A majority of the earth's ecosystems today are in a state of 'accelerated death', one that can be traced to activities structurally linked with …
READ MORE 31 Oct 1996Modern industrial design, pandering to essentially Western consumer-led markets, has spelt doom for the environment. The author, therefore, …
READ MORE 31 Oct 1996New Zealand's far-reaching reforms in conservation and forest management has "changed the face of forestry" in the country
READ MORE 15 Oct 1996Economic development has been the watchword in India's march onto the 21st century. But the country is paying an enormous price for this much-…
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While advances in the transport sector have mitigated humankind's problems, the ensuing costs in terms of environmental, economic and social …
READ MORE 30 Sep 1996The Greens. Forebears of the present German Green party. What has happened to their ideals? Why is the party viewed just as a somnolent giant …
READ MORE 30 Sep 1996Traditional curative systems like ayurveda, homoeopathy, acupuncture... are being revived as alternative medicine. But in India and the Orient, …
READ MORE 15 Sep 1996Governmental disinterest and lack of research has till date stifled the promise of the Indian systems of medicine, but health and family welfare …
READ MORE 15 Sep 1996Homoeopathy, the butt of broadsides and jokes of practitioners and adherents of conventional medicine, is giving its detractors a run for their …
READ MORE 15 Sep 1996Across the Palk Strait, Sri Lanka turns back the pages and rejuvenates its traditional indigenous systems of medicine
READ MORE 15 Sep 1996Burgeoning populations notwithstanding, humankind seems in danger of being wiped out. This is the inference one draws from Our Stolen Future , …
READ MORE 31 Aug 1996In the story from the great Indian epic, Mahabharat , the legendary hero Arjun was once telling his wife Shubhadra how to penetrate the …
READ MORE 31 Aug 1996The Western Ghats in the south of India have forests which are, for some plant species, their exclusive home on this earth. No wonder then, that …
READ MORE 15 Aug 1996Global climate change is today a spectre which allows for no ostriches. Scientific data is piling up to indict human activity as the source of …
READ MORE 15 Aug 1996The issue of genetic resources today has apparently introduced "a new dimension to national security". Though some scientists are making …
READ MORE 31 Jul 1996Humankind faces the most prolonged and worst exposure to pollution within the four walls of its homes - indoors - where biomass combustion spells …
READ MORE 15 Jul 1996Are the nations of the world serious in their much-touted efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions? VINAYAK RAO examines the motives, moods …
READ MORE 15 Jul 1996Indigenous peoples of the world have been objects of downright apathy and brutal repression at worst, and mild tourist or academic interest at …
READ MORE 15 Jun 1996Overexploitation, skewed pricing policies and inefficient utilisation have laid bare the bamboo's vast reserves. While local communities clamour …
READ MORE 15 Jun 1996Should the remaining two stocks of the smallpox virus be wiped out permanently from the face of the earth? The question, which brings to fore …
READ MORE 30 Apr 1996Reduced to being a receptacle of household and industrial wastes and victimised by lopsided development, the Yamuna, Delhi's lifeline, is crying …
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