A no-holds-barred treaty on investments would hand over the world on a platter to MNCs
READ MORE 31 Mar 2000Over a year has passed since Germany's Green party came to power in 1998 by joining hands with their allies, the Social Democrats. Looking back, …
READ MORE 29 Feb 2000Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor …
READ MORE 15 Oct 1999For several years, governments of coastal states have been trying to persuade the Centre to relax the crz rules. Here is how some major '…
READ MORE 15 Oct 1999It is a crime. Numerous factories deliberately inject untreated effluents directly into the ground, contaminating underground aquifers. Down …
READ MORE 31 Aug 1999Groundwater contamination in India is verging on disastrous proportions, especially with regard to mercury
READ MORE 31 Aug 1999The corrupt and inefficient among pollution control authorities have surrendered India's groundwater to unscrupulous industrial units
READ MORE 31 Aug 1999The biological method of hospital waste management, which helps reclaim degraded land and cultivate medicinal plants, may be the best alternative …
READ MORE 15 Aug 1999The prolonged dry spell and the history of forest fires were clear warnings that went unheeded. And thousands of hectares of forests were charred …
READ MORE 15 Jun 1999As early as the 13th century, restrictions were put on the burning of coal as a precaution against the health hazards of air pollution
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Air, water and soil: all have varying amounts of toxic heavy metals. Gradually, they are entering the human body through the food chain. Down …
READ MORE 31 Jan 1999The forest department intervenes to spoil a successful conservation programme of a Haryana village. An assement by Richard Mahapatra
READ MORE 15 Dec 1998Slowly but steadly, women elected to panchayats are asserting themselves and, in the process, giving a new thrust to grassroot governance
READ MORE 30 Nov 1998A usual story: a transnational company develops a profitable product based on the resources and knoledge preserved by an indigenous community …
READ MORE 15 Nov 1998The Adarsh Gaon Yojana was set up to empower some 300 villages in Maharashtra. After eight long years, it is yet to show results. The people …
READ MORE 31 Oct 1998Once harmonious, the human-elephant relationship has taken an ugly turn. Faulty forest policies and nationwide destruction of elephant habitats …
READ MORE 15 Sep 1998Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have become increasingly influential in the past 50 years. Awareness of human rights and social and …
READ MORE 15 Sep 1998Pollinators, small insects like bees and butterflies, animals like bats and small birds such as the hummingbird, play a big role in helping …
READ MORE 15 Aug 1998The rich nations are trying to frame the rules for trading in emissions. However, the methods being used to allocate these are questionable. ANIL …
READ MORE 15 Aug 1998How green is your money? Investors try to figure out as plantation companies take them for a ride
READ MORE 15 Jun 1998Is it the hand of God, or the soiled hand of man? The buck is being passed even as flames stretching hundreds and hundreds of kilometres …
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