Pest of a problem

Despite stringent criticism directed at its safety standards, DDT still rules as the major pesticide used by India's health sector

Forecast: Clement climes

Given proper economic policies that fuel technological change, the world can rapidly switch over from fossil fuels to solar energy. In that case, …

Let the drylands bloom

By maintaining terrestrial forestation to improve the soils, drylands can be saved from being further degraded

New hope for the hirola

Kenyan Somalis use the court to prevent the Wildlife Services from translocating the endangered hirola antelope

Rising from the ashes

Today more than two-thirds of Japan's land area is under forests as a result of a state-sponsored afforestation drive which actively involved the …

Damning the Danube...

...is yet another example of monstrous short-sightedness on the part of governments bent on addressing their needs without a thought for the …

The Colour of GERMANY

For the first time in German history, the Green Party is part of the ruling coalition. The country is all set to embark upon new environmentally-…

Quarry in quagmire

Caught in a death trap, Jharia residents await doomsday. While BCCL openly displays a let-them-die attitude and the government remains silent, …

Eaten hollow

The sal heartwood borer is all set to destroy sal forests in Madhya Pradesh. But this would not have been possible without the assistance of an …

Tall Blunder

In 1996, industries in Delhi were hit by a series of court orders requiring them to take measures to reduce pollution 1,328 industries were …

White gold rush

Despite several government programmes, cotton cultivation is riddled with problems

Deadly concoctions

Farmers are not fully aware of the consequences of using chemical pesticides

China remains heavily polluted, despite regulations

Yet another white paper but little work on the ground

Panchayats to get poverty alleviation funds

India's fertiliser subsidy policy favours the industry

Government's subsidy policy remains pro-industry

Food and malnutrition

Protest damned

The first tremors of ego clashes have rattled the anti-Tehri dam movement

THE TEMPEST

Hurricane Mitch leaves Nicaragua and Honduras devastated, and over 10, 000 dead

Diesel: no answer to global warming

Reserved for no one

Many reserved seats remained uncontested in first-ever panchayat elections in Jharkhand

Chemical apocalypse

...And the government's knee-jerk reaction to a TRMS-NEERI study of hazards in the chemicals industry

Hackers' paradise

A weak environmental regime in Brazil allows free rein to Asian logging companies to plunder through the Amazon forests

The wheeze squeeze

Asthma is silently strangulating humankind, and controlling air pollution could be the most effective way of combating it

Missing: One-third of India’s recorded forests

25.87 million hectares: That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. Does this land exist? Is it …

Africa warming faster than rest of world: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

Frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation events projected to increase across the continent