Caught in a net

A recent coup on the Internet, which broke the monopoly held by the Netherland's state publishers over information, throws light on what is being …

City cycling

With the introduction of bicycles for public use, Luud Schimmelpenninck hopes to make Amsterdam a "car-free" city

Cooling Earth

Municipalities in the Netherlands are exerting pressure on the national government to reduce carbon dioxide emission by half by AD 2010

The sweet scent of hard cash

Several Indian firms, eyeing easy profits, are cultivating exotic varieties of flowers for the Dutch market but paying little heed to ecological …

Going Dutch

The Netherlands leads the way in sustainable investments -- funds that go towards the setting up of projects that are ecologically viable

Farewell to fertilisers

The Netherlands' position as an agricultural superpower stands threatened... unless it shifts to eco-friendlier organic cultivation

Subduing the bulldozer

For centuries, the Dutch have been trying to keep their heads over water by barricading out the sea and the rivers. But there comes a point when …

A watery affair

The real issues of global water management took a backseat as crisis-mongering and anti-dam protests hijacked the Second World Water Forum at …

Hold Up!

The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming

Timber and West African civil wars

A dictator and a timber dealer fomented West Africa's civil wars

Going Dutch

A deadly virus of patenting

A Dutch institute's patent application on the MERS virus raises concerns about public health

The new order

Time to sit up

A green clean or the polluted nether worlds? The choice must be made soon. May be global 'redistribution of opportunities' in the countries of …

Permit regime

Never too many pedals

A cosmetic leap of faith

Industry ignores perils of using nanotechnology in beauty products

"Crunch" issues

What next?

More and more people are waking up to the need for an international climate regime based on the principle of per capita entitlements to the …

Water Footprint: a stumbling block?

As government mulls using water footprint as a tool to measure water consumption by farming and industrial processes, experts warn of its limitations

Electronic lock

A lock has been developed that is more reliable and secure

Scratching out cannabis

scratching Card>> Cannabis ÔÇó The Netherlands

Budding clocks

Now you see it

E-mail is ready to go visual as the 21st century approaches

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