Bangladesh
Growing urban pressures
The great energy divide
Mind over matter
Paying the price
The cost of environmental degradation is rising steeply in India, says the World Bank
CHINA
A sinking feeling
The breaking of protective bunds threaten to submerge a village island in Goa
Women at work
To hell and Back
How TBS helped communities revive the rural environment
VILLAGE VS INDUSTRY
And forests shall follow
The minister thinks it is time to formulate an integrated forest policy
Phase-out plan unveiled
Online
How alien invasive plant species threatens Western Ghats
Forest fires and man-eating tigers make for easy headlines but what about invading flora in a forest?
Baiga tribals become India’s first community to get habitat rights
The administration used a gazette notification passed by the colonial British government, which recognised these areas as home of the Baigas, to …
Is the world hurtling towards an ‘Insect Apocalypse’?
New study warns that more than 40 per cent of insect species are declining and a third are endangered
Not just air, level of noise pollution in Delhi is also deadly: study
A new study confirms the findings of a 2011 CSE survey which had shown that the capital has the noisiest roads in the country
Simply creative
General principles of architecture are imaginatively applied to create a green building in Gurgaon
A sense of belonging
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Flickering ray of hope for hill areas
Although small hydro electric schemes are considered ideal for remote hill villages, planners have overlooked crucial factors and not all …
UNDP report stresses people's participation
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A not-very-subtle environmental message
The film should communicae its environmental message far more effectively than the dozens of inept documentaries that have been made on the subject.
Subabul biscuits boost milk yield
Cattle fed with subabul biscuits can produce up to 20 per cent more milk. The fast-growing tree also produces useful timber.
Who will help her learn?
Merely providing schools is not enough to educate the more than 197.34 million illiterate women in India. Far too often, girls have to drop out …
Crop species disappearing in Garhwal
A survey reveals a drastic fall in Garhwal Himalayan crop diversity. Compounding the seriousness of the situation is the lack of scientific …