The beetle and the bureaucrat
Eleven lakh sal trees face the axe in order to exterminate a beetle that is boring a hole into the image of the forest bureaucracy
Eleven lakh sal trees face the axe in order to exterminate a beetle that is boring a hole into the image of the forest bureaucracy
NEERI submitted a report on the effect of air pollution on the Taj Mahal which was questioned by the Centre for Science and Environment. What followed is history
Industry wants to maximise its profits. The cost to our health does not figure in their balance sheets
IN the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the only source of information for environmentalists was the print media. Mark Neuzil and William Kovarik in their book
<font class='UCASE'>Brian Robinson</font> , chairperson, Australian Environment Protection Authority <font class='UCASE'> epa </font> has enabled the Australian environmental enforcement system to free itself from the command and control regime into a
Draining of Lake Powell, formed after creation of a dam on the Colorado river, has become essential for restoring the ecology of the Grand Canyon and water management
Elephants are running riot in Assam. Project Elephant is a failure. Bureaucracy is indifferent
Folk knowledge is a treasure that has been passed on by word of mouth. It needs to be protected and documented before it is lost
Various restrictions imposed to protect the environment at Nanda Devi in the Himalaya have disturbed the rural lifestyle and economy, doing little to conserve the ecology
this book is a rather bold attempt at exploring the complex relationship between man and nature on a larger plane, and conservation programmes and well-being of local people as a specific focus. It
Although non governmental organisations have come of age, apprehensions about their work persist
the focus of the book is on the processes by which the development of a grassroot institution was attempted and the constraints faced in doing this with bureaucracy as a dominant partner. The book
While working on a project in the hills of Nepal a few years back, Delhi-based journalist Ruchira Gupta noticed a strange phenomenon. "Many villages in the hills had no woman in the age group of
Why should anyone, honest or dishonest, pay an iota of money as tax to such an incompetent political and bureaucratic system?
Diseases due to change in the environment are on the rise, especially in India. <font class='UCASE'>Olavi Elo</font> , World Health Organization <font class='UCASE'>who</font> representative in India, tells S<font class='UCASE'>onia Kapoor</font> ab
The Supreme Court decides to crack down on three wheelers by banning further registration of vehicles in Delhi
trace elements, that form a part of human nutrition, are not well understood. These substances, occurring in small amounts (especially in the soil) are usually needed in extremely small measures for
Today the Internet gives people a new voice as well the power to use it. People are communicating directly with government officials and community leaders
the nineties have heralded, though a trifle grudgingly, the participatory approach for grassroots development wherein the focus is shifting from
Ford and General Motors were behind the onslaught on the US administration asking that India and China also undertake reduction commitments