World Bank to finance controversial dam
The Pangue dam project has got the World Bank's approval for a large loan amidst charges of environmental violations.
Being accountable
The reluctance of financial institutions to be made answerable will stymie progress on implementing the Earth Summit agreentents.
Hungary resents Slovak dam
Hungarians are raising environmental slogans against opening of the Gabcikovo dam's sluice gates by Czechoslovakia. The dam is built on the river …
North - South tussle over SDC
The proposal for setting up a Commission for Sustainable Development, considered one of Rio's successes, is already caught in a dispute over size,…
Is environment on the agenda?
With a recession-hit economy to revive, it remains to be seen how much priority the environment will get when the new administration takes over …
Human greed compounds nature's tragedy
The devastating famine that is killing Somalis by the thousands each week will end some day, but they may find out then that they have to deal …
Freezing the Green fridge
Despite environment-friendly refrigerators making the grade, manufacturers are hesitant to introduce them commercially.
North deserts initiative on desertification
Africa's success at Rio summit in securing international support for a proposed desertification convention seems to be short-lived as Northern …
Free trade pact raises environmental fears
A common market linking Mexico, the United States and Canada could very well result in US firms heading north or south to escape strict pollution …
Keeping the desert at day
The extent of desertification of grazingland in North China has reached crisis proportions. Effective governmental policy is needed to maintain …
Doomed dam
A five-year-long protest in France resulted in a major victory for conservationists, with the government being forced to abandon plans to build a dam.
A paradise in search of greenbacks
With Vietnam opening its doors to foreigners, tourism and foreign-exchange earnings are booming. However, fears are being raised of resultant …
Whose land is it, anyway?
The Mabo judgement, which recognises Australian aboriginal claims to land, has led to protests from business circles and could have an impact as …
Watershed deals
Indo-Bangladesh water talks seem to have taken a positive turn while critics still consider the issue a washed out case
Behind the fishing lines
Fisherfolk threaten to gut intrusive foreign trawlers despite India's recent review of its Deep Sea Fishing policy
A hazardous voorkshop
The Dakar workshop on toxic-waste trade left both the exporting countries and green activists fuming
Hunting clubs on pleasure islands
A nonchalant French government plans to throw open its virgin islands to tourists and game hunters
Barely surviving
With about 300 sq km almost stripped bare of forest cover, Africa's first national park battles for survival
A fight to the finish
In the battle for securing a larger share of the world's genetic diversity, the ubiquitous farmer seems to have emerged as the unlikely winner, …
Ruminant ramifications
Beef, the staple food of the British, finds itself out of favour as a ban on its sale sweeps across UK and also the European Union
The magnificent 500
DNA studies suggest that a mere 500 people moving out of Africa could have populated the rest of the world
Year of the girl child
El Nino's little sister La Nina is all set to bring rain in abundance to Australia, Indonesia and some other parts of Asia
Indifferent strokes
A four-stroke scooter is all set to hit the market. But in the absence of data, it is too early to tell if it is any different
Half of diesel
Auto Expo '98 was an exercise in marketing diesel vehicles that have a low running cost and a high environmental cost
Freedom means death
The Delhi High Court ruling may free the animals from the cages of circuses, but will they find a new home?