Caught on the wrong chair

The GEF's warped priorities

Coping with biodiversity

Internal pressures weakened India's stand on funding at the Conference of Parties on Biodiversity Convention held in Nassau in November

Ministers squabble over ecological issues

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

Window without a green view

Critics question the degree of democracy and transparency involved in the Global Environment Facility's horsetrading of power between the North …

Doubts cloud desertification convention

Developing nations fear that the lack of a proper financial mechanism may hinder the world in its battle against desertiflcation

UNITED NATIONS

Money matters

As the first-ever assembly of the 161-member Global Environment Facility (GEF) draws near, many non-governmental organisations are left out in …

POPs talk

A meeting to eliminate persistent organic pollutants throws up more questions than answers

Arid politics

Each year the world loses $42.3 billion because of desertification. But when its leaders meet to discuss the fast-spreading problem, all they can …

Sands of controversy

Africa had several tense moments before it could get the desertification convention through

A handful of aces for the North

Global environmental concerns throw open the South to Northern intervention, whereas the South has limited interest in intervening in Northern …

Nurturing a delta

The World Bank has funded a project to stop the environmental degradation of the Danube delta

Waste into energy

Bickering hinders resolution

A recent meeting on biological diversity failed to establish ground rules for implementation, as the participating nations were totally unwilling …

Mismanagement and squabbling galore

An interim report on project implementation by the GEF highlighted the mismanagement, wasteful expenditure and squabbling that plagues it.

Ministry refuses to learn from experience

The MNES has proposed the establishment of a solar thermal power plant near Jodhpur, even though such plants have proved commercially unviable in …

GEF A tale of beggars and frauds

Amazon project: fight over funds, sovereignty and forests

Saving Everest's ecology

UNITED NATIONS

Conservation grant

South wangles funds, with strings attached

The Beijing conference saw discussions on the second phase of the Global Environment Facility, which is expected to finance implementation of the …

Felicitation for pioneers of clean environment

Awards announced for global environment leadership 2000

'Avoiding controversy is crucial for the GEF'

Mostafa K Tolba , has been an influential figure in the global environmental arena, and has monitored the state of the world's environment. …