Jungle four-wheel drive

Article Abstract:

The Asiatic elephant is endangered by the constant expansion of agricultural land but could prove a useful alternative to the mechanical tractor in logging operations, benefiting the animals, the environment and mankind. The useful life of a trained elephant is 30 to 40 years at a much lower cost than the five to six years that most tractor owners experience. Thailand has 5,000 elephants in service and a school for training them at Ban Pa Lang. Elephants are more effective in undeveloped areas because they do not require fuel, they do not cause erosion from wheel ruts and are all-weather capable.

Thailand, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, Sumatra, Asiatic elephant, Asian elephant, Watershed management, Log transportation

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On a wheel and a prayer

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The Indian agents of the British, known as the pundits, were responsible for the first accurate maps of Tibet. Recruited by Sir Thomas Montgomerie, men like Nain Singh walked the routes to Lhassa and Yarkand logging their paces on hidden records. From 1865 through 1882, the pundits charted much of the Tibetan and Afghan mountain regions. Their exploits were revealed on the insistence of the Royal Geographical Society.

History, Cover Story, Portrayals, Tibet, Discovery and exploration, Geographers, Indians (Asian people), Himalaya Mountain region, Indians

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Convenience shipping

Article Abstract:

Convenience shipping is embroiled in a conflict over safety versus the rights of shipowners. This shipping consists of registration of cargo ships under an unrelated country's flag for the purpose of continuing business without safety requirements. The International Transport Workers Federation, a trade union based in the UK, is attempting to have convenience shipping abolished.

Analysis, International aspects, Economic sanctions, Sanctions (International law), Shipping industry, Flags of convenience

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