Misinformed choices

BETRAYAL OF SCIENCE AND REASON: HOW ANTIENVIRONMENTAL RHETORIC THREATENS OUR FUTURE·Paul R Ehrlich and Anne H Ehrlich· Shearwater …

Just deserts

GREEN GLOBE YEARBOOK 1995 The Fridtjof Nansen Institute

Wanted - a second wave

THE TRUE STATE OF THE PLANET -Edited by Ronald Bailey ,The Free Prees:$15

Unravelling the mysteries of biotechnology

Decrease in the need for chemical inputs will depend on the direction research takes, as private companies are interested only in profits.

Desertification control lacks efficiency

PERHAPS no environmental problem affects the poor of the world as much as desertification. The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) says this has …

'Hole' of a problem!

As concern for the ozone layer mounts, two more chemicals have been found to have a degenerating effect on the protective shield

Climate convention generates heat and dust

India passes back the buck to industrialised nations as wranglings over the Climate Change protocol continue

The phase continues

India's time threatens to run out as the ozone phase-out fund goes miserly

Developed nations refuse to reform

Industrialised nations continue to be the major contnlxftrs of greenhouse gases and their emissions are increasing

South gains words but loses its genes

While the North has made no commitment to reduce its emissions,, the South commits itself to protect the world's biodiversity

Panel to smooth North-South squabbles on GEF

A special committee is being set up to solve clashes between the industrialised and developing countries over national and international gains in …

Dolphin kills may provoke US ban

Colombo is at pains to clear itself of the UNEP charge that it is one of the world's five major dolphin catchers.

Experts urge national priority for shore areas

Among steps recommended to save the marine environment of the Bay of Bengal region is involving local people in coastal development planning.

USA may soften its stand on global warming

The US envoy to the UN has indicated Washington may tone down its opposition to steps taken to reduce emission of greenhouse gases.

North-South row over post-Rio panel's role

Even as the South continues to insist on Western nations fulfilling their Rio promise to increase aid, fund flows are decreasing.

US version of biodiversity pact raises fears

Environmental groups are agitated that Washington's controversial interpretation of the Biodiversity Convention distorts the spirit of the treaty.

Closing the door on a convention

By asserting the sovereignty of the right to control their tropical forests, more than 40 developing countries are gearing up to counter the North'…

NGOs rush in where governments fear to tread

Nongovernmental organisations have criticised the cautious stand the desertification convention secretariat has taken in order to garner funds …

Germany tries to pass the buck

The meeting of the climate convention negotiating committee, which was meant to evolve criterion for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, …

Bickering hinders resolution

A recent meeting on biological diversity failed to establish ground rules for implementation, as the participating nations were totally unwilling …

North rejects India's plea

India's request for a $2 billion grant to cut down the use of ozone-depleting substances was turned down because Northern countries felt it was …

Squabbles thwart Third World projects

North vs South differences of opinion and the donor countries' control over funds has impeded the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances in …

Fishy business

The US policy to restrict tuna imports hampers free trade, says the GATT panel report

The biotech brigands

Developed nations are interpreting key clauses of the biodiversity treaty with the aim of protecting their own biotechnology industries from …

Gasbagging the North

The South has opposed the North's proposal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in yet another stalemate