Southerners win the Rio round

For many southern groups, the greater cause at Rio was to align with their governments against the West's "green imperialism"

Conserving biodiversity and generosity

An offer of desi ber by a village lad came as a sharp comment on the global politics of biodiversity

G-7 links aid with environment

The World's richest nations reiterate environment is high on their policy agenda

The racket at Rio

The save-the-planet bazaar does not deserve to be taken seriously

The vital statistics of Rio

Blueprints for change

Environmental Negotiations

North-South row over post-Rio panel's role

Even as the South continues to insist on Western nations fulfilling their Rio promise to increase aid, fund flows are decreasing.

Global resource use must be careful and fair

Environmental stress has resulted mainly from unsustainable consumption levels in poor nations because of bad land-use and degraded village …

Borrowed perspectives

When something as vast and complex as the social dynamics of the Green Revolution is depicted through the experiences of a handful, it is …

Green Rio-toric

Will the European Green parties' long agenda to change the world's environment have any takers?

The utopian trap

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA Edited by Kartik C Roy, Clement A Tisdell and Raj Kumar Sen Publisher: Oxford …

Why don't we set our own house in order first?

The state uses all the right words. But its actions don't match its rhetoric, unfortunately

Rio fever hits the networks

The mother of all summits grabbed a good deal of telecast time recently

In Rio, try thinking of Kalavati Devi

'Their capability to pay arises out of their high level of exploitation'

Union minister for environment and forests Kamal Nath's attitude to the UNCED summit is a curious mixture of pessimism and optimism. He is …

Human empathy is our politics

This year, Down To Earth turns 31 years old. We have promises to keep. And keep them we will

NGOs rush in where governments fear to tread

Nongovernmental organisations have criticised the cautious stand the desertification convention secretariat has taken in order to garner funds …

Closing the door on a convention

By asserting the sovereignty of the right to control their tropical forests, more than 40 developing countries are gearing up to counter the North'…

Fate of forest commission hangs in UN balance

Despite considerable resistance from developing countries, the powerful pro-forest convention lobby will get its own way in setting up a world …

Fish wars of an economic kind

In 1993, Newfoundland will see an international conference on fish stocks as a result of a dispute between Canada and Japan and the EC

Small island states seek additional funds

Small island countries will test, at a 1994 world conference, the sincerity of Western nations' promise about aiding development, which they made …

Team break-up may turn tables

With many members of India's much appreciated delegation to the 1992 Earth Summit being posted to other duties, lndia needs to plan now to face …

Driving home a point without any solutions

Our Country, The Planet -- Forging a Partnership For Survival Shridath Ramphal Publisher: Island Press, Washington D.C. Price: US $15

The fight over the DEAD

A severe tug of war between the North and the South preceded the unanimous acceptance of the Rio declaration