Endosulfan: meet in Geneva begins, India still in denial
Sharad Pawar says many states had asked him not to ban the pesticide
Bird populations in India dwindling at alarming rate
Message from Bonn: Drop Bali agenda
Disagreements begin; parties to discuss informally to adopt long-term cooperation agenda
Oxford University defers decision on divesting stake in fossil fuels
Alumni occupy office building in protest; 21 international universities have already divested their stakes
'Most countries don’t want to recognise indigenous people as people'
Mohammed Taghi Farvar, former director of Avicenna University in Iran, is a well-known ecologist and social scientist. At present, he is the …
India denies GMO contamination in basmati
EU had sought clarification after finding genetically modified organisms in the exported rice
HFC-23 emissions on the rise
India, China threaten to release more super greenhouse gas; developed countries just as guilty
Rotterdam Convention meet: no consensus on including herbicide paraquat in the prior informed consent list
120 nations had agreed to the listing, but India and Gautemala played spoilsport
Vanishing islands of Bangladesh
Frequent natural disasters continue to inundate and erode many islands in the 'climate impact hot spot'
Ban on stem cell patents which involve destroying human embryos
Researchers call it regressive step, ethicists happy
Biodiversity governance: A mix of knowledge and forest management for benefit sharing
People’s biodiversity register a roadmap for forest management plans; it documents knowledge of status, history, ongoing changes and …
Biodiversity governance: Access and benefit sharing and its implications on agricultural resources
A special instrument for access to crop genetic resources, access and benefit sharing (ABS) system, is fraught with challenges
Indian companies' CDM projects pollute environment
Most clean projects cleared on face value and are based on tall claims
Call to make healthy choices available and affordable
Health experts lash out at food industry for putting public health at risk
DTE Reportage
'Lifestyle' diseases spur UN to act
Biodiversity governance: The agreements and laws that help enforce it
Major legally binding conventions to protect nature were adopted at the Rio Summit where several countries came together amid rapidly …
Time to wake up to threat of NCDs
As the UN begins its meeting to devise strategies to tackle NCDs, Indian public health activists say it was a wake-up call for the health …
Non-communicable diseases: The unrecognised public health threat
Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a …
SBI deadlock looms over Bonn climate talks
Russia raises matter of procedural irregularities at Doha; parallel sessions continue
India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet
Opposes its inclusion in prior informed consent list; campaigners accuse industry lobby of influencing government
Future compromised
The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …