Russia reneging on Kyoto?

The earth is hotter than it has been in the past 2000 years and the largest ice shelf in the Artic has broken into two after having existed for …

One up

Monsanto wins a landmark victory in Britain

Devil is in the details

A WTO meeting of ministers is hailed as a success

Better paranoid

Than regret loss that happens in millions

Appalling ability

What makes a species invasive?

Civil society asks WTO chief to act as ‘impartial facilitator’ in trade negotiations

Developed countries attempting impose deeper tariff cuts and aggressive liberalisation to access markets in developing countries, says letter to …

Countdown to Cancun: Agricultural subsidies

why should four per cent of the agricultural workforce (mostly affluent) in high-income countries reap the rich harvest of an international trade …

"Serious study has not yet begun"

R Uma Shankar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, speaks to Down To Earth

"We need to be more proactive"

Dr. S. Ramani, senior scientist (Agricultural Entomology), Project Directorate of Biological Control (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), …

"Biological control is the way out"

Dr. R D Gautam, principal scientist and in-charge of the Plant Health Clinic, speaks to Down To Earth

Victory against all odds

Seeds of discontent?

India's first legislation aimed at protecting farmers' rights raises many apprehensions

Twist in the TRIPS tale

UK panel endorses South's stand on intellectual property rights

Battlelines drawn

Farm trade: it's developing countries vs EU-US

G strings

Or, what nations do to make themselves heard, internationally

Farm trade principles

G-20 suggests parameters to cut agricultural tariffs

In short

Ignore US bullying on IPRs

Countries should not be stampeded into changing laws by the USTR's arbitrary Special 301 report

Affordable medicines row

The US pharmaceutical industry -- which has so far prevented its government from endorsing a prescription for change -- is now directly engaging …

Looking for the right bait

Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy

Invasive Alien Species

Think of an invasion, and the picture that comes to mind is usually that of planes and tanks, machines and men, shells and gunshots. But animal …

Trading the environment

What's on the agenda of WTO's Trade and Environment Committee

Regional Trade Agreements dividing north-south trade?

Update

India, US tie their first IPR knot