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
Green society
AGROFORESTRY IN INDIA K G Tejwani Publisher : Oxford & IBH Publishing Price: not stated
Pills that kill
DRUG SUPPLY AND USE, TOWARDS A RATIONAL POLICY IN INDIA·Anand Phadke·Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1998·Rs 165
Bay watch!
COASTAL WATERS OF THE WORLD: TRENDS, THREATS, AND STRATEGIES·Don Hinrichsen· Island Press, Washington, 1997· 276 pages
The good earth
SOIL CONSERVATION EXTENSION: FROM CONCEPTS TO ADOPTION· Edited by S Sombatpanit, M A Zobisch et al·Oxford and IBH Publishing …
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 …
How green was the revolution
The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High Yielding Rice Varieties in South India Peter B R Hazell and C Ramaswamy Oxford University …
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
Elusive cause
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
A forest of controls
ALL ABOUT FOREST BILL AND FOREST LANDS Edited by S R Hiremath, S Kanwali and S Kulkarni Publishers: Samaj Parivartan Samudaya, Dharwad, and …
Beyond 'intelligence'
BEYOND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: TOWARDS TRADITIONAL RESOURCE RIGHTS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES· Darrell A Posey and Graham …
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From stories of climate crisis to women-led movement for equal rights, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from …
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
A welcome drop
KERALA’S DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES·K C Zachariah and Irudaya Rajan·Sage Publications·Pages …
