Conversing on conservation
Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation
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Towards greener pastures
Irrespective of the costs incurred, corporate planning would do well to take into account the setting up of an effective pollution control mechanism
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Bread, values and politics
The forthcoming World Food Summit must ensure that the umbrella of food security also extends to encompass the Southern nations poor
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In favour of...
...biodiversity or bio plurality? What is of essence is to sustain all that is in the biosphere rather than conserve few forms of biodiversity, says <font class='UCASE'>gopal k kadekodi</font>
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The need to be sure
The insurance market can become an invaluable weapon to protect the environment against errant industrial units
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Food for soil
The green revolution has boosted agricultural production and transformed semi arid land, but its long term effects on soil quality in India have been ignored <br>
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Challenges in Agriculture
Biotechnology issues pose tremendous challenges for developing countries. As a member of the World Trade Organisation, India will have to gear up to protect its biodiversity, the interests of its indigenous communities and their know how
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Crisis in the Konkan
Creating biosphere reserves, which reconcile the interests of wildlife and humans, may save the Konkan coast
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Every drop counts
Better management systems hold the key to overcoming water scarcity
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Making a start
Ground realities alone will determine the future of Himalayan biodiversity and the people of the area
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In A Spot
Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?
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Shawls, an antelope and the law
The question is not just of farming chiru. It is about the policy that a country should have towards wildlife conservation, forest dwelling people and the elite
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Urban Wilderness
A study on urban biodiversity is relevant to understand the human impact on environment
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A fair hearing
On World Environment Day, the Gas Authority of India Limited GAIL put out an advertisement propagating plastic as the alternative to the felling of trees. Is this a genuine concern or a red herring to confuse public opinion? Is there any truth in allega
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Government's agri research set up is undemocratic
Kavitha Kuruganti I was at the Indian Social Science Congress recently, presenting a paper on genetically engineered crops, raising questions on technology decision-making in Indian agriculture
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Gujarat faces forced land aquisition in name of industrialisation
Gujarat has received encomiums from many quarters for its rapid industrialisation. Industries have mushroomed all over the state, thanks to investment campaigns like
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Understanding the 123 deal
The 123 nuclear agreement between India and the us draws its name from an article of the us Atomic Energy Act. It is somewhat coincidental that three reasons are also being listed to justify the
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Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies
Traditionally most urban areas in the country have grown out of rural settlements. Land use changes and population growth have precipitated urbanization in a lot of rural centres. Urbanization also
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Green Implications
GREEN IMPLICATIONS Though a few proposals in the 1991 budget may be termed eco-friendly, the overall trend remains hostile towards the environment
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Kerala brick industry taking over rice fields
The fast expanding brick industry in Kerala is causing irreversible damage to paddy fields in a state that is already beset by an acute rice shortage.