Misinformed choices

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

'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

Wanted - a second wave

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

Impolitic moves

The recent Cabinet shake-up could spell trouble for India on the eco-conservation front

Just deserts

GREEN GLOBE YEARBOOK 1995 The Fridtjof Nansen Institute

The phase continues

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

Climate convention generates heat and dust

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

Gasbagging the North

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

The biotech brigands

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

Fishy business

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

Unconventional interference

The United States has decreed that GATT will have the last word on intellectual property rights, thus throwing the Biodiversity Convention to the …

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 …

Developed nations refuse to reform

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

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 …

Bickering hinders resolution

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

Dancing to the World Bank's tune

The World Bank, which is the largest lender of aid to the Third World, is casting its shadow on decisions made by the Indian Union ministry of …

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, …

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'…

Arid politics

Each year the world loses $42.3 billion because of desertification. But when its leaders meet to discuss the fast-spreading problem, all they can …

UNEP set to navigate a new course

The United Nations Environment Programme, which had previously advanced legal instruments to solve global environmental problems, is now …

The world in his pocket

Kamal Nath is one of the few Indian ministers to have acquired an international image. He has traversed the globe to attend various environmental …

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.

North prefers UN to act as 'global governor'

Environmental concerns and the end of the Cold War are spurring radical changes at the UN. But the revamp is turning out to be another thorny issue.

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.