The minister and the menace
A recent workshop on people's management of the Rajaji National Park brought out in full fury the debate whether the local communities are wiser …
Unfriendly neighbourhoods
In their rush to meet the housing requirements of cities, planners are turning a blind eye to the quality of the built environment
Under siege
India, seen as a dumpyard by the developed countries for toxic wastes, is under pressure not to ratify the Basel Ban
A revolution redefined
Troubled by the degradation of soil and water, French farmers are now switching to a more sustainable practise of agriculture
Ground realities
The importance of groundwater as a source of irrigation and the role of traditional methods in conserving it should be given due credit
Nature's laboratory
The ice cover almost 4.8 km thick is perhaps the most valuable feature of Antarctica, with its record of past atmospheres in the trapped air bubbles
Gandhi revisited
Development policies based on Gandhian philosophy, rather than consumerism, are the best bet for tackling current environmental and development …
Time to wake up
The demand for water and energy is likely to increase at a geometrical rate in the coming years. What are the policy options for a better …
Silent sufferers
Indifferent primary health care in developing countries could lead to mental depression taking the form of a mass illness
Save the sea
...by encouraging local participation of fisherfolk to arrest overfishing and damage to the eco-system
The daily bread
Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under …
Fuel for thought
To reduce the level of carbon in the atmosphere, growing and using biomass as an energy substitute for fossil fuels is of greater advantage than …
Whale of a problem
The world has again failed to agree whether whaling should continue or a moratorium should be placed on hunting the sea mammal
Alluring corridors
Conservation of lengths of forests, harbouring native animal and plant species, is a powerful concept that can involve people and attract funds
Starting afresh
For the writer, the environs and celebrations will be very different when the new millenium dawns
Trim that FLAB
The bureaucrat is a generalist and gets to head departments that should be managed by specialists
Gifted writers
The life of a journalist on the motoring beat is replete with foreign trips, cash and expensive gifts, all in exchange of a slippery pen
Serving in god's name
This dedicated band have abandoned their egos and selfishness to go about performing social service without any fanfare
Fuel for food
While energy consumption surveys have shown a very high level of firewood consumption, various forest departments have shown very low levels of …
How green is “green”?
Consumers can determine that by demanding eco-friendly products
The sleepy saw-scaled viper
Largely nocturnal, this brown snake is seen under rocks and fallen logs
The city before the Taj
The interests of Agra and its citizens must figure prominently in any effort to save the Taj
The contours of repression
The government has consistently steamrolled opposition to the Sardar Sarovar project
Everybody coughs in Kumaon
... but the government has done nothing to monitor the prevalence of tuberculosis in the area.
Utterly unbutterly
Politicians dip their greasy palms into a successful cooperative venture to corner the cream