Aerosol pollution may affect rainfall pattern
the brown haze over north-India's sky could portend a dry future. Caused by liquid pollutants suspended in air, the aerosol cloud, infamous for its effects on crops and human health, may result in
the brown haze over north-India's sky could portend a dry future. Caused by liquid pollutants suspended in air, the aerosol cloud, infamous for its effects on crops and human health, may result in
Mining companies, aided by a short sighted bureaucracy, have recklessly plundered Papua New Guinea's vast mineral wealth, transforming its socio economic profile and leaving behind a degraded environment.
There are two sets of rules for polluters. The rich and the powerful can pollute without fear, but the poor have to bear the brunt of their excesses and make sacrifices for the greater common good
Several social groups are trying to restore the link between Hinduism and the environment
In Nagpur city, women gather outside a court. In broad daylight they lynch a local serial rapist. When four women are arrested, few hundred women own up to the crime. They say they killed Akku Yadav
Ben Barber We are stripping the planet of the very minerals needed to regenerate fuel In Delhi, Dhaka, Dakar and Kathmandu, you can see villagers hauling sticks, twigs and charcoal to the market.
That the Hydrovia waterways project, linking Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina, could spell doom for the Pantanal - the largest * wetlands in the world - in Brazil is well
RESOURCES AND RIGHTS: Even as the debate over access and benefit sharing of genetic resources rages on in the world, plans for a legally binding protocol have begun to take shape in the Convention
Three dams could bailout Delhi if plans flow right...
The Third World Water Forum took place recently in Japan to explore methods to optimally harness this vital resource, especially in developing countries. But after a week of countless meetings and seminars, the end result was far from satisfactory
The Orissa government has finally begun disbursing compensation to likely oustees in the lower Suktel dam project. Nineteen families of Magurbeda village in Balangir district have been handed over a rehabilitation package of more than Rs 12.5 lakh. Ironic
The heavenly idyll of a carefree people, happy to welcome tourists, gay in their carnival, peaceloving and gastronomic, is being devastated due to the avarice of miners
Sugar and paper mills in Bihar and tanneries in West Bengal have been penalised by the Supreme Court for continuing to discharge untreated waste into the Ganga and its tributaries.
A warning about an oceanic problem
The monsoon session of the Orissa Assembly had witnessed uproarious scenes on the prevailing illegal prawn culture in the state and the consequent damages to the coastline and mangrove forests.
The people of Baluchistan don t let nature s odds stop them from growing crops
Located on the banks of river Niranjana in Bodhgaya, south Bihar, the holy mahabodhi tree under which Buddha sat and meditated is infested with millibugs, that are sucking the sap out of it
Located in the ODA, a fertile alluvial plain of North India, between a Delhi the Ganga and Yamuna rivers, Aligarh is one of the most populous towns in Uttar Pradesh. Its geographical
"NGOs have the most important role to play"
<p>An integrated approach to energy planning, when applied to large hydroelectric projects, requires that the energy-opportunity cost of the land submerged under the reservoir be incorporated into the planning methodology.