In- Depth

Nepal's poor carry it off
Governance
Nepal's poor carry it off

As the Himalayan country's forestry scheme for the poor reaps rich dividends, its government entrusts more degraded areas to the underprivileged. The only hurdle for a complete environmental revival seems to be bureaucratic inertia
February 28, 2002
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Orphans of the river
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Orphans of the river
Farming for the future
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Farming for the future
Raw Deal
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Raw Deal
A mixed bag
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A mixed bag

The Bangladesh government sends thin plastic bags packing, but has Dhaka seen the last of them? Pinaki Roy ...
February 15, 2002
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Adrift and Isolated
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Adrift and Isolated

A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let-down for the fiskerfolk
January 31, 2002
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Forest war
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Forest war

Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource ...
December 31, 2001
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Kings of forests
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Kings of forests

The control of Naxalites over forests is total and overwhelming
December 31, 2001
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Law of no returns
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Law of no returns
December 31, 2001
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Classified ?
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Classified ?

The data is rudimentary. The analysis is poor. And is kept secret
December 31, 2001
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System error
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System error

The death of India's cancer control programme and the rise of cancers
December 31, 2001
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Power trickles down
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Power trickles down

Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers

December 31, 2001
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Time To Introspect
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Time To Introspect

Policymakers must put public health above everything else to chart the future. Consumers must demand change so ...
November 30, 2001
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Warming warnings
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Warming warnings

The debate whether climatic changes trigger calamities continues. But there is no doubt that environmental degradation wrecks havoc on ...
October 15, 2001
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Chain effect
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Chain effect

Environmental degradation causes a plethora of problems. Mismanagement and destruction of natural resources leave people even more vulnerable
October 15, 2001
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Old as the hills
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Old as the hills

Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for ...
May 31, 2001
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Wildlife harvesting
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Wildlife harvesting

Sustainable harvesting of chiru may help save the Tibetan antelope
May 31, 2001
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Manufactured Chaos
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Manufactured Chaos

How the Delhi government evaded the Supreme Court order on CNG to engineer a state of anarchy?
April 30, 2001
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Drying wetlands
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Drying wetlands

Ladakh's high altitude wetlands are under severe stress from the livestock population as well as tourist influx
April 30, 2001
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No respite for Ridleys
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No respite for Ridleys

Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use
April 30, 2001
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Tanned Order
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Tanned Order

Authorities and the leather industry owners in Tamil Nadu dodge court orders, while a few individuals raise voices ...
April 30, 2001
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Voices from Making Water Everybody's Business Talking about water
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Voices from Making Water Everybody's Business Talking about water

Water is bound to dominate the agenda of the country's politicians and planners in the future Though ...
April 15, 2001
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Betrayed
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Betrayed

Nepal's forest bureaucracy prepares for the funeral of the much-hailed community forest management programme
April 15, 2001
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Sealed fate
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Sealed fate

The de-sealing drive of the Delhi government is yet to take-off as a bureaucratic maze greets factory owners
April 15, 2001
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Battling climate change
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Battling climate change

Technologies exist to arrest global warming. But the political will to implement them is missing
April 15, 2001
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