Humans first
EQUATION FOR LIFE·Edited by George Cheriyan·Published by: Books for change·110p; Price: 120
Beware of Policymakers
PEOPLE, PLANTS AND PATENTS: THE IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION, TRADE AND RURAL SOCIETY·Crucible group&…
A whale of problem
INUIT, WHALING, AND SUSTAINABILITY:·By Milton M R Freeman, Ingmar Egede et al ·Published by Altamira Press, New Delhi
Forest rights and wrongs
MODERN FORESTS, STATEMAKING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN COLONIAL EASTERN INDIA· K Sivaramakrishnan·Oxford University Press·…
Biodiversity eroded
CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY, A COMPLEMENTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT·edited by Darrell Posey&…
Case for CFM
COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT — A CASEBOOK FROM INDIA·Joe Human and Manoj Pattanaik·Oxfam Publishing, Oxford·176pp·…
Genes and extinction
GENETICS AND THE EXTINCTION OF SPECIES·Editors – Laura F Landweber and Andrew P Dobson·Princeton University Press·…
Profit vs pollution
THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF PESTICIDES: FORGING CONSENSUS FROM CONFLICTING INTERESTS· Peter Hough·Earthscan, London, 1998·£ …
The story of a thirsty Kumaon
WATER IN KUMAON: ECOLOGY, VALUE, AND RIGHTS·edited by Gopal K Kadekodi, K S R Murthy, Kireet Kumar·G B Pant Institute of Himalayan …
Documenting dissent
DECOMMISSIONING THE BRENT SPAR·Tony Rice and Paula Owen·E & FN SPON (An Imprint of Routledge), 1999·182pp
Spreading root
OLD ROOTS, NEW SHOOTS: A STUDY OF JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT IN ANDHRA PRADESH·C S Rangachari and S D Mukherji·Winrock International …
Talking about pollution
AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL· K V S G Murali Krishna· Kaushal and Co, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh· Rs 500, 345pp
History or just story
THE ECOLOGICAL INDIAN, MYTH AND HISTORY· Shepard Krech III· W W Norton Company, USA·pp318·US $27.95
The wisdom of indigenous healers
Medicinal Plants of India - Vols I & II S K Jain and Robert A DeFillips Publisher: Reference Publications Price: US $94.95
Storehouse of water
HIMALAYAN GLACIERS: HYDROLOGY AND HYDROCHEMISTRY·Syed Iqbal Hasnain·Allied Publishers Limited·New Delhi·India· …
Tackling poverty
INDIA: REDUCING POVERTY, ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT, A WORLD BANK COUNTRY STUDY·Oxford University Press·New Delhi·260 pages
Himalayan upheavals
NATURAL PREMISES: ECOLOGY AND PEASANT LIFE IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYA 1800- 1950·Chetan Singh·Oxford University Press·New Delhi&…
Forests under threat
OXIDANT AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS IN THE MONTANE FORESTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A CASE STUDY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS·Paul R Miller, …
Himalaya's human face
HIMALAYA LIFE ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD·David Zurick and P P Karan·John Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London·1999&…
Cleansing chronicle
THE SANITARY CITY: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT·Martin V Melosi·John Hopkins University Press·Year&…
Beyond DNA
Maurizio Meloni's book is a fascinating social and political history of human heredity spanning over 150 years
The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a privileged pastime
This year the OECD reported that only one in four people in low-income countries can swim
Iatrogenesis unbound: Review of 'Healers or Predators?'
A rare anthology of medical cases investigated to expose the corrupt underbelly of healthcare
Conservation of nature post-privatisation
The book Nature Conservation in the New Economy sheds light on how not to stray away from the idea of justice when dealing with a rapidly …
How indigo spread
Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India by Prakash Kumar, Cambridge University Press, Rs 995