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Silent Valley: 25 years of an ecological triumph Ajayan 12:18 AM \| November 10,2009 The peoples’ crusade against the Silent Valley 120MW hydroelectric project led to the promulgation of Forest Conservation Act in 1980 restricting the use of forest land for any non-forest reason FIND MORE ARTICLES ON: Macaque Silent Valley Anweshi V.S. Vijayan Salim Ali K.P.S Menon Indira Gandhi M.S. Swaminathan Rajiv Gandhi Forest Conservation Act Jairam Ramesh
India needs a second Green Revolution for food security Penny Macrae / AFP 12:06 AM \| May 01,2008 Policymakers globally now are grappling with how to tackle fast-rising food prices and dwindling stocks, with food riots erupting in some countries FIND MORE ARTICLES ON: India Green Revolution Agriculture Great Bengal Famine M.S. Swaminathan
Rice may withstand climate changes: Swaminathan Subramaniam Sharma and Pratik Parija / Bloomberg 02:16 PM \| April 18,2008 India’s top agricultural scientist said the crop can be grown with less water as well as with deep water FIND MORE ARTICLES ON: M.S. Swaminathan Green revloution Rice Corn Wheat Agriculture Climate change Global warming