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India's infinite money grass

Bamboo sustains large rural populations in india, and state forest department coffers

"All-India drought"

The world isn't child-proof

Poor children were never safe; now the rich ones face new threats

A trickle called assistance

Finances for environmental infrastructure is waning, especially in the water supply sector

Clipped wings

Widespread decline in bird populations is indicative of agricultural problems worldwide

Food for thought

Less is being spent on food but popularity of junk food is growing

Shrinking cover

Tropical forests remain the focus of sustained felling

Lost childhood

Deprivation and disease biggest

Environment, genes, and breast cancer

New evidence on an old killer

Population explosion hits coastal ecosystems

Childhood cancers

Polluting industries

The road ahead

City shock

Going under

Breathless Asia

Death by disease

Warning signals

Time to fight

Surviving on trade

Energy consumption patterns vary in Asia

CHINA

New East vs new West

Another "developing" divide

Health Inc.

Private health sector needs to be guided so that it contributes to national health goals