Peta's Pet

UK-based animal welfare group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has been campaigning against Indian leather, alleging ill-treatment of …

Subverting a basic human right

A draft water policy proposes to make water an economic good

FDI in retail: some unanswered questions

Urban consumer may benefit, but what about marginal farmers and the environment?

Faulty data, poor monitoring

A trading scheme for air pollutants could face the usual problem of implementation

Tough trial

Can Indian traditional medicines transfer their ancient efficacy to the modern era?

Government's agri-research set-up is undemocratic

Power projects fragment Western Ghats

Largesse too little

Forgotten people Chambal's Bor Khedi villagers are still called the criminal tribe

It is misinformation that chareterizes the tiger debate

The freedom to ride

An unsteady first step

Trading in energy-efficiency certificates faces major hurdles

Water in a sieve

Don’t confine global resources to national boundaries

On a skewed track

Metros must be subject to public review  

Stop looking to government

Individual initiatives can go a long way in solving the energy crisis  

Breach of trust

The world’s premier rice research institute tilts towards intellectual property rights

Question of safety

The Bangkok conference on the risks of genetically modified corps advocated greater investment of public funds in bio-safety research

A tribute to P R Mishra

P R Mishra used the power of the community to transform the barren landscape of Sukhomajri into a model for forest regeneration

A promising pathway

Rio+20, green economy and India

In A Spot

Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?

Why are vultures dying?

Repeal of Maharasthra land ceiling act not enough to solve urban crisis

A debate on India's street food

Relocate sensibly

It has never been based on any scientific forest-specific study

It can be painless

Some civil servants have relocated forest dwellers successfully