Does government know one ecotourism from another?

Is the Andaman Works Department an expert body on eco-tourism? It will, in the near future, monitor the construction of hotels and resorts on …

Web unravels

Spiders can tell us about the health of the environment

Shrouded in controversy

A mountaineering expedition into the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve revives the debate on ecotourism and people's rights over forests.

A ban on common sense

Various restrictions imposed to protect the environment at Nanda Devi in the Himalaya have disturbed the rural lifestyle and economy, doing …

People's prize

Nanda Devi reserve awarded

Driven up the barren hills

Scientists working on department of science and technology's high altitude projects face a bleak future

Opening up, but tread softly

April 2003 saw two diverse regions in India take a similar decision. Both partially opened the door to tourism in hitherto protected belts. One …

Cleared at cost of biodiversity

Environment ministry clears hydro project rejected twice by its advisory committee