Website Review: http://www.wotr.org

http://www.wotr.org The concept of water harvesting is catching like wild fire across the length and breadth of the nation. For those interested in knowing more about the concept and how to implement it, this is the right site. Watershed Organisation Trust (wotr) based in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, helps rural communities and ngos, towards initiating and sustaining water conservation.

Masked messages - Public advocacy

Public Advocacy

Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

a survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line (bpl) households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society groups under the 'right to food' campaign. They are objecting to the exercise on two counts: firstly, the criteria used for poverty estimation are incorrect; and secondly, the large-scale migration due to drought is likely to distort figures.

Book Review

Accountability in the Pesticide Industry - a report based on a forum held at the Pocantico Conference Center . June 25-28, 2002 . Paper No 5

Lomborg disproved

The Skeptical Environmentalist

Poison present

Greenpeace Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, Dow Benelux, in the Dutch town of Terneuzen. About 20 activists were arrested after they unloaded 250 kg of the waste contained in seven barrels.

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs o Director: Amarendra Kishore o 28 minutes o English/Hindi

Tiger's new friends

Kids for Tigers The Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris) can breathe a little easy. Over a million kids are rooting for it now, thanks to the Kids for Tigers initiative of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (intach), in collaboration with Sanctuary magazine and Britannia Industries. The massive scheme aims to educate 1.5 million children around the country on the need to save the tiger and its natural habitat.

Website review: <lcase>http://www.saukaryam.org </lcase>

http://www.saukaryam.org International accolades are pouring in for Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation's (vmc) cyber initiative, Project Saukaryam (convenience). Awards received include the United Nations Development Programme (undp) cyber city award 2002, to add to the prestigious Stockholm Challenge International Award (public service) in 2001 to name just two.