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Controlling carbon

Afforestation of degraded land in India can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

C: Green planet

Will the world move towards a more fair and environmentally just future?

B: High drama

The forest convention was the most controversial issue at the Summit. However, the G-77, a …

Postponed

Issues concerning the earth's future took a backseat as unseemly politics ruled the day at …

Tall promises

The benefits of a watershed develqpment programme in Anantapur fail to trickle down to poor …

Rising from the ashes

Today more than two-thirds of Japan's land area is under forests as a result of a state-…

Victims of ignorance

More of everything?

Increasing acid rain. Higher temperatures. Water scarcity. Shrinking farmlands. Reducing …

Evangelistic edicts

Southward bound

Breaking the ice

The recent breaking away of a massive iceberg from the Antarctic peninsula has generated a …

Visionary

Blind terror: 80 per cent of the world's sightless are in the developing world, and the …

Anxiety helps hasten ozone safety deadlines

Despite Third World pleas for generous grace periods, Montreal Protocol nations have moved …