Bundelkhand's bravehearts
For villages that survived recurring droughts, the economic-ecological connection makes more sense
Changing colours
After blindly destroying much of their forest cover, people in Anantapur district attempt to reclaim their barren lands
Cities of joy
Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans …
Air pollution
Our cities and small towns are reeling under severe air pollution made worse by the government's muddled approach to air quality planning. Only a …
Going to town with agriculture
Helped by a proactive government, residents of Havana resort to urban agriculture to solve their food crisis
Celebrating WSF 2004
When 80,000 people talk it makes noise. So it wasn't unusual for the fourth World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai to be snidely called a huge '…
Safe drinking water
Rely on people!
Opposition to AP government's move to involve industries in JFM gathers momentum
Eco-wisdom
Two Tamil Nadu Villages protect their natural wealth and prosper
The right to develop
A UNDP report links democracy with a better human development scenario
FOLLOW UP
People's participation
Community initiative
In wonderland
Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh is a many-splendoured wonder where indomitable political will and the tribals have proved that the regeneration of the …
Restoring the past
A civil engineer revives an age-old system of farmers managing irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu
Blood on the beach
Fisherfolk on the coast of Saurashtra kill whale sharks to make a living. If this is replaced by an ecotourism scheme the people and the fish …
Beat that heat
Municipalities and citizens in the US could significantly contribute to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Reviving nature
A professor heralds hope and greenery into a remote Orissa village to set it free from a web of untouchability, superstition, illiteracy and poverty
Fishing in troubled waters
People displaced by a dam on the Tawa, the Narmada's biggest tributary, charted their own rehabilitation through exemplary management of natural …
Beyond techno fixes
Vulnerable people can be agents of change, not mere recipients of assistance
Managing a crisis
People of the Arwari basin in Alwar, take proactive measures to battle drought
Meeting in vain
The fifth conference on biological diversity held recently in Nairobi ended on a flat note
TEARS FOR CROCODILES
A bill in question
The Andhra Pradesh government's move to 'legalise' JFM kicks off a row
GAMBIA