoo.com(Uttara Gangopadhyay)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:39:05 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Hoping to hear a lot about first hand exeperinces of people working in the field of wildife research and welfare.... ]]> </description>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy New Year 2005]]></title>
<link>http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/blog/blog.asp?b=7</link>
<author>mithun169@yahoo.com(Mithun)</author>
<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:18:04 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Speak out! Share! Tell Us your views! Tell us facts! Tell us about your wildlife holidays! Happy talking in 2005
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