Crispin Tickell
Chairperson of the Climate Institute, Washington, DC " This is a need for tough measures to check artifically induced climate change" • The biggest emitters must make the biggest
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The spoils of tourism
Impact of tourism on Sikkim s environment
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Conservation blues
Conservation of fruits may be difficult, but that is no excuse. Preservation of national assets should be given top priority
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Permanent Job
Sometimes, even the poor get a chance to cheat
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Uncivil servants
In the land of Gandhi, nobody knows how to resolve conflicts peacefully
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No way back
Once polluted by industry, groundwater is very difficult to clean up. This is the lesson learnt from the Bichhri experience. Situated about 12 km from Udaipur, the groundwater of Bichhri, spread over
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Solution: good science
There are no political boundaries for animals, but officials concerned fail to see the point
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The third wind
The new challenges before Japan require leadership from not just the government and the corporate sector but also the civil society
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The crossover
Fuel cells are more important to a developing country like India than developed countries. But the corporate sector is slow.
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Abandoned to fate
Though private bus operators will have to shoulder a bulk of the responsibility of phasing in CNG buses, they were the last to be informed by the Delhi government. The first public notification for
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A fine balance
The business of ecotourism is set to boom worldwide. Who will gain and who will lose?
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Assam: It ended as suddenly as it began
The drive against forest encroachers began in Assam on May 7, 2002. It reached a flashpoint during the eviction drive in Botahguli, where one person died of bullet injuries after paramilitary forces
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Cola major gets a taste of panchayat power
A multi billion dollar transnational corporation has had to blink first in an eyeball to eyeball dispute with an obscure panchayat of Kerala. On November 17, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Private Limited HCBPL the Goliath of the piece was compelled
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'Serious study has not yet begun'
R Uma Shankar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, speaks to Down To Earth
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Rich sewage
The government says that poor people living along the Yamuna are the problem. But the fact is that s/he who uses the most water also generates the most waste. The situation in India's capital city is shameful in this regard. The bulk of the water goes to the rich and powerful, with the majority population getting less than survival quotas of water. Therefore, it is the water users who generate waste. If water use is the criterion for a pollution inventory, then it is clear that the rich, not the poor and unconnected or unserviced, are the cause of the river's condition.
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The Wonder Bird
The red jungle fowl (RJF) is one of the four jungle fowls found in the Indian subcontinent belonging to the genus Gallus, the other three being grey, Ceylon and green. It is also know as Gallus
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Caught in the web
Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001
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Suspended...
...in utter neglect - the state of state pollution control boards
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Bright idea
It's big! And it's glowing! Is it a blob from outer space? No, it's just an elephant. Following a series of accidents in which speeding vehicles collided with elephants, the Wildlife Trust of India
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Painting a rosy picture
Union minister of environment and forests T R Baalu proudly proclaimed at a review meeting that the Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection (crep) is a huge hit, with almost