'I don't expect largescale policy initiatives in the environmental sector'

JONATHAN LASH heads the Washington-based World Resource Institute (WRI) and is the co-chairperson of the Presidential Commission on Sustainable …

CSD must become a forum for debate

New Zealand's minister for the environment Simon Upton is the chairperson of the seventh session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (…

How to make the Commission for Sustainable Development work

It was only half a year ago, but events since the Johannesburg earth summit already make it seem like a distant event. The world has just seen an …

NGOs play crucial role

The involvement of non-governmental organisations is essential for achieving sustainable development objectives

Ministers squabble over ecological issues

At an informal meeting, environment ministers of the world failed to settle differences on conservation concerns

UNEP set to navigate a new course

The United Nations Environment Programme, which had previously advanced legal instruments to solve global environmental problems, is now …

The need to be sure

The insurance market can become an invaluable weapon to protect the environment against errant industrial units

North-South row over post-Rio panel's role

Even as the South continues to insist on Western nations fulfilling their Rio promise to increase aid, fund flows are decreasing.

"I have yet to apply my mind to the forest convention"

Even uith the United Nations General Assembly Special Session to held in New Yorkjust two weeksfirom now, the Union minister for environment and …

Another opportunity lost

This year's UN Commission on Sustainable Development meet provided no roadmap to attain Millennium Development Goals on water, sanitation and …

Thorny issue resurfaces

At its recently concluded third session in Geneva, Switzerland, the United Nations Forum on Forests (unff) took a step towards the creation of a …

Coming out of coma

A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks …

Wildlife NGO group gets flak for seeking curbs on forest rights of indigenous people

Application moved in Supreme Court by three wildlife NGOs seeks to reverse rights granted under Forest Rights Act, allege tribal rights activists …

'Bt cotton has improved farmers' lives'

At the same time genetically modified cotton has increased fertilizer and water usage, resulting in high input costs, says study funded by farmers'…

Is Bt cotton a success or failure?

Participants attending conference to review Bt cotton call for extensive investigation into all aspects of cotton production before drawing …

Lost in the deep woods

The jinx of 13 sustained

UNITED NATIONS

No progress

UNEP meet inconclusive

Rewards from Rio: A year later

Post-Rio progress

Is there a worldwide trend of sustained growth towards sustainable development?

Sanitary by 2010

Participatory survey gives Bangladesh the confidence to prepone sanitation coverage target

Waters of hate

Economy over ecology

Moving in circles

Issues on sustainable development were discussed at a recently concluded CSD meet