When laws make out laws

Everybody's a loser. Forest guards die for laws that cannot be defended. Poor people get exploited. Veerappan rules the jungle. Sandalwood trees …

Break the resistance

India’s TB control programme needs to engage the private sector

On wrong trek

The ecological perils of commercial hiking

The Forest is a village

Forests are complex ecosystems. But understanding them is not daunting

Focus not on graft

Corruption is not just the kind that has found recent media attention

Watch out for these balloons

Sometimes resplendent, ungainly at other times, frogs are indicators of ecological health

Cut it out

A critique of recent suggestions to hack tusks, horns and other poachers' delights to save endangered animals.

Bickering to conserve

A continual tug of war between various agencies helped the Forest Conservation Act to evolve to its present form.

A change for the worse

Is a state government notification an indication that Gujarat, once considered to be committed to wildlife protection, has now moved industry to …

Uneducated villagers bring about a miracle

Personality clashes lead to internal schisms

Justice remains mirage for Bhopal gas victims

Nearly eight years after the Bhopal gas disaster, the legal battle over a settlement continues. But for the efforts of public interest agencies …

Why don't we set our own house in order first?

The state uses all the right words. But its actions don't match its rhetoric, unfortunately

People's risk

Community-based risk assessment and abatement is a must in the age of expanding business opportunities

No banking on the World Bank

... when its controversial actions invariably invite flak

When the land shouts

Van Gujjars in the Shivalik foothills vociferously claim managing authority of the Rajaji National Park

South Asia: A Trash Can?

It's time South Asian countries took Iaction to tackle the POP menace. To begin with, they should tell the West that South Asia is not a dirty …

In the dumps

Despite international regulations and campaigning by environmentalists, hazardous waste continues to be dumped in India

A stitch in time

We should start investing in communities for disaster prevention

Politics menus environment

Environmental concern has never been a political issue in India. Is it appropriate to expect a change in the mindset of leaders in the …

Time to act

People in the us should realise that only if they reduce fuel consumption will prices fall

Curbing beastly agony

Activists fighting to halt the use of animals for testing have succeeded partially

A crisis that will redefine civilization

Growth might dry up

GDP growth is not a fool-proof measure against climate change

A party of non-economics

The BJP is losing out because of its pro-rich agenda and communal politics