The National Tree Growers Cooperative Federation Limited is an organisation devoted to the restoration and protection of the native ecology of the country. The organisation's managing director, VK MISRA, spoke to RAJAT BANERJI about this cooperative m
The newfound prosperity may slow the disappearance of the teak forests of Mahadapur
economist, is the recipient of the 1995 Sasakawa International Environmental Prize, instituted by the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP . He spoke to NALAKA GUNA WARDENE in Colombo, shortly after receiving his award
Target: the Yamuna riverbedWeapon: Zonal Development Plan
Political parties, with the exception of the ruling Congress, are preparing action plans to fight GATT
The variety of institutions are responding to the demands of environmental education made imperative by a generation familiar with eco degradation
The bollworm has come to stay and eradicating it will be difficult, if not impossible. Scientists are trying to contain the pest by bombarding it with everything they've got
usa : The state of Arizona is moving towards a unique groundwater banking system. Entities that recharge groundwater receive credit for the amount recharged, which they can then sell to groundwater
FOR sheer numbers, the coming together last fortnight of the dam-affected people of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan at Deoli in the Tonk district of the last named state was a small affair, but
Organisations strive to show that the world of a spastic child is no different than the one we all live in
All good governance systems teach us that development efforts should be cost effective and include peoples' involvement, stakeholder participation and transparency
The impasse in Manipur, which represents the festering unrest in the entire Northeast, needs a caring administrative policy, not bullets and raids
Controlled scientific studies have shown that techniques like meditation can help cure depression, anxiety, diabetes, ulcers, asthma, cardiac pain and alcoholism
The move to link trade with environment and sustainable development has heightened Third World apprehensions of a new set of trade barriers
THE tireless cliche that India lives in its villages has been open to gross political abuse. So much so that our plans for our cities have been victims of feeble-mindedness. The Nagar Palika Bill,
Scientists pinpoint shortcomings in the new draft technology policy
EIGHTY per cent of the world's population depends on indigenous knowledge to meet their medicinal needs, and at least half rely on indigenous knowledge and crops for food supplies, according to a
Organisations bring some cheer to India's elderly
vaccine against hepatitis a: Smith-kline Beecham Pharmaceuti cals have developed a new vaccine to prevent Hepatitis A. Harvix is a convenient two-dose vaccine for active immunisation against the
Peach oil may replace some dangerous human made compounds used for pest control
