Conflict-affected African nations show improved government policies

Gender bias comes out as a concern in the assessment conducted by the World Bank; scores likely to influence financial support given to these …

Identity under threat

Film>> Tuhya Dharma Koncha, directed by Satish Manwar, cast: Upendra Limaye, Vibhavari Deshpande, music by Dattaprasad Ranade

Supreme Court dismisses plea to review order expediting interlinking of rivers

Central Ground Water Authority had said the order could amount to judicial overreach

Poison present

Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, …

Rise and fall of water managers

Book>> Waternama, A Collection of Traditional Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Karnataka Sandhya Iyengar publisher …

Companies, business associations effective agents to counter climate change

Book review: Environmental issues in India

Book>> Environmental Issues in India: a Reader edited by Mahesh Rangarajan Pearson-Longman 2007

Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report

At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …

Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …

Critical conversation on climate change

BOOK>> Carbon Trading A Critical Conversation on Climate Change, Privatisation and Power The Corner House The uk 2006

Baiga agriculture can solve problems that plague modern systems

Book>>Benwar Swaraj by Naresh Biswas Nirman Vaikalpik Vikas Evam Sehbhagi Shodh Sansthan, Mandla, Madhya Prades

Is Bt cotton a success or failure?

Participants attending conference to review Bt cotton call for extensive investigation into all aspects of cotton production before drawing …

My report is not an industry report: T S R Subramanian

The High Level Committee (HLC), constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) three months ago to …

Drought is spreading fast

Dry areas increase by 250 pe cent in 30 years

Can game theory help detect drug-resistant bacteria?

Washington State University researchers developed a software tool, with a graphic user interface, that can identify most relevant features …

Developed countries face tough questions on emissions reduction

Inadequacy of targets and discrepancies in reporting highlighted at the first multilateral review of Annexe I parties

Book review: Profound primer

Providing a good text is the primary step, now that environmental studies have become a scheduled subject at the graduate level in all …

Climate change now a corporate issue

Gaps galore in Ganga action plan

Report on GM crops unfortunate: industry

The parliamentary committee on agriculture has strongly criticised the regulatory system on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, …

Cities as spaces of culture, constraints

Report>>Cities as spaces of culture>>

National Centre for Advocacy Studies' new report 'Sponge iron industries'

Report>>Sponge Iron Industries Issues and Campaigns, National Centre for Advocacy Studies, Pune 2007

Book Review

Accountability in the Pesticide Industry - A report based on a forum held at the Pocantico Conference Center . June 25-28, 2002 . Paper No 5

Forest commission report on forest rights bill validates government's stand

Forest commission fails to innovate

Fuel economy standards: sanctity of decision making process must be upheld

Car industry's efforts to dilute standards approved by PMO will significantly reduce fuel savings