Wildlife mismanaged
The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves
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June 5. Yawn
Not once has the ministry of environment and forests taken a strong stand, shown results
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DD's green beam
This month, Doordarshan's elite third channel is airing India's first comprehensive weekly programme on the environment, a repeat of which will be aired on the first channel after a fortnight.
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Footprints of the wild
Publishers worldwide need to be goaded to specialise in environmental publications, but the fair was piled high with coffee table glossies on wildlife and environment, some targeting children.
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Nepal
Officials in Nepal and India have expressed concern over the trans-boun-dary migration of wild animals. They say the movement of animals is posing a serious threat to the life and property of the
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Green puzzle
A cross section of opinions in response to 'Dark truths and lost woods' pages 31 41 by ANIL AGARWAL
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Ravaged region
JHARKHAND stretches from Bankura district in West Bengal to Surguja in Madhya Pradesh; and from Santhal Parganas of Bihar to Sambhalpur in Orissa. Approximately 1,87,646 sq km in area,
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Resentment sets fire to Nagarhole
NEARLY eight weeks after the March 14 fire that damaged a portion of the Nagarhole National Park and Reserve Forest -Asia's largest deciduous forest - the debate is on as to what happened on that
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The first humans
Were the Neandertals our ancestors or a different species? Experts have unearthed intriguing aspects of the lives of these intelligent and compassionate creatures
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Keep forests...shall feed
The Northern model of conserving tropical forests by completely eleminating humans from them will spell ecological disaster, and may aimed more at protecting the agricultural export markets of developed countries than enhancing global biodiversity
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Making hell holes
What slaughter mining and power plants have done to the people and the environment
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:nimals and their habitat are inseparable'
JON CHARLES COE, a landscape architect in Coe Lee Robinson Roesch Inc, USA, was instrumental in turning around the Atlanta zoo from a badly managed one to one of the best in the US. In the process, he and his colleagues evolved a new concept of 'zoo desig
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Urban wildlife and disappearing commons
"What are we supposed to feel when a sarkari animal carries our children away? Are we still supposed to love the animal and the sarkar?" This plea by an activist working with poor people living in
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An uphill task
How do you define and measure sustainable development? A host of non governmental organisations led by the Switzerland based World Conservation Union are trying to evolve a new approach to do just that
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CoP 8: Nothing's brewing
For a fortnight, 1,456 delegates from 167 countries sat in conference halls, attended plenary sessions and roundtables, and sized each other up over a cup of coffee. In the end, CoP 8 didn't witness any scintillating intellectual and moral leadership from
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Toxic Tales
IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY Directed by Rajani Mani and Nina Subramani . Produced by Elephant Corridor . English . 28 mins . 2002 Kasaragod, a district in north
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Chasing an eccentric monsoon
FEW WOULD disagree that the monsoon in India is almost unparalleled in beauty, but not many realise the subtle nuances in the workings of nature that makes this season possible. These curious
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Understanding trivia
FOR a human, a fall from a 6-storey building means death. But a cat can coolly jump down and walk away: a freefalling cat is a light and compactly made animal. Endowed with 4 legs, flexible joints
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For a few dollars more
The environment ministry is belatedly setting priorities right for procuring GEF's green bundles
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Lessons animals teach
How animals treat themselves with various plants provide medicinal leads to scientists.