A record 212 people who defend our land and environment were killed last year, reports Global Witness - an international NGO dedicated to preventing extractive industries from infringing on human rights. This is an average of more than four people a week. Shockingly, over half of all reported killings last …
The once mighty Jordan river, where Christians believe Jesus was baptised, is now little more than a polluted stream that could die next year unless the decay is halted, environmentalists said on Monday. The famed river "has been reduced to a trickle south of the Sea of Galilee, devastated by …
NEW DELHI: Environmentalists have demanded that the Union Environment and Commerce Ministries take a fresh look at laws governing trade of hazardous waste and ban its import. Toxics Watch Alliance has expressed deep concern over the global toxics and health crisis and urged the Union Government to make every effort …
D Daniel Raj | ENS ENVIRONMENTALISTS here took the Chipko movement to a whole new level on Monday by performing a milk abhishekam for trees that were felled to widen roads ahead of the World Classical Tamil Conference scheduled to be held in June. The novel protest was against the …
Ajay Kanth | ENS EVEN as Kannagi temple (also known as Mangala Devi temple), situated on grassland atop the Western Ghats on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, is gearing up to celebrate the Chitra Pournami festival on Wednesday, the environmentalists are protesting against the governments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu for …
Sukumar Mukhopadhyay / April 26, 2010, 0:41 IST P>The environmentalists are doing genuinely good work to promote more favourable situation for the earth to survive the rampaging attack on ecology. But in the process one has to look for the correct method. The environmentalists advocate eco-tax and eco-subsidy to cope …
From the initial quest of our science to understand the Universe, have we strayed so far that we are destroying the very foundations of life and disrupting our life support systems? This was the main thread of the discussion with John Seed 12 January 2010 at the Raman Research Institute, …
Kakinada, April 18: The destruction of hundreds of acres of mangroves in East Godavari and Yanam (an Union territory of Puducherry) districts is worrying environmentalists and nature lovers. Sources say that industrialists and people with the help of political leaders are engaging in destroying the-se trees for preparation of illicitly-distilled …
KOCHI: Contrary to the findings of the Union Environment Ministry, the Himalayan glaciers are retreating at a rapid rate, environmental activist and scientist Vandana Shiva has said. Though it will not be possible to pinpoint the exact timing of glacier melting as 2035, as suggested by the Inter-Governmental Panel for …
Anil S KOCHI: Calling upon governments across the world to devise a quick action plan to deal with the rapid retreat of the Himalayan glaciers, environmental activist Vandana Shiva said the glaciers might not survive this century if the melting continued. Quoting some of the findings of `Climate Change at …
COME JUNE 6, it will be 10 years since the River Princess took up residence at the world-famous Candolim beach in north Goa. What first seemed to be a temporary visit, soon became a pretty permanent in nature and before long, she could be seen in the backdrop of many …
Visakhapatnam, April 6: Corporate entities have begun pressurising local environmentalists who have been making issues out of sanctions said to be made in violation of the statute, particularly environment laws. According to sources, a few representatives of corporate bodies led by local political leaders met the Chief Minister, Mr K. …
C. K. Chandramohan Two hydroelectric projects on Bhagirathi river called off Chief Minister asks Centre to give free power to the State as compensation DEHRA DUN: The Centre's decision to scrap the 381-MW Bhaironghati and 480-MW Pala- Maneri hydroelectric projects coming up on the Bhagirathi in district Uttarkashi in order …
The second International River Festival at Bandra Bhan, near the confluence of Rivers Narmada and Tawa in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh, would be held from March 21 to 23. About 600 environmentalists, social workers, economists, agriculture scientists, doctors, teachers and students are expected to join this event. The secretary …
This paper looks at the claim that Gandhi is a human ecologist. After briefly stating the main elements of human ecology, the paper delineates the major influences, both Eastern and Western, on Gandhi Original Source
FOR many environmentalists, all human influence on the planet is bad. Many natural scientists implicitly share this outlook. This is not unscientific, but it can create the impression that greens and environmental scientists are authoritarian tree-huggers who value nature above people. That doesn't play well with mainstream society, as the …
Mohamed Imranullah S. MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here has issued notice to Debendranath Sarangi, Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forests; A.S. Balanathan, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, and M. Vallalar, Dindigul Collector, in a contempt of court petition filed against them. S. Jayachandran, an environmental activist from …
By named environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar as an abettor in the killing of the tiger that was poached in Keri last year, the Forest Department has revealed that its intentions in the case are not entirely honourable. It was Kerkar who had first reported the incident and published a photograph in …
RASHME SEHGAL Leaders must remain engaged with climate issues. There is no alternative to political leadership and sustainable development. Leaders of emerging countries need to be proactive and relentless in order to arrive at a new carbon deal Two leading environmentalists, former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos and Dr Gro Harlem …
