A logjam in the making
Lack of enthusiasm marks the preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Lack of enthusiasm marks the preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Industrial houses and research organisations must join hands and rethink about Indian health standards
WHAT DOES the International Monetary Fund have to do with land degradation? On the face of it, nothing. But in reality, quite a lot. A degraded landscape in an increasingly integrated world is
Representatives of the South must pull up their socks on garnering vital data on the ongoing policy debates
Three rooms of London's Lisson Gallery are currently home to 21 blocks of recycled human waste.  I walk in between them, passing my fingers over the surface of one, round the corner of
Despite using satellites and supercomputers, meteorologists are still baffled by the monsoon, unable to say precisely when it will occur and how good -- or bad -- it will be
Overexploitation, increasing salinity and industrial pollution are threatening groundwater resources in several parts of the country
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red>P S Ramakrishnan</font></font> , former director of G B Pant University in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh and currently professor at the School of Environmental Sciences in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, spoke to <
The NDA government must have a proactive and positive environment agenda. It must strengthen environmental oversight and not weaken regulations. But it must go beyond clearance of projects to take
Its high time the panchayati raj institutions in India reviewed their actual role in spelling out developmental processes
Sustainable development, the buzzword in environmental circles, is largely misunderstood. It can only come about in a society which can learn from its mistakes in handling natural resources. This new column gives our readers the background of cont
Asthma, the bane of modern life, stalks the young ones and the affluent. It will strike 32 million people in India by 2010. The silent strangler has a propensity to waylay its victims, striking with stealth. An analysis into what triggers the killer which
From archangels to archfiends the reputation of IAS officers has certainly nosedived. Anil Agarwal, director, Centre for Science and Environment, and N C Saxena, director, Lai Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, share their v
God made all humans equal, but some are more equal than others when it comes to consuming the world's resources
To press for more sustainable and equitable utilisation of the world s resources, India and France seek closer ties
THE CONFERENCE has just ratified the Earth Charter, the name of which has been changed to the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development at the behest of developing countries. This puts
In the face of public pressure, Indian industry appears albeit dimly to be ready to clean up its act
The founding president of African Academy of Science, <font class='UCASE'><font color=red><b>Thomas R Odhiambo</b></font></font> , has been working to evolve a framework necessary for stimulating technological development and environmental protection i
Rainfed regions are those where crop production is exclusively dependent upon rainfall. In India they cover 177 districts and exist in all agro-climatic regions but are mostly concentrated in the
Not for nothing is Germany's BUND at the vanguard of the global environmental movement. It offers not only criticism but solutions as well