Improving village life will keep villager home
Voluntary agencies will have to come up with ways to make the village peaceful and productive. Only a satisfying life in the village will prevent …
Disappointing and poorly done
There is no merit in the Morse committee's philosophy which can be summed up as 'do nothing till you've done everything'
Thick-skinned policies
Dozens of families displaced from Gujarat villages in the vicinity of the Sardar Sarovar dam years back have returned to their original homes …
Rio has not changed the North-South equation
The UNCED deliberations have to be viewed in the context of northern attempts to maintain hegemony over the rest of the world
Did Riocentro learn anything from Flamengo park?
While heads of state deliberated on the future of the world at the Riocentro, social activists and NGOs expressed their sense of frustration …
Stockholm and Rio: Bigger, but was it better?
Stockholm wasn't as big as Rio, but I think it had a soul. I expect Rio's soul was there too, somewhere
McNamara shoots from the hip
Today's neo-Malthusians have acquired a fashionable new fig leaf: environmentalism. And Robert McNamara's recent talk in Delhi was an eloquent …
NGOs left holding the baby
The state is slowly withdrawing from the welfare sector leaving voluntary organisations in a quandary
Passing USA's laugh test
Helping George Bush gain political mileage seemed to be the overriding concern at the recent climate convention negotiations in New York. India …
Net loss
Fishing practices in Chilika are threatening the Irrawaddy dolphin, which is not only rare but also little known
When "ignorants" show the way
Tribal herdsmen, who are naturally closer to nature, can lead on the path towards sustainability
Development Deathtraps
Bonded labour, environmental devastation, abject working conditions... the stone crushing units of Haryana are a shame
Fielding politics
Commitment of a donor organisation to bring about a shift in the agrarian set-up should be matched by political machinations as well
The need to be sure
The insurance market can become an invaluable weapon to protect the environment against errant industrial units
Damnable indispensability
Disposal of plastics is difficult. This drawback weighs heavy against the numerous advantages of the material
Undermining existence
Extensive coal mining in Raniganj, Bihar, has not only displaced communities but has also affected the lifestyle of the locals
Give Peace A Chance
Only a campaign that aims to conserve "wants" with the support of age-old "religious beliefs" can lead to a less strifed and more "peaceful world"
Green illusios
Germany is swamped in a controversy about a study which says sustainable development can be achieved only when the consumption of resources is …
Put to the horn
Keep out the buffaloes and the cranes will also stay out of wetlands. There is more to controlled grazing and conservation of wetlands than the …
All in a day's work
For women in the hill area of Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh, life is not easy. They have to wear the skin off their knuckles to scrape together a living
Food for soil
The 'green revolution' has boosted agricultural production and transformed semi-arid land, but its long-term effects on soil quality in India …
Clean and profitable
Pollution control methods are an investment that ensure long-term profits for the corporate sector
Banking on carbon
World Bank's proposed role in the global carbon market is good news for the US, but it may spell doom for developing countries
The guinea pig debate
Is there an alternative to guinea pigs in laboratory testing? Two members of the scientific community give their views
Pseudo science
- S K HANDA Former head, division of agricultural chemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, writes in Agriculture Today (…