Unheralded films feature development themes

Individuals and voluntary agencies continue to make films in different parts of the country on subjects that interest them, though hardly any of …

Time for green gadgets

UNCED has thrown into sharp focus all matters environmental international industry, quick to Catch on to now trends, has started branding its …

Death of the Indus delta

It was from the port towns of this region that Arab dhows laden with merchandise set sail for distant towns in the days of yore. Today, …

Statehood first, ecology later

Jharkhand's leaders have successfully pressurised the Centre to consider granting autonomy to this region. But they have still not …

What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable development, the buzzword in environmental circles, is largely misunderstood. It can only come about in a society which can …

More miles to go for Chipko women

The Chipko movement halted commercial tree felling in UP's Chamoli district, but the women who led it are still fighting corrupt and indifferent …

Relevance of history

History provides important lessons in the management of the environment for administrators, conservationists and their ideologues. But have we …

A Pest Of A Problem

Cross-border trade in hazardous chemicals and pesticides threatens the ecology with dire consequences. Sixty-one nations get together to ward off …

"Green" politicians?

A WWF charter urges political parties to address environmental issues in the forthcoming general elections

Crossing the rainbow

With the coming of the Rajiv Gandhi Mission on Watershed Development, a major change took place in the degraded wasteland that was Jhabua

Digging the earth

Earlier it was deforestation, now it is mining that threatens the once stately Aravallis with total destruction

Himalaya unwrapped

The science, culture and politics that shaped the world's youngest mountain range

Watch: rethinking territories according to ecology

Didier Prost is a French architect and an advocate of the ideology of bioregionalism, which calls for a focus on local populations, knowledge and …

Targeting the Third World's-Yulnerability

Forest matters

Ecocall

Nigeria demands safety report on oil pipelines

Green light given

Protest against Shell in Canada

Digging their own grave

Extracting minerals and ornamental stone in the Aravallis - despit its environmental costs - is such a flourishing economic activity that …

Green laws

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN INDIA: CASES, MATERIALS AND STATUTES By Shyam Divan and Armin Rosencranz •Second edition • Published …

Sharks bear brunt of seasonal fishing frenzy

Even as the Andaman and Nicobar coast is witnessing the June-end whirl of shark fishing activity, the local administration and conservationists …

On elephant’s trail

The animal’s movement can help ascertain seasonal boundaries

Opinions

Amartya Sen right prize for the wrong work?

Sen's manner of addressing poverty issues has left many questions unanswered

Shallow pledges

The country's new water policy is nothing more than noble intentions