Fishing quotas to be curtailed
Sinking "straddling" fish stocks find chances of survival as an international treaty is approved to check overfishing
Flight to fame
A joint consortium by 3 Asian nations to build a passenger aircraft may shake the Western stranglehold
Sanctuary saga
A recent investigation into the Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary lends support to the boundary reduction exercise by the state government
Stripe strikes
The rising incidence of tiger poaching may be checked with the creation of a proposed strike force
From research to riches
It's no more going to be science for science's sake in China anymore as the nation plans for megabuck
Co-opting NGOs
Recent government moves in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe to monitor NGOs and curtail their rights are being given a once-over
Fatal flight
For the Dutch, one more runway at Schiphol may mean more business and jobs, but pollution could go over the top
Computer bananas
Global computer companies find that all roads now lead to Brazil, Despite its reputation as a banana republic
Environmental trade-off
The US signs a new trade agenda and seeks stricter control over its intellectual property rights in India
Patent parley
The Rao government has proved itself unconvincing in handling the Opposition on GATT-related patent reforms
Market trade-off
Following stricter trade sanctions by the US on medical supplies, the Cuban health system is going into a coma
For a few dollars more
The environment ministry is belatedly setting priorities right for procuring GEF's green bundles
Farce on wrong flows
The issue of interbasin transfer of water in India has got muddied by controversies and official indolence
In search of hunger
While the fare at the Rome Food Summit was aimed mainly to help tummy trimming of ambitious plans drawn up earlier, the general feeling of the …
Act of omission
The government's latest commission on water may end up churning out myopic, big-dam-centred policies
Grounding fliers
Environmental activists are fighting against the dramatic expansion of air traffic in the Netherlands
Approaching the end
Special efforts are needed or mammals with limited skills will not be able to survive the onslaught of development
State of confusion and double-speak
The 1995 report on state of India's forests baffles environmentalists with its curious explanations
Star-cross in Nigeria
NGOs and the Cross River state government are locked in a duel over the latter's plans to grant logging concessions to a Chinese metal company in …
Look before you leap
Denmark has for the first time introduced a law relating to the transfer of polluting technologies to other countries
For a lesser God's children
A US health care programme ought to target poor mothers and children - those most likely to reap its benefits, says an expert report
Trouble in Tehri
A sudden eviction notice to the people of Tehri town, warning of an imminent flooding, has incensed the public
Chaos-in cyberspace
If not checked out immediately, the 'year 2000 problem' could be a potential time bomb capable of demolishing our smug cyber operations
A fused scheme
A short circuit in consumer acceptance and a punctured technology compels California to backtrackfiom launching electric cars in the state
Destination India
The Environment Protection Agency of the US plans to take up projects in India by working in tandem with government agencies and NGOs