White asbestos finds backers at Rotterdam Convention
another attempt to bring chrysotile, the most common form of asbestos, under the prior informed consent list (pic) of the Rotterdam Convention has failed. Parties to this international treaty
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SC & Centre wrangle over forest committee
the dogfight over forest management in the country has intensified. On the one hand the Supreme Court and the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) continue to differ over the constitution
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Notification galore
SARISKA was first declared a reserved area in 1955 through a notification issued under the Rajasthan Wild Animals and Birds Protection Act, 1951. Later, parts of it were declared a sanctuary and a
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A billowing problem
Promoting cigarette smoking and refusing to accept its resultant health hazards is but sheer avarice on the part of our politicians as well as the tobacco industry
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EC launches from audits
IT IS time for European farmers to clean up their backyards: the European Community has launched in London its first environmental audit for farms. The brainchild of Linking Environment and Farming
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Alarm bells
JAPAN must get its act together on the energy front, says the International Energy Agency (iea). In a news conference organised in Tokyo in mid-June, Robert Priddle, director of the iea warned that
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Airborne enemies
another addition to the list of products harmful to the ozone layer is the Concorde, the supersonic aircraft. Research shows that the trail of invisible fog of sulphuric acid left by a Concorde may
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Zimbabwe nationalises mines to check high inflation
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has threatened to seize foreign-owned mining and other companies in the country to check their "dirty tricks' that kept prices of basic goods high in spite of
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Gunning for biotechnology
The US and Indian business lobby along with the Union government gang up to educate the public about biotechnology
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Science through fun and games
To put together an exhibition on the environment for children was an excellent idea. Now, the ministry of environment and forests should consider taking it to rural areas.
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Toxic streams
SIBERIAN rivers have turned into poisonous streams carrying large amounts of toxic chemicals into the Arctic Ocean, harming wildlife in the region. According to the findings of State of
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Tremors galore
two earthquakes in Italy over the last fortnight left about 11 people dead and left an estimated 5,000 homeless. The first quake on September 23 in central Italy, which measured 4.6 on the
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CHINA
China will invest us $24 billion in environmental protection efforts in the next five years. Five of the world's 10 most polluted cities are located in China, and acid rainfall has been
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A green corner on balance sheets
The environment audit for industries purports to make industries accountable to the public for their actions
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The boundary shrinks
Non-governmental organisations have accused the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) of succumbing to pressure from the Rajasthan mining lobby and de-reserving a part of the Sariska
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New minister
T R Balu to head the environment ministry
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The right to develop
A UNDP report links democracy with a better human development scenario
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God help the devils!
Their name is but a sign of human ignorance and does not deny them their rightful place in this world. But the wild devils of Australia's Tasmania state are in grave danger, facing the threat of
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An informal approach to issues
A new grouping of 20 environment ministers seeks to resolve environmental conflicts without setting agendas
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The meat you eat
A behind the scene look at how slaughterhouses in India dispose hazardous bio waste by endangering the environment