Shell condemned

Ken Saro-Wiwa's second death anniversary marked by protests

Animalthusian problem

There are more animals in the State Zoo than the authorities can manage

Himalayan plunder

Tourism has wreaked havoc on Sikkim's natural resources

Democracy in distress

Scientists and ecologists say that global warming will weaken democratic processes

Needed: people

Russia's population is declining at an alarming rate

Divine intervention

The Sikkim government has decided to scrap the Chu hydel project

Policing the forests

The Supreme Court decision to direct state governments to arm forest guards draws flak

Discovery returns

The space shuttle has brought back vital data about ozone depletion

The glitter of tin

Unrestricted tin mining has destroyed the Jos plateau in Nigeria

Cutting corners

A World Bank body is flouting its own environmental norms

Floating fields

Rural folk can grow rice on lakes in Manipur

Playing hooky

Maharashtra government is none too keen to talk on Enron

Business as usual

Norwegian whalers have never had it so good in the last decade

Food for thought

Gaps in action

An alternative plan to clean up the river Ganga at Varanasi has been submitted by a local NGO

Tackling dengue

Community participation is the only way to prevent dengue in the future

On the banned wagon

The European Union will now refrain from exporting hazardous wastes to developing countries

Power plans

Metal miracles

Tribute to a star

Recharging water

Austrelia launches a project to save the world's biggest reservoir of groundwater

Tall claims, small gains

Teak companies are all about broken promises

Green tax

An energy tax on businesses in the UK is on the anvil

The Swede way

In which carbon dioxide emissions were stabilised

Unwelcome move

Brazil approves of transgenic crops