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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'I have yet to apply my mind to the forest convention'
Even uith the United Nations General Assembly Special Session to held in New Yorkjust two weeksfirom now, the Union minister for environment and forest, SAIFUDDiN SOZ, tells SUPRIYA AKERKAR that the government is neitherfor a glqbalforest convention no
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Common knowledge
Let the government begin its long march into Freedom of information by making its proposed bill public even before it goes to Parliament
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A dying craft
The technique of producing iron from low grade ore used by the Agarias was environmentally sound. But the community is marginalised today, and their craft is a dying art
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Ancestral relations
The recent discovery of 800,000 year old fossils may provide an insight into the last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals
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Oil in a day's work
IN THE wake of the devastating energy crisis, energy- related issues were catapul- ted onto the geopolitical agenda as one of the main issues affecting the global economy. But as the spot price of
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Tortoise trade
The Indian Star Tortoise (Gekoche) lone elegans) is being sold openly India and international trade in the endangered species is thriving. Listed in the Convention on International Trade in
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A farce on forests
The key interests of both proponents and opponents of the forest convention is control of the timber market. The convention is driven by commercial interests
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Legends and ecological history
• Geological studies in Kashmir have shown that the rise of the Pir Panjal range around four million years ago resulted in the formation of a vast lake, impounding drain- age in the
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Agenda for people's participation
Two new amendments to the Constitution promise greater effectiveness in civic administration and urban planning; but is that enough?
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Lifting the barriers
Reproductive choice, gender equality and sustainable development are closely connected, say the latest report on the world's population