Foresters warned
foresters of the British Columbia province have waged a long battle with environmental groups, but the industry has been warned it must accept independent certification of their environmental
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Centre wants diesel as alternative fuel in Delhi
The Centre stated before the Supreme Court today that it was not against the introduction of CNG for Delhi's public transport, but it also wanted diesel as an alternative fuel. The adulteration of
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Vanishing woodstocks
British green campaigners direct their wrath on Scandinavian timber suppliers who are ravaging the last of the region's verdant tracts
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Toxic wastes
The issue of the toxic wastes that had been exported to Bangladesh by Stoller Chemical Company and Transcontinental Imex more than a decade ago is still hanging fire, even though a judgment in the US
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Fuel for the people
IN THE context of the forest department's increasing sensitivity to participatory programmes such as joint forest management, the "anti-people" stance of the article by a senior forester like A N
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National implementation plan (NIP) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), April 2011
<p><span id="itro1">India has submitted the National Implementation Plan of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). MoEF will coordinate its implementation & the activities will spread over a period of 12 years from 2011-2022.</span></p>
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Shared value, shared responsibility
<p>High prices and concerns about energy security in the oil and gas industry are driving expansion into ever more sensitive environments with greater technological, political and social risks. While brands such as BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are well known, some 70 per cent of oil and gas industry activities are typically contracted out to service providers and their subcontractors.
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Comparative study of selected greenhouse gas offset protocols
The paper is an excerpt from a more comprehensive study by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection comparing the technical elements of offset projects in forestry, agriculture, and waste management,
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'Budget has made CNG expensive, air dirtier'
Environmentalists have protested the increase in the excise duty on CNG, which will lead to the fuel becoming expensive by 90 paise. In a repeat of last year's move, the Union Finance Minister has
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Paan loses flavour
<p>Read this special report by Down To Earth on the iconic Paan losing its appeal. Its trade has dipped 40-50 per cent in the past decade, while consumption of chewing tobacco, especially gutkha, increased during the period. Farmers now prefer other crops.</p>
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Vanishing trees
scientists have expressed concern over the gradual disappearance of several important north Indian tree species such as sal , sheesham and khair, due to various reasons. The causes
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African Americans and Wildlands: A Case Study in Alabama, USA
Human beings change landscapes and their culture is embodied by landscapes. It is generally assumed that African Americans have a negative impression of wildlands. This assumption is tested by the information about distribution of African American population and wildlands from all 67 counties of Alabama in USA.
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Clean Yamuna not before 2015, says Jairam
Sees Pollution Continuing With Delay In Interceptor Sewage Project Neha Lalchandani TNN New Delhi: Any hope of seeing a clean Yamuna in the near future was dispelled on Sunday by environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who said such a situation was not possible before at least the end of 2015. The minister, who carried out an inspection of the river on Sunday morning and followed up with a me
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Forests are the main source of herbs
Meghalaya s abundant flora is the basis of its traditional healthcare system. Now, rapid urbanisation and breakdown of the community structure are disturbing the balance. JOHN F KHARSHIING, Chairperson, Khasi School of Medicine in Shillong, talks to VIB
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Water woes are back as pipes go dry
Summer has not yet set in and the water woes of the residents have already begun in Andhra Pradesh. Low pressure bedevils the once-in-two days supply, there is no supply in some
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Bhutan to up hydel power capacity by 1000 mw by '05
Bhutan, which has an estimated 33000 mw hydroelectricity potential, is on course to add 1000 mw power by 2005 to its present installed capacity of just 440 mw. The Tala Hydel Project is expected by
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Ground water depleting fast, harvesting only hope
Forty years back, one not need to dig deep for water. It came brimming to the surface, even in a pit as shallow as two metre deep. But that was then. Now, the water t able has fallen upto 20 metres
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Andaman's settlement plans in a row
the Andaman and Nicobar administration has prepared a proposal to resettle people living on encroached public land since 1978. The plan, which awaits the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest's
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Water crisis
It is indeed quite strange that reports of acute shortage of drinking water in many parts of Karnataka should have surfaced close on the heels of the state government launching Jal Nirmal Project, a
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'Drinking water for all villages by 2004'
The Centre will provide drinking water for all villages in Tamil Nadu by 2004, the Minister for Rural Development, M Venkaiah Naidu, has said. Inaugurating the international groundwater conference on