Book notice: The last forests of Bangladesh
According to records, Bangladesh's forest cover has shrunk to a meagre six per cent from 20 per cent in 1927. The southern mangroves are perhaps …
Book notice: Indigenous Honeybees of the Himalayas
Nepal's native honeybees are an acknowledged vital cog in maintaining the region's biodiversity, as they naturally pollinate an assortment of …
Lascaux caves threatened by microbes
The Lascaux caves in France, which host fabulous prehistoric art, are being threatened by harmful microorganisms again. The invading fungus, a …
Website review: http://www.yaw.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/index.html
This web site is the brainchild of UK scientists, who have hit upon an effective method to counter the controversy surrounding the names of the …
Out for political mileage
The recent events in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Kerala has had an impact on the state government. Why else would it crank up its …
Satirist Dario Fo sued
Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright Dario Fo has been sued for defaming Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in his new satire The Two-…
Website review: http://earthtrends.wri.org/
A must-bookmark site for anyone interested in environmental and development issues. It offers up-to-date facts and figures as well as analyses of …
Website review: Going 'rural'
www.ruralnaukri.com proclaims itself as a "'Haat' where buyers and sellers of rural talent meet". But if you think it is entirely to do with …
A virtual takeover
A set of electronic postings on the subject of AIDS on the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) website are making AIDS researchers see red
Southern California forest fires
Here are some of the different uses of the forest fires that raged in southern California, USA, this month: The Washington Post reported that the …
Book notice: Green peace
Environmental Peacemaking Edited by: Ken Conca and Geoffrey D Dabelko Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 244+15 pp
Photo-copy
If this is world's best in photojournalism, then it is shocking. Make no mistakes. Most of the photographs, featured at the Annual World Press …
"Ad" nauseum: Science and technology
It is "payback" time for the scientific establishment too! The incumbent Indian government, keen to amass political capital well before the next …
Pesticides in soft drinks: media war
With their reputation at stake, the soft drinks industry started a major public relations offence. After decades of some of the most glamorous …
Magic on the pages: Harry Potter goes green
Endangered forests were not something the wizards at Hogwarts have had to bother about. Until now...
Book review: Social Watch India
Governance acts as the mid-wife for development. Accountable and responsive governance is the surest way for perfect delivery of the fruits of …
Ford: Looking backward
To coincide with Ford's centenary celebrations in Dearborn, Michigan, the us environmental group Sierra Club is planning to run an advertising …
Fat before fit
Apparently, the uk government has decided to fight obesity by promoting chocolate consumption. It has endorsed a campaign by Cadbury Schweppes to …
Website review: www.rainwaterharvesting.org
Summer is here and with it water wars at neighbourhood taps and tanker stops. To find a way out of scarcity, visit the Centre for Science and …
Bioterrorism: Contentious content
The sudden spurt in articles on bioterrorism published by medical journals may have inadvertently helped convince the public that the war on Iraq …
Europeans and Biotechnology in 2002 - Eurobarometer 58.0 (2nd Edition: March 21st 2003)
The Eurobarometer Survey measures the awareness and concerns of Europeans on important environmental issues. The fifth edition of the survey, …
Comics workshop
There's a different way comics -- a mixed narrative form that uses text and images, what American cartoonist Art Spiegelmann called 'comix' -- …
Quite disturbing: Pakistan nutrition survey
The Nutrition Section of Pakistan's Planning Commission, working in collaboration with the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund,…
Hyundai: Stringent norms?
As per the auto fuel policy released this year, vehicles running in cities must meet Euro iii emission norms, apparently very stringent, by April …
Book review: Toxicity
The Dirty Dozen: Toxic Chemicals and the Earth's Future By Bruce E Johansen (Praeger Publishers, 2003)