Today's profits, tomorrow's losses

Ecological economics attempts to evaluate the environmental and other external costs that a society pays to produce a commodity

Will imposition of green taxes be viable?

Down To Earth's round table on fiscal instruments to manage the environment brought together economists, environmentalists and representatives …

When the old gods died

From a wooded upland Jhabua became an example of extreme ecological degradation. The story of its recovery is remarkable

Earth crusaders

Ever since the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, countries around the world celebrate April 22 by organising programmes to plant saplings, …

Chipko: an unfinished mission

In 20 years, Chipko has acquired many facets, primarily as a conservation endeavour by the poor, a struggle for local control of natural …

"Over 15 per cent of Russia is ecologically unsafe"

Professor Alexei Yablokov is head of the inter-departmental commission for ecological security under Russia's National Security Council. He …

Book review: Inventing Global Ecology by Michael Lewis

In the 1950s and 1960s India used to import not only subsidised sewing needles and milk, but also wildlife conservation science from the US. …

Simply put: Vision impairment

Sandakhpu trek: attempt at saving the Himalayas

The trekking community should come together and establish a sort of trust and social enterprise to save the fragile environment of the mountains

'Climate catastrophe' and not 'Climate change'

Even as a major British newspaper changes its terms for climate change, it is imperative that India, suffering the most from it, builds a …

'A dung pat is a mini ecosystem'

Author of the book Call of Nature, Richard Jones speaks to Down to Earth on the ecological significance of dung and why he chose to write a book …

Relevance of Gandhian environmentalism

Mahatma Gandhi never used the words environment protection, but his writings are replete with remarks on the excesses of industrial society

Himalayan plunder: Ecology changing for the worse due to loss of forest cover, drying springs

States in the northeastern region faring the worst

Forest medicines

New drug for cancer

The way ahead

Good values are necessary for achieving balanced social and economic development

Uncivil servants

In the land of Gandhi, nobody knows how to resolve conflicts peacefully

Aerial raid on mosquitoes

Kerala says no to GM crops

Marx, technophilia and typhoons

Technological productivity cannot be blindly accepted without scrutinizing its impact on people and the planet

Fishery degradation in Pakistan: A poverty-environment nexus?

The number of fishing vessels in Pakistani coastal waters has been steadily increasing but the fish catches steadily decreasing. Press reports …

Stink and muck

India has been plagued with environmental problems, especially air and water. But there is no voice of protest or joint civic effort to change …

Roots breathing heavy

MANGROVE FORESTS: REPOSITORY OF NATURE’S MAGIC·Photo exhibition·India International Centre, New Delhi·November 4-10, 2001

In Mowgli's land

ANJOLI BANDYOPADHYAY visits Pench Tiger Reserve, the site of many a conservation scheme and finds the woes wrought upon the people there by …

Caught in the web

A study shows how inclusion of parasites alters food webs