The minister's manifesto

Drought Action

Green clean

Enzymes are the new, hip, ecof riendly detergent components

Strong opposition

Awaiting disaster

The lost world

A continent rose thrice above the Indian Ocean, only to disappear beneath the waves each time

News snippets

News Snippets

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 …

New Nepal

The country struggles with ways to use its diverse ecology in finalising new states

Valuing the environment

Damming controversy

Profiting from ecological subsidies

The vital statistics of Rio