Mammalian threads

A treatise on how science came to grasp evolution in mammals

Book notice: Hope in sight

Improving People's Lives: Lessons in Empowerment from Asia, edited by Mukul Sharma

High-yield variety

Bamboo is key to rural growth

Snippets

New ways

Observing jungle laws

The first historico-legal analysis of forestry regulations in Northeast India

More evidence?

Real Crass

Real action

The perils of babudom

Hollywood, the second largest polluter in Los Angeles

Website on Caribbean Indigenous and endanged languages launched

ILO says economic growth leads to longer working hours in Asia

Lights out in Hong Kong to protest polluted air

We aren't that bad

Work matters

Proximity to workplace determines housing decisions of slum dwellers, finds a new study

Give up, they shall not

Latest World Disasters Report focusses on neglected crises

Blood Diamond shames the diamond business in Sierra Leone

Animal's People

Book>> Animal's People by Indra Sinha Simon & Schuster, London 2007

Scotland schools ban fast food ads

Fast food advertising in vending machines in schools have been banned in Scotland. The move has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight …

Girish Karnad: A not very subtle environmental message

Noted theatre and cinema auteur Girish Karnad died June 10, 2019 morning; here's looking back at his film Cheluvi

Future in the past

FUTURE OF PROGRESS: REFLECTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Edited by Vandana Shiva, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Edward Goldsmith and Martin Khor …

Book review: Making amends?

"Demanding Accountability: Civil-Society Claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel" Edited by Dana Clark, Jonathan Fox and Kay Treakle Rainbow …

Star strike

With environmentalists failing to hold back destructive activities in us national parks, musicians have decided to take on the crusade