Regeneration on reels
K Bikram Singh will soon be relating another tale about the regeneration of barren land in his new film. He has earlier made two films on the same subject: Rebirth and Jhilmil.
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Friends of Earth
FOR Ganapathi Hedge, owner of a spice garden in Sirsee, Western India, each species is partner to the other. Human, animals and crops, all work together in creating a sustainable planet. He
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Wildlife mismanaged
The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves
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NREGA needs a paradigm shift
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega), 2006, is degenerating into yet another poverty alleviation scheme. At the same time, officials are congratulating themselves on the act's
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Portrait of an insider as an enticer
This is the autobiography of a man whose job was to entice leaders of underdeveloped countries. In the 1970s John Perkins was an economic hit man, among those highly paid professionals who cheat
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Dancing to nature's tunes
IN KEEPING with the need for spreading the message of environmental protection and conservation of nature, the Union ministry of environment and forests organised a dance programme with Nature
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Industry promo
The Indian Trade Promotion Organisation will be organising an international exposition of sophisticated technology in agriculture and industrial technology -- including environmental technology -- at
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EIA A nice formality
Today a lot of state governments promise companies investment opportunities free of
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Urban poor need microfinance for livelihoods
There is a touch of irony in India's growth story. Jobs in the government, private and public sector are limited and restricted to the educated. At the same time, the informal economy in India is growing at a fast rate, employing 93 per cent of the labour force in the country. But informal economy workers, who contribute 63 per cent of the <font class="UCASE">gdp</font>, still cannot benefit from the additional wealth they have contributed to generate.<br> <br> Why? That's because they do not have access to credit to take advantage of economic opportunities.<br>
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Return of granite mining threatens Karnataka
The Karnataka government recently signalled its intention to renew granite quarrying licences in the Malai Madeshwara hills in Chamarajnagar district. Quarrying was banned in 1992, when the area was under the sway of Veerappan.
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Johan von Schreeb on humanitarian aid
Johan Von Schreeb, a surgeon who has worked for the group Medicins Sans Frontieres, is a public health scholar with the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. His recently published PhD thesis enquired
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Book The economics of biodiversity conservation valuation in tropical forest ecosystems
Book>> The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation
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Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water
A review of the implementation of the Asian Development Banks (adbs) water policy and water supply and sanitation (wss) projects in India has exposed its failings. In 2005, adb funded WaterAid,
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Stuart Cole on effective transport management
Transport economist Stuart Cole shares his views on India's options for effective transport management with Down To Earth.
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'Maps of resource rich, poverty stricken tribal India overlap'
Ethnic conflicts have dogged India since independence. The problem has attracted a lot of scholarship. Amarjyoti Borah talks to two eminent academics who have looked at the problem. Ram Dayal Munda,
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Dismal picture of Maharashtra's environment
Almost 75 per cent sewage treatment plants in Maharashtra run without valid consents, reveals Maharashtra's State of Environment Report, 2007. The report, a public document released by Maharashtra
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How much should a person consume?
Book>> How Much Should A Person Consume, Thinking Through The Environment
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'Privatisation has increased rural neglect'
The northeast has been badly affected by ethnic strife. DILIP GOGOI of Cotton College, Guwahati, on its vulnerability Are ethnic conflicts more frequent in the northeast compared to other parts
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Review of the film, Sicko
>> Sicko, Produced and directed by Michael Moore, 125 minutes, USA Michael Moore has penchant for turning polemics into cinema. And good cinema at that. His first film, Roger and
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Ecosan is not a second rate approach
<i>The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) related to sanitation rely on flushing systems. Uno Winblad, senior adviser, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden, tells S V Suresh Babu that the ecosan approach can do the job much better</i></<br />