Bilt plans plantation buyout overseas
Ballarpur Industries Ltd. (Bilt), the Lalit Mohan Thapar flagship and the country's largest paper producer, is planning to acquire plantations of at least 10,000 hectares in either Malaysia,
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Kathmandu : Safe heaven for illegal trade in endangered wildlife
Looking for smooth and warm shawls made up of Chiru or Shahtoosh wool? Or would you like some 'decent' souvenirs such as coats made from leopard, tiger or snow leopard skins? Python-skin handbags and
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Chemicals policy bad for business - and bad news for animals
A group of charities have sent a letter to US president George W Bush, protesting at the US government's attempts to undermine the proposed EU Chemicals Policy. But a chemical lobby group warns that
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Controversial sonar cleared for limited testing
A federal judge has lifted a worldwide ban on the U.S. Navy's experimental new sonar system, clearing the way for limited testing of the controversial system. The judge approved an agreement reached
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Smuggling of flora, fauna rampant
Rampant smuggling of herbs and parts of endangered wildlife, worth millions of rupees, is going in the absence of government employees at the Border Administration Office (BAO) and Customs Office at
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Nagarhole loses 25 elephants
It has been one of the worst years for Nagarhole National park, Karnataka. Spread across Kodagu and Mysore districts, one of the best protected parks in the country is now under severe threat from
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Mathiketan as National Shola Park proposed
The Kerala States Wildlife Board has proposed to bring all the major shola forests in the state, including the Mathiketan shola, controversial for massive encroachments, under the conserved forests
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Born free, written off, nowhere to go
More than 200 animals don't know where to go after the government's decision to close down a park in Muzaffarnagar district (Uttar Pradesh). The park is a popular stopover for people driving through
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Glaxo to launch AIDS drug in '03
GlaxoSmithKline Plc said it planned to file a new concentrated HIV/AIDS drug for marketing approval by the end of this year, after a key clinical trial produced positive results.
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Stop mining in Aravalis: SC
Today Supreme court ordered to stop all mining activities in Aravalis (area covered from Haryana to Rajasthan). Supreme court has directed teh Chief Secretaries of both Rajasthan and Haryana to stop
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Environmental research to receive Euro 2 billion
The European Commission will be funding Euro 17 billion worth of scientific research over the next three years, of which over Euro 2 billion has been earmarked for environmental projects. Europe's
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Negative labelling more effective at promoting green products
Most people are committed to the environment, but not sufficiently so to choose eco-labelled goods, according to a Swedish study. Negative labelling - tagging products as 'worse than average' - would
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UK plans waste trading to limit landfilling
The Blair government unveiled details of draft legislation allowing it to specify how much biodegradable municipal waste local authorities will be allowed to dump in landfill sites. A key aspect of
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China plans $5 billion to clean flooded tombs, loos
China will spend nearly $5 billion by 2009 to clean up waste from public toilets, tombs, slaughter houses and other sites flooded by the Yangtze River for the Three Gorges hydropower dam, the China
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Japan to test gas emissions market from January - report
Japan's Environment Ministry will conduct a trial run from January of a greenhouse gas emissions market the government plans to start nationwide as early as 2005, Kyodo news agency said. The market
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British scientists urge carbon dioxide tax
The British government should switch from its business-based climate change tax to a blanket levy on carbon dioxide emissions, scientists said. "The climate change levy is not a cost-effective way of
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Air-cleaner maker just blowing smoke
The Fair Trade Commission (Japan) has warned air-cleaner maker Tornex Inc. about misleading consumers, sources close to the case said. The fair trade watchdog warned the company that it may have
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New Delhi climate conference to put spotlight on clean technology, adaption and national action to cut greenhouse emissions
Anticipating that the Kyoto Protocol will into effect in early 2003, the 185 member states of the UN Climate Change Convention are meeting in New Delhi from 23 October to 1 November to broaden the
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Bush proclaims year of clean water
President Bush has proclaimed the year beginning October 18 as the Year of Clean Water in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. A White House proclamation calls on Americans
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Emissions have reduced: US report
Supporting India's claim, a new study in the US has said the former had succeeded in reducing significantly the growth of its greenhouse gases over the past decade. "India has significantly reduced