The facade of sharing

Public-private partnership is more about dividing: risks go to the public agency, profits to the private

Am I a junglee?

I don’t care about my looks, so why should you?

A pecking order falls

The veil of civilisation and Hurricane Sandy

Tree frog gets new fans

The frog’s camouflage amazes soldiers

A million snake bites

We are only beginning to understand snake bites better

The greening of young minds

Environment education cannot be confined to plants and animals or even conservation; its aim must be to open to children the interconnectedness …

"Inside" and "outside" stakes in wetlands

The rediscovery of the value of wetlands the world over will be short-lived if they are not properly managed and conserved

North prefers UN to act as 'global governor'

Environmental concerns and the end of the Cold War are spurring radical changes at the UN. But the revamp is turning out to be another thorny issue.

Time, space set limits to sustainable planning

Sustainable development involves a practical compromise between short-term human needs and never-ending preservation of natural resources.

Putting an end to commercialisation

Simple systems available to treat sewage

Planners should be made aware of easy techniques that can recycle waste water using little electricity.

New strategy suggested to save crocodiles

Respecting the territorial rights of crocodiles will help reduce the chances of conflict between the interests of humans and reptiles.

Biological rhythms pose problems for night workers

Recent research reveals that subjecting night shift workers to eight hours of bright light could bring about a 12-hour shift in their daily rhythms.

Much ado about nothing

There are no new insights in the Morse committee's recommendations

The racket at Rio

The save-the-planet bazaar does not deserve to be taken seriously

Liquidation of solid wastes

Management of solid wastes is a corollary of triumphing civilisation. But how does one recycle or reuse increasing solid wastes in radically …

Fruits of industry

How industry can help in environment protection

GATTing drugs, not getting them

The latest durg price control order will boost the MNCs and deprive the common consumer by damaging the small scale sector

Aluminium's birth defect

The extraction of aluminium from its ore is a highly polluting process

Uncertain future

If use of pesticides cannot be banned altogether and at once then, at least, some measures can keep them fenced out

Till death do us apart

Despite tonnes of evidence about the ruinous import of pesticides, humankind, especially in the South, are using just that much -- tonnes of it

Thinking afresh

Agriculturists in India are gradually moving away from chemical pesticides and fertilisers;

Living with nature

Urban living ought to aim towards the sustainable symbiosis of nature and architecture

Damage-control and how

Should changing names of threatened ecosystems be the only way to induce more consciousness of the coming environmental cataclysm?

Deadly generosity

Eighty-four nations may have 'agreed' to ban the export of poisonous wastes, but major players in the trade like Germany could ruin the …