Mass movement against Dunkel draft
Forty-five bodies have joined hands to mobilise protest campaigns against changes in laws which will comply with GATT proposals for a new …
Speaking for the people
Rio saw the largest ever gathering of NGOs -- over 2,000 of them. And finally the world was forced to acknowledge that NGOs were the real voice …
Shortchanging the South
Funds, always a sticky subject, was an area of considerable debate at UNCED. What emerged was a weak compromise which left northern purses …
Nothing gained, but nothing lost either
The glitz at UNCED was very impressive -- over 100 heads of government gathered together to thrash out environment politics. But the results were …
Boost to ecofriendly farming
A department of biotechnology project to popularise the production of biofertilisers has recently been approved.
No time to lose
The Union environment minister says that a comprehensive bill to protect India's biodiversity is on the anvil. But whether it can be a timely, …
Let a thousand wheels rone
The latest environment-friendly moves by China indicate investments in the environment-unfriendly car industry
Damned despair
Oustees of the Sardar Sarovar Project still languish in large numbers for a roof over their head
Forest rights
Adivasis draft an alternative forest bill and a rehabilitation policy to safeguard India's forests
Sage advice
Africa's researchers and scientists discuss their traditional knowledge and developmental skills for better sustainability
The chlorine bomb
An used chlor-alkali plant is slipped through lax Indian laws on the import of hazardous technology
Current solutions
This time round, US secretary of energy Hazel O'Leary's visit to India was a successful business trip
Waste of effort
The Central Pollution Control Board plays foul in inventorising NCR's hazardous waste generation
Sankosh soothsayings
The new Indo-Bhutan hydel project on the sankosh river may turn out to be an environmental disaster, feels a green agency
The jungle bungle
World Bank makes a hollow attempt of involving NGOs in a project for the management of protected areas
Arsenic down under
A Geological Survey of India study points to the possible role played by use of phosphatic fertilisers, among other factors, in the occurrence …
Bringing in devastation
Refugee movements the world over have had an unfortunate aftermath: the degradation of environment. The UN hcr has now come out with a set of …
Jettison geography
A fresh map of coastal Gujarat may enable the completion of a jetty whose construction is under dispute
All about Alamatti
The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation's major wrangles over river waters
Leaving the poor aside
Germany's persistence in not agreeing with the idea of selling IMF gold reserves provided a convenient excuse for the G-7 to ignore the debt …
Choose or else
The ecodevelopment project being implemented in Gir National Park has raked up a controversy on the issue of relocation of the native Maldhari …
Ours and theirs
An American company appropriates the name 'basmati' as its own, and the contentious issue of patents and protection comes to the fore once again
Graft craft
An artificial blood vessel, developed indigenously, would shortly undergo clinical trials on humans, heralding a new era in India's medical technology
Spirit of Mandate 1996
Although women did not figure prominently in this year's elections, women power definitely proved to be a very heady potion for aspiring candidates
Weapons of the weak
In the current election, campaign, mainstream parties were once again caught napping on their environmental commitments, spurring a novel people'…