Whale of a problem
The world has again failed to agree whether whaling should continue or a moratorium should be placed on hunting the sea mammal
The world has again failed to agree whether whaling should continue or a moratorium should be placed on hunting the sea mammal
The Budget has provided the automobile industry an incentive to destory urban air quality
Encouraging Indian industries to voluntarily disclose performance on environmental front
Suresh Prabhu is by no means breaking new ground. He is merely mouthing the same promise made time and again, but never fulfilled, by his predecessors
The country s forest cover will be raised by five per cent during the Ninth Plan, said <font class='UCASE'>Suresh P Prabhu</font> , the Union minister for environment and forests, in an interview with Down To Earth. The interview was his first with an
A green signal by the Swiss to carry on research in genetic engineering is making environmental organisations see red
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red>Egbert Pelinck</font></font> , director general, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ICIMOD , Kathmandu, spoke to <font class='UCASE'><font color=red>Prakash Khanal</font> </font> on conservation
Keep out the buffaloes and the cranes will also stay out of wetlands. There is more to controlled grazing and conservation of wetlands than the Indian forest officials and scientists are willing to accept. Here are some lessons from Bharatpur and other pa
Following exclusion of grazing animals from the Azraq Wetland Reserve in 1995, the wetland has become totally dominated by common reed ( Phragmites australis ). In an attempt to restore wetland
This discovery shows how incredibly fascinating is nature; it also shows how incredibly advanced has become the human ability to measure
traditionally, forests have been viewed as public goods, subjected to the tragedy of commons, as incentives to a "free ride' are enormous. However, Hardin's idea that there are only two
Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality
Well into his seventies, the veteran of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS , <font class='UCASE'><font color=red>Kushabhau Thakre </font> </font> recently took office as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP . Now heading the coalition governme
Wildlife research in India is primitive and fails to live up to the crisis of conservation
The US is taking its role as the protector of sea turtles worldwide too seriously, ignoring some important factors
Beyond the tigers of Sunderbans: A closer look at the leeches and the beautiful blue devil
The easing of the supply position of firewood in the recent period is an extremely interesting and encouraging development. I am persuaded by Anil Agarwal's hypothesis on the positive supply
While energy consumption surveys have shown a very high level of firewood consumption, various forest departments have shown very low levels of legal firewood production. A survey carried out by the National Council of Applied Economic Research has thrown
<font class='UCASE'><font color=red>P K Ray</font></font> an eminent immunotoxicologist and director, Bose Institute, Calcutta, spoke to <font class='UCASE'><font color=red>Amit Nair</font></font> on the various issues related to human health
Indians will be safest in a world without nuclear arms, not with their own nuclear bombs