Droughts in India were caused by El Nio
Richard Grove , a noted environmental historian from the Australian National University, Canberra, takes an active interest in the climatic and …
I can't just close down a polluting industry
As chairperson of the Karnataka state pollution control board (KSPCB), 39-year-old K V Bengeri has to contend with more than environmental …
"The awareness here is dismal"
Karnataka High Court's Justice M F Saldanha has emerged as one of judiciary's standard bearers in the ongoing battle to save the environment. His …
"We don't intend to threaten India"
The Environmental Investigation Agency ( eia) is one of the leading international environment organisations in London. Recently, it has …
A meeting of minds on rivers
The recently held Dhaka summit, sponsored by the Global Infrastructure Research Foundation, addressed the critical question of exploiting the …
"India has lost much to the West"
Lynn Crisanta R Panganiban is a physician in the department of pharmacology at the University of Philippines, Manila. A toxicologist and an …
I've found a new species of monkey
Mukesh Chalise , the general secretary of the Natural History Society of Nepal and an assistant professor of zoology at Kathmandu University, has …
Migratory birds expert Taej Mundkur on bird flu
Taej Mundkur, an expert on migratory birds, tells Padmaparna Ghosh that bird flu spreads through respiratory route , and not just the faecal route.…
"A fragile experiment is under way"
Bertrand de la Chapelle is the Special Envoy for the Information Society, French Foreign and European Affairs Ministry. A recent meeting of the …
'There is a conflict in gene patenting in India and abroad'
ASIS DUTTA, a senior biologist at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, is the first Indian scientist to have applied for a gene patent in …
"It is wiser for industry to invest in pollution control"
He was the archetypical activist-bureaucrat. For A N YELLAPPA REDDY, former special secretary to the government of Karnataka's department of …
"Right should belong to scientists"
For the first time in India, the draft of the Plant Varieties Protection (PVP) Act is being finalised by the ministry of agriculture. India, as a …
"People who own cars make life unpleasant"
John Whitelegg of the School of Built Environment at Liverpool's John Moores University spoke to Anish Gupta about Calcutta's transport …
"We lack information on the effects of pollution"
JUSTICE BHAGWATI PRASAD BANERJEE of the green bench of the Calcutta high court stirred more than a hornet's nest in April 1996, when he passed an …
"Children are affected by lead poisoning"
VEENA KALRA, who is with the department of paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, is conducting research to …
"The new land Bill will displace More people"
WALTER FERNANDES, director of programme for tribal studies in the New Delhi-based Indian Social Institute, is a vocal critic of Development …
LEAD ALERT!
Dilution is not a solution for any kind of pollution, says T Venkatesh , professor and head of department of biochemistry and biophysics at St …
Reach out to the common man
Kiran Karnik , Managing Director, Discovery Channel talks to Amit Shanker on ways to popularise environment issues
Former Finnish minister on environment concerns
Satu Hassi, the former environment minister of Finland and now a member of the European parliament, speaks to Ritu Gupta on the business of CDM
'I am rewriting Ayurvedic knowledge'
Vaidya Balendu Prakash is presently carrying out research work on Rasayan Shastra (metal therapy), based on ayurveda. He has been successfully …
"The West now understands that waste can be a resource"
Sweden's UNO WINBLAD was not a sanitation engineer but had trained as an architect in London in the late '50s. Those were the days of mounting …
"Industry must invest in clean projects "
Brian Robinson , chairperson, Australian Environment Protection Authority (epa) has enabled the Australian environmental enforcement system to …
CSD must become a forum for debate
New Zealand's minister for the environment Simon Upton is the chairperson of the seventh session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (…
Home truhs, colonial lies
A noted Gandhian historian, DHARAMPAL has enquired into variousfacets of M-British Indian society. He has authored several books, including …
The South should work with NGOs
Walden Bello , co-director, Focus on the Global South, a research institute in Thailand, has done extensive work on the East Asia Miracle Paradigm.…