Brazilian climate scientist wins Volvo Environment Prize for work on Amazon

Nobre has raised concern over possible "savannisation" of the largest tropical forest in the world

Website review: http://www.saukaryam.org

Vishakhapatnam residents can register and verify births and deaths online and get the certificates delivered to their residences. Payment of …

Indian conservationist wins prestigious Whitley Award

A single man’s fight to protect elephants has reduced man-animal conflict in Tamil Nadu

Just passed!

The Indian automobile industry gets a rude shock: its pedestrian performance makes winners look like losers

Testy drive

The multinational ranks third but its performance cannot be a badge of success on its huge corporate shoulders

Setting Out

The Indian automobile industry got a rude shock on October 29 when the Centre for Science and Environment released the environment rating of one …

Harnessing renewables

Auroville moves ahead on the road to energy sufficiency by using non-conventional energy sources

ICAR gives top award to scientist without checking patent claims

ICAR has asked for Rs 245 crore to promote intellectual property rights but is not doing due diligence on patent claims

Solo Performances

Besides the communities who have done exemplary work in the field of environment, several individuals are making a difference in the lives of …

Hamlets reborn

Although Bhaonta-Kolyala village walked away with the Down To Earth-Joseph C John Award, the judges came across several such communities worthy …

Awarded : Bhaonta-Kolyala

... for reviving the Arvari river, for showing that a healthy ecology and good water management mean prosperity, for proving that drought is a myth

India's genome saviours

Farmers and organisations who have won government recognition this year for conserving seeds of indigenous crops and plant species

Driven for and by the people

GRP has emerged as a truly democratic indicator of the direction in which corporate environmental governance is headed

India Biodiversity Awards 2012 go to six pioneers in biodiversity governance

These include three village panchayats, two tiger reserves and informal network of forest protection committees

Mission possible

The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But the states of Sikkim, Haryana and …

Model approach

Mathematical models can be applied in real life situations in several ways. R Vishnu Vardhan from the department of statistics, Pondicherry …

Unconventional course

Award for a better world

AWARD FOR AGARWAL

Indians in race

Rewarding partnership

Ungracious

Hype buster

Anti-loggers dominate

Third time lucky?

Yet another Nobel for nuclear non-proliferation