Living with nature

Urban living ought to aim towards the sustainable symbiosis of nature and architecture

HEALTH HAZARD

CHINA

House sparrows want old homes

Biometric identification attracts major opposition

Demand grows for scrapping the biometric identification system  

Giraffes could go extinct — the 5 biggest threats they face

There are now fewer than 70,000 mature individuals left in the wild

World Snake Day: Dozens of snake species facing peril, say herpetologists

Habitat loss is the gravest threat facing snakes, says Romulus Whitaker

Tribals voice protest against power project in West Bengal’s Ayodhya Hills

Villagers claim that the power project will destroy their forests and elephant habitats

Journey to save a river

Afforestation drive

Rural priorities must be set by villagers

The sun in your kitchen

Virtually inexhaustible solar energy could be the cheapest cooking fuel the world has known

Double trouble

THE TEMPEST

Hurricane Mitch leaves Nicaragua and Honduras devastated, and over 10, 000 dead

THAILAND

Diesel: no answer to global warming

INDIA

Road guide

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

Letters

New cicada species in Nagaland underscores need for conservation

The main threat to many cicada species is their rapidly diminishing natural habitat

Reclaiming retail democracy

Group greening

Time running out in Manibeli