Rights overruled
States are making their own rules to reclaim the authority over forests from tribes, derailing community forest rights
Lithuania, Latvia ranked as world’s top environmental democracies
The index evaluated the availability of information and public participation related to environment matters in 70 countries
Churu says yes to hygiene
The district is all set to become the first in Rajasthan to completely stop open defecation. Will others follow?
Rice from dry river
Farmers in an arid Andhra Pradesh district revive traditional irrigation system to tide over drought
Pawns in conservation
Maharashtra forest department’s conservation model puts Madia tribals in Naxals’ line of fire
Channels of change
Two villages in Uttar Pradesh have reversed the trend of migration by digging six kilometres of channels to bring water to drought-hit farms
On The Warpath
They prefer to be called the 'forest castes'. They are the 2,000,000-odd villagers living in some 10,000 villages across Orissa. After …
Standing the test of drought
After the 1999 monsoon failed in several areas of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, there is a serious drought. Summer is a good four months away, and …
Needed: People's participation
Communities and state governments have to play a more important role
Hassan: Holding on
MRC's operations are still going on in this Karnataka district, but their fate is uncertain
Kheda: Forgotten glory
This is where it all started. And now, there is no sign of past successes
Chennai: beginning of a new policy
New bye-laws might help in dealing with malaria
Pondichery: The gnats live on
Even the memory of initial success of bioenvironmental approach has been wiped off
Goa: Back to square one
For mysterious reasons, the state government is highly sceptical of the MRC's work
Mass movement
Green politics
Is your government signing away your future rights to the world's natural resources?
Controlling water
People in Andhra Pradesh now need official consent to sink new wells
Sikkim to delegate powers to local people to protect lakes
Kolar: The dilemma continues
Although the MRC's work is still going on, the community remains has not been educated to continue with it
Hardwar: Not without help
The malaria control operations have been successful only because of help from a large public sector corporation
A water journey
Monsoon means celebrations for the people of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat who script success stories of rainwater harvesting. But in Rajasthan they …
URBAN WATER HARVESTING SINGAPORE
Rain in a concrete jungle Short of water, Singapore harvests the rain that falls on most of its land despite industrialisation. The city has …
Holding water
The EK Panch Ek Talaab movement has ushered in a new era for the people of Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol and Mandsaur districts
RURAL WATER HARVESTING MADHYA PRADESH
1 + 1 = 11 People have responded overwhelmingly with money and voluntary labour to a government call to renovate water harvesting structures. …
Dengue - reality bites
The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta