Bt gene harms GM plant

New answers to old questions on biosafety of GM crops

Leopards in our alley

These big cats have lived in human habitations for long

Year-long tenancies deter soil conservation

The present land tenure laws do not encourage the conservation of agricultural land and lead to fallow patches, as is evident from the condition …

Package collection plan promotes recycling

Germany's environmental laws are slowly ushering in a culture of waste reduction, especially in packaging material.

When wind and water run riot

The killer cyclone that hit Andhra Pradesh in 1977 will long be remembered as India's worst natural calamity of this century. But that we still …

Water wise in Uttarakhand

Scientific implementation of developmental programmes is needed for the optimal utilisation of water resources

The curse of cheap diesel

The Budget has provided the automobile industry an incentive to destory urban air quality

Nurture nature

To achieve economic growth and poverty alleviation, it is imperative to constantly replenish environmental resources

The bane of Indian women

Inflicting a physician-induced ailment on women is tantamount to murder

Measuring well-being

Infant mortality rate acts as an indicator of how well a nation cares for its citizens

Decline of the Aravallis

The pressure on land threatens the vivid and spectacular biodiversity of these hills

Who's to blame?

Management of protected forests is a hotly debated issue. In the absence of a sound policy based on a scientific approach, there are as many …

Going to town with agriculture

Helped by a proactive government, residents of Havana resort to urban agriculture to solve their food crisis

River Inc.

Is industry hijacking the law to undermine communities' rights to water?

Big brother

WSSD clearly illustrated the hatred of the US' bullying tactics

Field report

Bt cotton farmers in Karnataka are an insecure and confused lot, and neither the government, nor Mahyco or the anti-Mahyco groups are any help at all

Trade might is not right

What's wrong with global negotiations today?

Creative accounting

The US administration reneged on its earlier undertaking on the Kyoto Protocol, choosing instead to come up with its own climate change strategy: …

Deschooling farmers

Tap the untapped sources

Wind and solar power projects can be made to work with government backing

On a wing and a prayer

Vulture revival projects give hope

No free lunch for water projects

The concept of environmental flow appears unscientific, dangerous too

A fluid paradox

International aid agencies and local people do not agree on what tastes like real water

Toxic turnover

Homicide by Pesticides: words of shared concern

Law and disorder

Laws need to be strengthened and implemented properly to protect the environment