Ten years of the Biological Diversity Act
As India plays host to the Convention on Biological Diversity's 11th Conference of the Parties in Hyderabad in October 2012, this article takes a closer look at the country's legislation on the subject
Rio Summit
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On shaky ground
Indian attempts at lobbying in UNGASS
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Welcome opposition
The Indian negotiators spoke up in time to oppose the convention on forests
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Full and final settlement?
Some of the points agreed to at Earth Summit II
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B: High drama
The forest convention was the most controversial issue at the Summit. However, the G 77, a strident opposer, failed to act as a united force
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Postponed...
Issues concerning the earth s future took a backseat as unseemly politics ruled the day at the just concluded Earth Summit II SUPRIYA AKERKAR reports from New York
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A case for ecotechnology
Noted agricultural scientistM S Swaminathan says:
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Beyond home
Bill Clinton's absence from the Copenhagen summit on social development underscores the post Cold War parochialism that has gripped the American world vision
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Lifegiving venture
A PROGRAMME called Local Initiatives for the Environment -- LIFE -- is using novel approaches to finance and implement environmental projects. A product of Agenda 21, the international agreement
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All for the people
International organisations concentrating on the moral and material uplift of the underpriviledged
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Independent eco fund proposed
After an initial whimper of protest, Southern governments accepted the partly reformed global environmental facility (GEF) as an interim mechanism to fund the implementation of decisions at the UN