Greens contend that agricultural productivity can be increased many times with minimal use of water and a few external inputs, but most definitely without giving in to those who shout the slogan: Declare agriculture an industry.
Villagers in Thailand find an unlikely ally in the Buddhist clergy to help their conservation efforts
Environment minister Kamal Nath has been caught in the firing line on the Chilika Aquatic Farms project. His order for an environmental impact assessment to be prepared is merely a move to delay taking a decision.
WHATEVER their area of work, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have made the most headway in involving people in managing their natural resources. Says one NGO activist, "Local people are very
While heads of state deliberated on the future of the world at the Riocentro, social activists and NGOs expressed their sense of frustration over the dominant paradigm of development. They represented sharply differing perspectives
IT is two years since western governments, in a fit of enthusiasm for green issues, proposed a US $1.5 billion "pilot project" to find ways to protect the world's rainforests. Meeting in
THE last thing you would get to know from the US-based World- watch Institute's State of the World 1992 is the state of America's own environment. Instead, you get an update on the rest of
THIS magazine is not the product of a desire to capture a share of the information market. It is the product of a need that we feel within us, of a desire to fill a critical information gap. In
One can already see a thousand mutinies, if not a million. These are mutinies which have a creative protest. They will inevitably increase as the crisis grows and politicians will slowly turn more and more to NGOs and the civil society for answers
The Rajasthan and Haryana governments feel threatened by the Centre's move to stop industrial, mining and quarrying activity in the Aravalli region. Environmentalists, on the other hand, applaud the move
The government destroys natural resources; when villagers revive these, it reasserts ownership. This is an official loot of nature
Birds can remember. And quite well too. A new experiment sheds more light on how they do it
Litigation as a weapon for tobacco control
Only a campaign that aims to conserve "wants" with the support of age old "religious beliefs" can lead to a less strifed and more "peaceful world"
A SATELLITE picture of the Earth, taken at night, would show a steady stream of light along the world's coastlines. Half the world's population - about 3.2 billion people - live and work within
Bananas that are actually vaccines. Potatoes that kill bacteria. Tobacco plants that fight tooth decay. Medical science has more tricks up its sleeve
Underwater versions of wind turbines could soon make it easy to tap tidal power potential
Remnant forests can affect growth of other trees in the vicinity, claims a new study
It could be for your own good
Indians will have to fight a war with themselves to protect their environment, society v and culture from the ravages of economic growth
