Nepal must learn from its past

Keep the debate within the country

In Rio, try thinking of Kalavati Devi

Communitise natural resource management

Recycling colonialism

Tribals sow, MNCs reap

Solutions for a large country

...are normally available with the local community

Let-off

Tobacco companies get a reprieve in the UK. How will Asia fare?

Fire and water

Water is a burning issue in India

Clean fuels

....should come cheaper not dearer. But obviously someone does not care

Ban the ban!

Wildlife authorities must think carefully before imposing any blanket ban

Thin is ugly

Plastic bags should be at least 100 microns thick says the government in Goa

Better the devil you know

Will George W Bush as US president be better than Al Gore for the global environment?

Cloud over the haze

UNEP rushes in where fools fear to tread. Cheap publicity or bad politics?

Three brackets to Johannesburg

An inconclusive Bali PrepCom meet only takes confusion and procrastination to Rio +10

Water, water

Battle lines are drawn as drought proofing remains a distant dream

Small is more

A small water harvesting structure can produce amazing economic crossover effects. The same may not be true for large canals

Skin-deep Hinduism

Desperate Hindu extremists are making a mockery of the real problems that the river Ganga faces

Citing an international meet

Another international meet fails to address the concerns of local poor people and follows the path shown by global bullies

Driven by the market

There is more to profit from alternative fuel technologies than meeting emission norms with conventional fuels. But is the industry listening?

Foot in mouth disease

Only a sea change in farming techniques will help save the European agricultural sector from disasters like the foot-and-mouth disease

A warm warning

There are enough indicators and links to suggest heat waves are not natural. It's time to wake up

Eco-links

India's first Human Development Report needs to look beyond numbers at ecology-poverty linkages

Another year, another ritual

Terms of estrangement