Drinking water audit report by March 2011

In addition to conducting financial audits, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), VINOD RAI, has decided to conduct a social and …

Spread of GM plants out of control in many countries, says report

German-based non-profit says transgenes from species such as bentgrass, oilseed rape and cotton have already escaped permanently into the …

The path popped pills tread

Only 15 per cent of drugs are degraded by sewage plants

A sip of earthy flavour

Anantamool tea is more than a refresher for the farmers of Vidarbha

Back where it belongs

India emerges victorious from a legal wrangle with the US over the patenting of neem

Biobusiness

Just a lament

Tribal women in Chattisgarh beat the poverty trap with fortunes from traditional medicines

Himalayan herbal heritage fading

Forest produce in Western Ghats suffer mystery infection

Kali Nadi is poisoned

It carries Meerut’s industrial waste, sewage and carcasses  

Peepal power

The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh never misses the opportunity to savour the tender leaves of peepal

River restoration is not just an ecological act

Despite decades of restoration efforts by a rich ensemble of state-development actors, cultural heritage votaries and rights activists, the …

Simply Put: Invasive species

India must conserve its orchid wealth

Earnest measures are needed, involving awareness efforts among all stakeholders

Global Eco Watch: A cooling event caused rice to spread across Asia 4,200 years ago

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 15 – July 21)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Relish history

Rich in its mythological antecedents, the prickly pear has many medicinal merits

A nod to private power

Down with protests

Is the Indian government silencing protests against the Enron power project?

Abusing PILs

The Supreme Court makes the petitioner in a public interest litigation accountable

Polls take their toll

Going to seed

No smiling matter

Pollution export