First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Damn these dams
While dam busting, engineers should take care to save the entire river system from degradation
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Droughts in India were caused by El Ni o
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red><b>Richard Grove</b></font></font> , a noted environmental historian from the Australian National University, Canberra, takes an active interest in the climatic and ecological aspects of India s colonial history. He fir
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In a favour of a lesser good
The latest round of negotiations on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has left little doubt that the South must fight for its rights, or else the North will continue to act as big brother, reports Anju Sharma from Harare
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Fostering change
The socioeconomic scenario of Panch Mahals in Gujarat has improved due to the active participation of tribal women in a forestry programme
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On the horns of Ahe rhino
CITES is a weapon which can be used only by the armchair rich against the oiling poor
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No horn, please!
About 250 Indian MPs sign a paper to oppose South Africa on rhino trade, but they do not know why
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The famine syndrome
INADEQUATE access to sufficient food has been a persistent problem faced by humankind through the ages, so much so that famines and the calamities associated with them find mention in the
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Crime and pollution
Environmental pollution is responsible for a significant share of violent crime and antisocial behaviour, according to an analysis by Roger Masters of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.
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Rising from rubble
An African nation refuses international aid and sets up a highly ambitious agenda to stand on its own feet
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Unabated growth
India is the second most populated country in the world. In 195 1, the National Family Welfare Programme was launched with the objective of reducing the annual birth rate, by AD 2000, to 21 per