Tibetan landscape may soon disappear
In the 1980s, when very few people visited Tibet, Michael Buckley, an Australian settled in Canada, wrote the first Lonely Planet guide to the …
How Bellary was laid waste
Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The …
Theirs to mine?
This is the question angry and beleaguered tribals in Orissa and Jharkhand are asking, as mining companies set up shop in the midst of their land …
Treasure in troubled land
International aid has supported the economy of Afghanistan for 12 years. With aid flow gradually declining, the war-torn country will now have to …
Secretive tribunals, hidden damages
Canadian academic Gus Van Harten is well known for his efforts to reform the global investment treaty regime through his research papers, …
India’s many investment treaties make it vulnerable
Senior international lawyer Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, who heads the investment programme of the International Institute on Sustainable …
District Mineral Foundation has over Rs 11,000 crore to invest in mining-affected districts
However, funds are yet to be sanctioned for development programmes in most districts
Only four of 12 mineral-rich states collect funds for mining-impacted areas
It has been nearly a year since the Central government notified new mining rules mandating collection of funds for development of mining-impacted …
Look back at the decade: Geopolitics
At the end of the second decade of the millenium no one knows how human activity would affect its pristine ecology
DMF best practices: Are DMFs actually functioning to their potential and promise?
The answer is no for the most part, according to a new report of the Centre for Science and Environment
Filtering the fine print
The confusion resulting from reports about pesticides in bottled water and soft drinks saw a few companies sneak-ride upon the concerns of the …
Enhancing prosperity through resource efficiency in India
We need to enhance resource efficiency and promote the use of secondary raw materials as a strategy to minimise the potential trade-off between …
David Manely on the Fallout of Dipping Oil Prices
David Manely is an economic analyst with Natural Resource Governance Institute, United Kingdom
Bottled water norms not in place
On April 1 this year the revised norms for bottled water should have come into force, but didn't. By missing the deadline -- which ironically …
Chhattisgarh DMF amendments to empower mining-affected people: CSE
Chhattisgarh, which has more than Rs 4,200 crore in DMF Trust, became the first state in July 2019, to amend DMF rules
Centre starts reviewing National Mineral Policy following Supreme Court directions
The apex court directed revision of the policy for better mining practices and regulation
"Mahua memoirs", a documentary
DOCUMENTARY>> MAHUA MEMOIRS directed by Vinod Raja produced in collaboration with Equations and HIVOS regional office
Dig and forget
Minerals and Ecology S P Banerjee Publisher: Oxford & 1BH Publishing Co Pvt Ltd Price: Not stated
Precious mine
With the help of nickel and vitreous carbon, the industrial manufacture of diamonds becomes easier
A mountain to climb
Cash-strapped Uttaranchal embarks on industrialisation. However, its policies are frightfully blind to green issues
"Industries are not for the welfare of the consumer"
In the context of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study on pesticides in bottled water, Sharad Yadav, Union minister …
Poor India speaks
book>> Caterpillar and the Mahua Flower, Tremors in India's Mining Fields edited by Rakesh Kalshian Panos South Asia New Delhi 2007
Draft Pesticide Management Bill, 2017 not comprehensive enough: PAN India
PAN India, a non-profit working on pesticides submitted its concerns over the Bill and demanded transparent consultation process before finalisation
Can a mining fund provide relief to Rajasthan's silicosis widows?
The disease is leaving a trail of young widows across Bhilwara, who are now the main bread earners of their families, often with two or more …
Supreme Court gives breather to mining companies, clarifies on DMF payment
This has come in response to a petition filed by the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries
