ARGENTINA
The proposal of a German organisation to plant trees in Argentina is facing large-scale opposition from the country's environ mentalist.Prima Klima, a non-governmental organi sation, is planning
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Saving a lake
The Andhra Pradesh government will not be able to encroach upon the Hussain Sagar lake following a judgement of the state high court. The proposed encroachment was for implementing a Rs 1,400-crore
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Beware of the developers
In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be unaware of the ecological consequences of such moves.
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The precarious geopolitics of phosphorous
Both nitrogen and phosphorous are essential to life. Lynchpins both to global food production, circulating through synthesis or export and then through croplands and food into
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The State s non bureaucratic role of encouraging the people
Indian rulers rarely built water harvesting structures themselves. They, however, encouraged their subjects to build them through fiscal incentives. A revival is possible today only if India returns to a community based system of natural resource managem
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Secrets of the water fort
Planners in the ancient city of Dholavira had conceptualised an amazing system of drains, dams and tanks to manage water. To conserve every drop of water, they carefully considered everything, from site selection to extra strong city walls and even air du
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Should not go waste, this
The proposed hazardous waste management project again" brings to light the Indian government's tendency to prevent free flow of crucial data regarding any industrial project, especially those funded by external agencies
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"The West now understands that waste can be a resource"
Sweden's UNO WINBLAD was not a sanitation engineer but had trained as an architect in London in the late '50s. Those were the days of mounting concern with the "dark continent of Africa, and UNO later took up assignments in Ethiopia and Nigeria. While
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"Every ninth baby here suffers brain damage"
A woman with a mission. ORAL ATANVFAZOVA, at 39, finds herself in the midst of a salvage operation aimed at providing succour to the teeming massess In the disease afflicted areas of the Aral Sea basin. Starting with being an obstetrician and gyn
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The lone crusader
From social worker, to government contractor, to politician, and then to the highest political station of the state. It has been an interesting journey.
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Devaluting the Priceless Commodity
Many natural resources are consistently overused and undervalued by modern Indian industry; none more so than water. Factories and manufacturing centres throughout the country have a carte blanche
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Bhopal remembered, Bhopal forgotten
DECEMBER 3, 1994. The stage was set in Bhopal, again, for an army of people. Mediapeople. Activists. As for those who had rushed out of their homes 10 years ago to the day straight into the most
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Near but not dear
A recent study conducted by the World Wide Fund for Nature International on birds in the Midway Islands proves that pollution too makes the world a small place. In other words, contamination patterns in one area brings within its fold cases of se
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TOURIST TOWN
JAISALMER Jaisalmer is one of the world's prettiest 4 desert forts. And it is one of the few in which people still live. But modern Jaisalmer is also bursting at the seams and using water in a
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"Inside" and "outside" stakes in wetlands
The rediscovery of the value of wetlands the world over will be short lived if they are not properly managed and conserved
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India and Britain differ on conservation issues
India doubts the ability of the British to understand the complexity of Indian ecosystems and suggest measures for their conservation.
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The case of the vanishing Siberian cranes
Badly planned strategies, along with other reasons, have resulted in a failure to conserve the habitats of wild animals. An example: fewer numbers of a rare migratory bird are now visiting the Keoladeo National Park.
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Clean water is Stockholm's priority
Among steps undertaken by the municipally owned Stockholm Water were renovation of the waste water network, construction of a storm sewer overflow basin and measures to reduce the load on pipes and treatment plants.
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Not quite the light side
This film, produced by Toxic Comedy Pictures, captures the directors and crew of this independent film travelling to America's vinyl manufacturing capital and beyond in search of answers to troubling
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Muynak: life in the disaster zone
Muynak, which once lay on the coast of the Aral Sea nearly 70 km away from it. And since there is no road salty, toxic desert that has replaced the former seabed, it is no difficult to reach the