Climate convention generates heat and dust
India passes back the buck to industrialised nations as wranglings over the Climate Change protocol continue
India passes back the buck to industrialised nations as wranglings over the Climate Change protocol continue
Nepal is slated to be a major hydropower supplier in South Asia with the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Australian government for a US$ 590-million 360-megawatt project on the Karnali river. But Nepal"s big projects, like t
Climate change negotiations get emotional because carbon dioxide emissions are closely related to individual lifestyles and to national economies. For instance, the per capita GHG emissions of one US citizen were equal to those of 19 Indians in 1996
While private service stations bear the brunt of the Delhi government s green brigade, polluting railway service stations go scot free
GEF should have been a liability fund, rather than a guilt fund set up by the North to make up for the global damage it had caused
THE Review Committee on the Sardar Sarovar Project, instead of taking a principled stand and rejecting the extremely limited frame of reference set by the government, produced a report that was
Blocks Tamil Nadu s mega Sethusamudram project, cleared by other agencies
Concerns about the world's indigenous peoples were conveniently sidelined as bio safety centrestage at the recent biodiversity meeting in Nassau
The role of dais, traditional Indian midwives, is being reevaluated as modern medicine finds their lore ideally suited to Indian conditions
How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force start a plantation on a forest already protected and nurtured by the people
I really hope we are proved wrong when we say there are no tigers left in the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan. But if it is so, what is now increasingly accepted as a sad fact should actually make
Computers pave the way for sustainable agricultural and rural development in five Pondicherry villages
In 20 years, Chipko has acquired many facets, primarily as a conservation endeavour by the poor, a struggle for local control of natural resources and an effort by women to protect their environment. Chipko influenced the world, but have its local object
classification of dyesM Dyes can be classified according to their chemical structure or according to their use. However, classifications vary from agency to agency though there are some fundamental
"HISTORY repeats itself, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce." In 1982, protests by tribal groups and urban environmentalists led to the withdrawal of a draft Forest Bill. This
The people of this small village of Bhil tribals in Dahod district had been facing a serious water crisis. About 78 per cent of them used to migrate for at least 10 months. There were no wells in the
Wind energy promises a refreshing breather, providing a low cost and ecofriendly alternative
Monsanto wins a landmark victory in Britain
In the barren wildness of the savannahs in Colombia, a visionary establishes an extraordinary community
A small village has proved that people's management of forests can bring prosperity