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A tongue in cheek report of a conversation overheard at a bar during a meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development.
A tongue in cheek report of a conversation overheard at a bar during a meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development.
At a recent meeting, Northern environmentalists insisted on GATT taking a tougher stand on environmental issues. The South, however, maintained this would not solve the problem.
A new bacterium can convert a toxic groundwater pollutant into a harmless hydrocarbon
Should the police be put in charge of sanctuaries and the locals who live near these? Should India be made into a police state?
Now that low income minorities are becoming the target of AIDS, service agencies are redefining their role
Tribals displaced by the Salandi river dam in Orissa are encroaching on the Hadgarh sanctuary, allegedly at the instigation of the Socialist Unity Centre of India and with the help of forest department employees.
An alternative plan to clean up the river Ganga at Varanasi has been submitted by a local NGO
The increasing population of Antarctic fur seals threatens the ecology of the region
<div> (From my website <a href="http://eassarma.in">http://eassarma.in</a>)</div> <div> </div> <ol type="1"> <li>While India is seriously engaged in global climate talks, it has simultaneously launched a highly misconceived plan to set up private “merchant” power plants based on coal.
The companies that have figured high on the ratings have more than one of the following features
An increasing number of studies and reports are indicting the Gujarat government for letting off polluting industries lightly. A recently-released report by the Indian People's Tribunal ( ipt )
• The need to check poaching of migratory birds at the Pong sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh has recently been stressed upon by a forest officer who has conducted a six-year-long study in the area.
Power meet: The board of directors of South Asia Regional Energy Coalition (SAREC) recently held its first meeting. SAREC aims to coordinate the work of various governments and the private sector
The city of Mysore in Karnataka has become the scene for an interesting battle royal. In contention is the People's park in the heart of the city, fought over by the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP),
Not once has the ministry of environment and forests taken a strong stand, shown results
Escaping farmed salmon are interfering with native Pacific salmon off the coast of Canada
Indonesia's decision to comply with the International Timber Trade Organisation's policy on tropical timber, has sparked fears of an adverse impact on trade.
More than 200 villagers of Ghatvad village in Amreli district of Gujarat, have been on dharna (sit-in demonstration) for the past 25 days. They are protesting against the granting of a mining lease
CARS have become the most prominent roadsign on the Indian economy's journey up the rocky road of economic liberalisation. The protagonists of these policies routinely iterate, along with other
Uttaranchal village relieved