Why is the Ganga still not clean?
Efforts to reduce pollutants in the Ganga have failed because of ignorance of the river's self cleansing ability, among other things.
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Literacy on the move
A programme to provide education to the nomadic Gujjars is showing encouraging results and also checking their exploitation
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The impact
<i> Kerala s income growth rate has increased, among several other positive signs</i>
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Save lakes from the sins of humanity
THERE is something very beautiful about lakes -- not just aesthetically, but also intellectually. Lakes do not just mirror their environment. They also mirror the society around them. Clean water
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J K Paper Mills
Three Leaves Company<br><br>SCORE 42.75%<br>RANK ONE
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Good shot
Apex court committee penalises chemical plant
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Back to basics
Every <i>taluka</i> in India can meet its own food, water and energy needs
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Unsound power project plan thrown out
IT WAS a fast track venture that sought to get round procedures perfunctorily, even if this meant fudging environmental impact assessments EIAs and doctoring public hearings. No wonder the Karnataka government has had to ground the Dandeli Mini Hydel Po
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monkey business
Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a rational conservation programme can help save monkeys and keep our age old veneration for them inact
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Testimonies from Nandigram
On March 14, 2006, about 3,000 police personnel forced their way into West Bengal's Nandigram block, injuring and killing many villagers. Villages in the block, in East Midnapur district, have been
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For tradition's sake
NO ONE understands the value and significance of natural resources better than traditional societies. A realisation of the importance of these resources coupled with animistic beliefs may be the
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Blame it on the foreign hand
The government's policy of screening long staying foreigners for AIDS is an attempt to find a scapegoat for a national health problem
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Limp target
Polio eradication targets strike a wrong note, while the WHO waxes eloquent
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A lesson in bad environmental management
"RANTHAMBORE is like a leper's pock mark on this district," says a senior citizen of Sawai Madhopur, the town near which this important national park is located. The comment sums up the disdain in
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Green, yet mean
Reducing vehicular pollution and promoting the automobile industry: the twain shall probably never meet. A UK government survey too, does not green signal any major changes
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But who manages the managers?
THIS book provides a good overall perspective on the world's forests and the political economy of forest management. Authors with broad experience in many fields present diverse views on key
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The cost of money
the way humankind has dealt with the environment has undergone numerous changes over the ages. The earliest civilisations revered the personifications of nature. This attitude changed over time and
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Fielding politics
Commitment of a donor organisation to bring about a shift in the agrarian set up should be matched by political machinations as well
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Size does matter
Children s toilets are a breed apart from the everyday adult toilet
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Networking a change
East Asian countries could be in for trouble if they continue to pursue developmental policies that are not eco friendly