Law and disorder
The present unrest in Delhi has little to do with industrial pollution or loss of livelihoods. The way in which the government has chosen to act was bound to provoke anger
The present unrest in Delhi has little to do with industrial pollution or loss of livelihoods. The way in which the government has chosen to act was bound to provoke anger
The Supreme Court s decision, giving a go ahead to the Sardar Sarovar Project, has regenerated the debate.
the world faces two big challenges in the new millennium. One, to meet energy demand and two, combat rapidly worsening air quality. The solution to both the challenges lies in producing cleaner
It is a good judgement. It lays down the framework, within which the project can continue. To expect everything to happen at one go is inappropriate. Rehabilitation, unlike resettlement and
Low benzene petrol is good, but the government leaves much to be desired
An open Letter on the Supreme Court Judgement on the Sardar Sarovar Project
Even as the fuel tax protest has hit the headlines, incessant rains have brought the issue of global warming and environmental mismanagement to the fore
It is sickening to see the Union home minister rejoice when dam oustees despair
The human tragedy that will unfold as a result of the Sardar Sarovar dam has to be mitigated
Everybody’s a loser. Forest guards die for laws that cannot be defended. Poor people get exploited. Veerappan rules the jungle. Sandalwood trees disappear
Excerpts from letter to the editor from M Mahmood Husain, Chennai Forty years ago, Veerappan's haunts in Tamil Nadu forests were mine too, almost every one of them. Every nook and corner was
Down To Earth articles on shahtoosh and Veerappan provoke comment. We decided to excerpt them. But first, the editor s rejoinder
There is a need to learn from the rainwater harvesting drive that has been carried out in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat
It s high time the Indian economy became leaner and adopted a low oil diet
The local communities have done a good job in regenerating degraded forest lands
THE book tackles the stereotypical image long ascribed to American Indians. Anthropologist Shepard Krech III takes on the unenviable task of breaking through the myths cherished by the
The media and the government keep mum on pollution cancer linkages and the abysmal medical help available in India against the menace
It has been 10 years since the Joint Forest Management jfm was officially started in India. <font color=red>Ajit Banerjee</font>, who first experimented with the concept of jfm , today wants this programme to be replaced by community forest management.
The need of the hour is technological innovation that helps tackle both poverty and environmental degradation
The increase in oil prices doesn t harm anyone