SOUTH AFRICA

MOZAMBIQUE

SCARY FINDINGS

Protecting the endangered

Protected Areas in India have failed to reach the goal of preserving the endangered species

Safeguards missing

Africa's lax biopiracy laws leave its rich biodiversity exposed

Construction halted

Local flavour

In new conservation recipe

Bhitarakanika sanctuary in Orissa has faulty conservation policy

Knowledge seeks power

The rights of indigenous communities, which have nurtured traditional systems of knowledge through the ages, will be discussed at length at …

"Natural resources need to be protected"

For centuries the people in Bhinyad, a village in Barmer district, Rajasthan, been planning their agricultural activities while preserving the …

Where's the science?

Lack of a scientific approach towards wildlife management is telling on Indian flora and fauna.

Goa greens oppose golf courses

Environmentalists in Goa are protesting the building of golf courses in the state, which they say will cause immense ecological degradation

Experts call for people-oriented conservation

The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective …

A Gandhian economist ahead of his time

Kumarappa was a close associate of Gandhiji and a firm believer in the theory the village must be made the focus of economic planning. Aware of …

Code of ethics for scientific "eco-tourists"

Most of the world's tropical forests are in the developing world. Guidelines have been suggested for researchers to regulate the flow of data to …

Homegrown experts offered for "sale" abroad

Chakriya Vikas Pranali, a rural organisation, has a unique approach to ecological regeneration based on informed agricultural practices. This …

Conservation at what cost?

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The fight over the DEAD

A severe tug of war between the North and the South preceded the unanimous acceptance of the Rio declaration

Figuring out natural costs

Many economists now argue that nature cannot be the provider of a perpetual free lunch. It's time to account for natural resource degradation …

Baywatch

Goa's 'army' fights drugs, AIDS, nudism and the various other ills of tourism that threaten to snuff out the local traditional lifestyle

Green poetry

On October 15, 2003, the Prime Minister (PM) attended the first meeting of the new all-powerful Indian Wildlife Board. He gave a virtuoso …

Militancy, weed

... and sewage -- a strong political will is needed to get rid of them?

Lake agriculture

An ingenious and indigenous way of cultivation

Floating stock

Morning in Dal: commotion behind the scenes

Jaggery made using time-tested method is more wholesome