Guards back with tigers
Court orders salaries for Valmiki Tiger Reserve staff
Court orders salaries for Valmiki Tiger Reserve staff
despite stiff opposition from the greens, the parliament of Norway cleared the nation's first petroleum development project in the Arctic Barents Sea. It was passed by a 75-25 vote recently. The
Employment guarantee means entitlement to rural livelihood and food security
A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces challenges of a different kind today
...among local villagers because he involves them in sandalwood smuggling and shares the benefits
This multi purpose project has the potential of solving the region s problems but at enormous environmental cost
This is the time to use funds to create rural assets
the tribal community of Bastar district of Madhya Pradesh will be involved in a scheme to process minor forest produce. With an estimated expenditure of Rs 16 crore, the scheme will
Groups of tribal women in Orissa are fighting against authorities to improve their lot by consolidating the trade of minor forest produce
In 1962, it was the Indo Chinese war. Now it is the creation of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Once again, the Bhotiyas, who inhabit the Garhwal hills, find themselves at crossroads. They find their means of sustenance cut off. The difference this tim
The World Trade Organization s recent ministerial meet in Seattle, USA, will be remembered more for the protestors who turned the venue into a battlefield than for the controversial trade issues that were discussed. As the protestors grabbed the media s
an ambitious aquaculture project is on the anvil at Nayachar in Haldia, West Bengal. The state government hopes that the project will generate employment opportunities for the locals and give a
Call them the lakers . Some 10,000 of them. Parts of the Dal land and water belong to them. And when they feel the need to make a floating garden or land on the lake, they simply do it. Especially since the militancy problem in the Valley began, there
Morning in Dal: commotion behind the scenes
An ingenious and indigenous way of cultivation
... and sewage a strong political will is needed to get rid of them?
After more than 30 years of struggle, the Inuit people of Canada are given more autonomy and the right to self determination
God made all humans equal, but some are more equal than others when it comes to consuming the world's resources
Wooden carvings are hot selling products throughout the world. Unfortunately, the popularity of the product may also lead to its downfall. The Kenyan wooden carving industry is a good example of the
India is going to receive a technical assistance of US $14 million from the UNDP to strengthen its leather, fibre and handicrafts sections. The UNDP and the government of India signed two US $7