Harnessing fauna
Nepal’s practical approach to biodiversity conservation
Nepal’s practical approach to biodiversity conservation
The government must undertake a serious study of human nature interaction before declaring any area a national park
Respecting the territorial rights of crocodiles will help reduce the chances of conflict between the interests of humans and reptiles.
Recent research reveals that subjecting night shift workers to eight hours of bright light could bring about a 12 hour shift in their daily rhythms.
Burgeoning populations notwithstanding, humankind seems in danger of being wiped out. This is the inference one draws from <i>Our Stolen Future</i> , which holds chemical pollutants in the environment responsible for declining sperm counts, increasing bi
PETER B STONE presents an objective re examination of the recent scare over the mad cow disease in Europe
NEARLY eight weeks after the March 14 fire that damaged a portion of the Nagarhole National Park and Reserve Forest -Asia's largest deciduous forest - the debate is on as to what happened on that
Despite stringent criticism directed at its safety standards, DDT still rules as the major pesticide used by India's health sector
Once hailed as a boon to health, chlorine is now charged with being carcinogenic, maiming the immune and the reproductive systems.
Traditional tea cultivation in China"s Jinuoshan area, unlike in most other places, ensures ecological balance
Local people in the arid Churu district of Rajasthan know how to store sweet rainwater for the scorching, parched summers
The proposed Rathong Chu dam in Sikkim is a potential threat to the state"s environment
Environmentalists and Democrats in America gear up to tackle the Republican "onslaught" on landmark protection laws
The insular but self sufficient existence of the marine nomads inhabiting the islands that pepper the Brahmaputra river as it winds across Assam illustrates how humans can adapt their lifestyle to harmonise with their surroundings. But it's a tou
The plan to rehabilitate the victims of the devastating earthquake that shook Latur last year ignores the needs of the villagers and introduces alien construction techniques
Cultivation with the least amount of human intervention can yield rich harvests and does not degrade the soil
WHAT CAN you do, as a citizen of India, if someone decides to set up a power plant or a polluting factory in your neighbourhood? Probably precious little. You could appeal to the local pollution
A journalist without the pretensions of a scientist that's how JOHN MADDOX, editor of Nature for 15 years, would like to see himself. On his recent tour of India, Maddox talked to SUMANTA PAL on what went wrong with science and scientific establishment
"What are we supposed to feel when a sarkari animal carries our children away? Are we still supposed to love the animal and the sarkar?" This plea by an activist working with poor people living in
Oil tanker spills compound the danger to the marine food chain by crude released into the sea in normal operations and seepage from the earth. Steps are now being taken to reduce the threat. The International Maritime Organisation is taking the initiative