Issue Date: Jul 31, 2008 the mix of salt and freshwater at
Everglades in Florida, us, makes it the only place on earth
where alligators and crocodiles co-exist. It has a massive
network of lakes, creeks, swamps and rivers--and a sugar
factory. Efforts are on to revive the wetland by closing down
the factory that owns 75,670 hectares of land under water-hungry
sugarcane plantation. The idea is to replenish groundwater and
buffer the area against hurricanes, besides cutting the flow of
agricultural chemicals. Recent Supreme Court order in Vedanta
case holds hope for tribal community life Butterflies on the
roof of the world is a vivid and engaging narrative of the
author's rendezvous with the butterflies and moths in
particular, and nature in general