Hungary resents Slovak dam
Hungarians are raising environmental slogans against opening of the Gabcikovo dam's sluice gates by Czechoslovakia. The dam is built on the river …
Awareness growing about Amazon destruction
AMAZON WATERSHED -- THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION George Monbiot Publisher: Michael Joseph, London Price: Pounds 17.99
The earth may shake, but life goes on
The fragile ecology of the Garhwal Himalaya witnessed another season of cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods -- made worse by the 1991 …
Trekking to balanced development
Gandruk, a small Nepali village on a popular trekking route, will be visited by more than 80,000 tourists before the year ends. But an unusual …
Death of the Indus delta
It was from the port towns of this region that Arab dhows laden with merchandise set sail for distant towns in the days of yore. Today, …
Ethics dumped
The world over, the pockets where the poor live are used as environmental dumps. PAUL WAPNER debates the environmental ethics of International …
Sustainability and the southern perspective
European environmentalists tackle Third World concerns of irresponsible overconsumption by northern countries
Pied pipeline
Construction of a new oil terminal and a pipeline to Russia might affect the Black Sea ecology
"History does not repeat itself"
A pioneer in the field of environmental history, Donald Worster of the University of Kansas in the US highlights the importance of the subject …
Bay watch!
COASTAL WATERS OF THE WORLD: TRENDS, THREATS, AND STRATEGIES·Don Hinrichsen· Island Press, Washington, 1997· 276 pages
Green incentives
The German government's idea of ecological tax may seem impressive, but it hasn't got too many takers. There are too many contradictions, say …
'Supercede capital'
JOEL KOVEL , Alger Hiss Professor of Social Studies at Bard College in Annandale, New York, is best known as the Green Party's candidate in the …
Wanted: professionals who care
Lack of ecological concerns among today's professionals have led to a dichotomy between development and the environment.
Ecology becomes integral part of state policy
With pollution threatening to smother Egypt, environmental planning is becoming central to the country's economic policies
Disappointing effort on ecological economics
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS: THE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY Edited by R Constanza Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York Price: …
Quarrying for trouble
Controversy over Himachal limestone mining The subject of limestone mining in ecologically fragile Himachal Pradesh has become a political …
Curbing selfish sprawl in Tamil Nadu hills
New legislation enacted by the Jayalalitha ministry seeks to contain ecological degradation in the state's hill stations by controlling …
Dutch to pay ecological debts
The Netherlands is negotiating with Bhutan, Costa Rica and Benin a long-term reciprocal development treaty that is based on Dutch assumption that …
New hope for Himalayan wastelands
The seabuckthorn plant can change the lives of marginal farmers by enriching soil with nitrogen, preventing its erosion and providing …
Sacrilage for power
China's major hydroelectric power station on the shores of one of Tibet's most sacred lakes not only threatens the fragile ecology of the lake …
Drained dry
...are the local wetlands in Assam on account of short-sighted flood control measures and unsavoury fishing practices
Economy vs ecology
STATE OF THE WORLD 1998. A WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY·Lester Brown, Christopher Flavin, Hilary …
The Cherry Blossoms of Japan
Green is the all pervading colour of nature. Beatiful and breathtaking. But not can stir the soul and the mind as the dazziling white of sakura, …
Silenced Springs
Glaciers retreat. Forests become denuded. Buildings come up where green meadows used to be. And across the Kashmir valley, the natural mountain …
Extreme wildfires are turning the world’s largest forest ecosystem from carbon sink into net-emitter
A boreal forest fire can release 10 to 20 times more carbon compared to a similarly sized fire in other ecosystems
