Storm over fishing rights on lake
A Pakistani court will decide whether commercial fishing can be allowed on a protected lake that is also the haunt of migratory birds.
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Profits vs pitfalls
The Philippines is on the horns of a dilemma: to mine or not to mine? The cash-starved Philippines government would like to regain its lost glory as a leading gold and copper producer. But the
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Road not taken
The High Court of Jharkhand has passed an order banning bauxite-loaded trucks from driving through Palamau Tiger Reserve, Palamau Wildlife Sanctuary and Betla National Park at night. The advocate
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Enron's power boomerangs
The controversial Enron power project in Maharashtra's katnagiri district has been referred back to the ministry of environment and forests (MFF) for clearance. The decision was taken
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Thin end of the wedge?
Maharashtra legalises contract farming, says farmers interests won t be harmed
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Fences along Mexico US border
The dispute over expanding fences along the Mexico-us border seems to be headed towards a crisis. Mexican environmental officials recently said they would drag the us to the International Court of
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Courage under fire
SANCTUARY AWARDS . Sanctuary Magazine . ABN-Amro . India Sanctuary magazine and ABN-Amro bank have chosen four forest officers and a grassroots activist as Earth Heroes for this year's Sanctuary
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Betta lands battle
VILLAGERS in Uttara Kannada district are waging a battle against Karnataka Forest Department officials who are allowing contractors to fell trees in the betta lands -- tracts of forests sanctioned
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Protector of the Taj
Nearly a decade after N C Mehta filed a public interest petition for the closure of industrial units in Agra, whose atmospheric pollutants he alleged were damaging the Taj Mahal, the Supreme Court
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No lesser evil
Mild cigarettes are drawing strong reactions in the European Union (eu). In tune with its campaign against smoking, the eu has ordered manufacturers not to brand their products as "mild' or
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Under siege
The Adyar creek and estuary in Chennai is falling victim to development
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For a cup of tea
Dense cinchona and silver oak forests covering 3,000 ha in Valparai in the Annamalai hills will be replaced by tea plantations if the state-run Tamil Nadu Plantation Corporation Ltd (TNPCL) has its
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COSTA RICA
The Biodiversity Law in Costa Rica was the first of its kind in the world to encapsulate all the principles of the International Biodiversity Treaty signed at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in
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Slum again
Trade unionist Datta Samant has helped 2,500 families of quarry workers in Bombay to get their settlement recognised as a slum. The 35-acre plot amid sand quarries at Powai lake was notified as a
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A rose or a ladder?
An argument over a Valentine's Day gift leads shubhranshu choudhary to the politics of an aluminium ladder On the eve of Valentine's Day, a friend of my son persuades me to take my wife "out
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Silicon valley?
Sand mining in Alappuzha: People call the shots
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Saving the shark
taking serious note of shark over fishing, environmentalists have filed a suit in the us district court in Tampa, Florida, against the us government, alleging that the National
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BRAZIL
The Brazilian government has come down heavily on the Kayapo Indians, an Amazonian tribe. The Kayapoes are "mining" mahogany from the reserve forests in northern Brazil and wreaking havoc on
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Earth shaking intervention
An earthquake rocks El Salvador causing widespread destruction. Deforestation aggravates the situation
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Promised land
Kerala CM upbeat about forestland for tribals scheme