'Nature's gardeners' to the fore

Pampered European farmers cried foul as the Uruguay Round of GATT raced to a tense finish.

Breathing poison

Big dams are bad news

Private companies investing in dams is bad news for the environment

Trade tactics

Imposing environmental trade sanctions on the South will not help, note experts

Biodiversity fund

In the dragnet

Half-hearted democracy

UNDP's Human Development Report 2002 offers a link between politics and development

Divided colours of genomics

WHO reports on the growing 'genetic divide'

Persistent poison

Review highlights need to ban organochlorines worldwide

Solar treatment

Disinfects medical waste in an ecofriendly way

Unity in diversity

News - In Short

Slow progress at climate meet

Rivers at risk

Securing water for people does not have to be at the cost of biodiversity

"The North is driven by the industry"

Christine von Weizsaecker is a senior microbiologist based in Wuppertal, Germany and the vice-president of Ecoropa, the premier European …

Unsustainable hunting & recreational activities a primary threat to global protected areas: study

A study which assessed around 2,000 protected areas across 149 countries shows unsustainable hunting, tourism & forest fire can degrade the …

UN Ocean Conference: a roadmap for sustainable use of oceans

Stakeholders have been invited at the Ocean Conference to give voluntary commitments to ensure that the oceans remain clean and provide a robust …

India fails to protect property rights of indigenous and rural women, says report

None of the 30 low and middle-income countries analysed met the standards of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination …

India commits to restore 13 million ha of degraded forest under Bonn Challenge

Bringing back degraded and deforested lands can help stabilise the climate while sustainably supporting global and local economies, say experts

UN conference calls for global action to save people from toxic chemicals

Delegates agreed though that the key 2020 goal for sound chemical management could not be met by that year

Trans Pacific squeeze

The Trans Pacific Partnership is a mega trade deal that closes the doors for India's trade options

For a few dollars more

Developing countries immunised 80 per cent of their children by 1990 and saved millions of lives. But 35,000 children, under five years of age, …

Within the enemy

Humankind faces the most prolonged and worst exposure to pollution within the four walls of its homes - indoors - where biomass combustion spells …

Defence of science

The Indian Science Congress fails to address country's key concerns like health. Instead, it ends up becoming a forum for grousing about …

Dictating terms

The US forces its agenda upon other member states at the fifth review conference of the bioweapons convention