Message in a baton
The decades after Independence saw rampant destruction of trees. This was followed by years of drought. It was then that the villagers realised …
We plan to involve panchayats in monitoring pollution levels
Sheila Rani Chunkat has recently been appointed chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). She spoke to Binayak Das on how …
Farmers can only teach traditional knowledge
P S Ramakrishnan , former director of G B Pant University in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh and currently professor at the School of Environmental …
The need of the hour
Experts all over agree that rainwater harvesting is the best way to improve the lot of villages
Talking about fluorosis
Participants failed to come up with workable solutions at a recent international conference on fluorosis
The verdict and after
The Supreme Court's decision, giving a go ahead to the Sardar Sarovar Project, has regenerated the debate.
Time Locked
Government watershed programmes run for a limited period. The impractical timeframe threatens to undo the goodwork
Sustained Conservation
Only a strong political commitment for water conservation will ensure the survival of these structures
Steeplechase
There is euphoria in the villages which have harvested rain. Overcoming hurdles, village communities learn the first lesson in water management
Spreading root
OLD ROOTS, NEW SHOOTS: A STUDY OF JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT IN ANDHRA PRADESH·C S Rangachari and S D Mukherji·Winrock International …
Pawns in conservation
Maharashtra forest department’s conservation model puts Madia tribals in Naxals’ line of fire
Rights overruled
States are making their own rules to reclaim the authority over forests from tribes, derailing community forest rights
Lithuania, Latvia ranked as world’s top environmental democracies
The index evaluated the availability of information and public participation related to environment matters in 70 countries
Churu says yes to hygiene
The district is all set to become the first in Rajasthan to completely stop open defecation. Will others follow?
Rice from dry river
Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought
Channels of change
Two villages in Uttar Pradesh have reversed the trend of migration by digging six kilometres of channels to bring water to drought-hit farms
Paperworks
Overall environment health of the pulp and paper industry is far from healthy Inefficiency in resource use plagues the industry
The resonance
The Green Rating Project has already had an impact on Indian industry and hopefully will have more
Bottom of the pile
The companies that have figured low on the ratings are characterised by more than one of the following features
The top bracket
The companies that have figured high on the ratings have more than one of the following features
Paradise in peril
Galpagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador, is probably the world's best-known biodiversity zone. But alien species …
Kolar: The dilemma continues
Although the MRC's work is still going on, the community remains has not been educated to continue with it
Hardwar: Not without help
The malaria control operations have been successful only because of help from a large public sector corporation
A water journey
Monsoon means celebrations for the people of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat who script success stories of rainwater harvesting. But in Rajasthan they …
URBAN WATER HARVESTING SINGAPORE
Rain in a concrete jungle Short of water, Singapore harvests the rain that falls on most of its land despite industrialisation. The city has …