Very little amendment

Book>> New Forms of Urban Governance in India Shifts, Models, Networks and Contestations edited by ISA Baud and J De Wit Sage Publications, …

Motivating people

...to harvest water in their homes

An open letter to the Prime Minister

Farmers oppose WTO

KOEL KARO

Trouble in the air

Strikes and protests greet the Nepal government's decision to ban polluting vehicles

Fruits of struggle

A plan to fortify Orissa's tanks

Taking notice

India's nuclear establishment has been asked to account for radiation-related health hazards

Doctor's call

As studies continue to mount on the dangers of air pollution, over one lakh doctors from all over India voice their concern

Community forest management is the future

It has been 10 years since the Joint Forest Management (jfm) was officially started in India. Ajit Banerjee, who first experimented with the …

Haunted by the past

Five years ago, Nigerian social activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was killed because he fought against multinational oil companies and dared to assert the …

Patches of green

Even after 10 years, the joint forest management programme has made little headway

A collector's item

WEALTH, POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT· David Barkin·InterAmerican Council for Sustainable Agriculture·66pp

ADB officials quit protesting policies

SEZs and socialism

Fiery protest

An immolation bid by a Bhopal resident leads to closure of polluting factories

Letting go a good thing

After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio-environmental vector management project

Moratorium on GMOS

The new rule

Of the people. By the people. But against the people?

Issues in privatisation and commercialisation of water

Book>> Water: Private, Limited - Issues in Privatisation, Corporation and Commercialisation of Water Sector in India by Gaurav Dwivedi, …

Book review of "Environmentality: Technologies of government and the making of subjects"

Book>> Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the making of Subjects by Arun Agrawal Oxford University Press, Delhi 2006

Only people's participation in eco-projects can combat corruption

Suresh P Prabhu looks back on his tenure as Union minister for environment and forests and speaks to Lian Chawii and Kazimuddin Ahmed on the …

Mere paperwork

The state government of Goa acknowledges that a green law passed in 1996 is toothless

People in development

THE ART OF FACILITATING PARTICIPATION·Shirley A White·Sage Publications, New Delhi·1999·Rs 250·367pp