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Dec 1-15, 2002
Cover Story
Headloaders - collectors of fuelwood in India's woodlands. On the one hand, seen as forest destroyers, on the other, they are the sole support of a multi-billion dollar market. RICHARD MAHAPATRA follows one of them from dawn to dusk to learn about the struggles in their daily lives, and their status in society
Editor's page
News
In overhauling the wildlife act, MEF could ride roughshod over people's rights
A WTO meeting of ministers is hailed as a success
Two proposed moves that could drastically alter forest management in India
Oil spill off Spanish coastthreatens marine life
Science and technology capacity building centre set to take off
Scheme will help tackle drought, says PM
Summons issued in khair wood allotment case in Himachal Pradesh
Another public interest petition, this time in Kerala
US grain millers seek exemption from ban on methyl bromide
China set to wrest neem initiative from India
Norway revokes a carbon sequestration study permit
Interview
Science & Technology
Nestling finches in Galapagos Islands threatened by larvae of parasitic flies
Regular draining of water from rice fields reduces methane emissions
Preserve old books efficiently now
Indonesian fires increased global warming in 1998?
Fishing leads to fishy genes
In Ethiopia, traditional healers can be a good alternative to an inefficient public health system
Alcohol consumption raises risk of breast cancer
How green algae eat pipelines
Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children
No need to use mice anymore
Microchips stomp heavily on the environment
Sea surface temperatures indirectly affect South Asian monsoons
100 per cent accurate computer algorithm to identify prime numbers
It's time to put tetrapaks to good use: recycle them into boards
A bacterium in optical communications
This genetically modified plant is a marker of discontent
Factsheet
Survival is the only business that thrives in an ailing continent
Special Report
Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift
Life & Nature
The Fortnight
Leader
Crosscurrent
Environmentalism offers a rich analogy for the politics of copyright on the Internet
The free software movement needs both bark and byte
Governments are duty-bound to promote open source software
Grassroots
Panchayat fights to retain what is left of Saligao's groundwater
