DISTRESS SIGNALS
New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback
New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback
The prospect of being kept out of forests they have occupied for 50 winters, on the pretext of environmental conservation, the Gujjars of Uttar Pradesh have finally taken a stand against the avarice of forest department officials.
Forest protection initiatives taken by villagers, though laudable by themselves, have proved to be a bane for women
Budgetary provisions aimed at giving a fillip to industry, will add to the burden on the country's resources.
Sagar Refugee Colony, Ganga Sagar <i>gram panchayat</i>: Ever since her older son went off to work as a daily labourer in Kashmir two years ago, Sahajadi Bibi has to worry a little less about how to feed her family of eight.
The conservation of forests and Natural Ecosystems Bill, sponsored by the ministry of environment and forests, seeks to weed out an obsolete colonial act. But people"s rights will still take a beating if the Bill goes through
The government"s plans for boosting horticulture to earn foreign exchange do not take into account the hidden costs of deforestation, fertiliser and pesticide use and heavy water consumption. Keeping in mind this and the fact that the poor can seldom affo
Mud"s low cost and malleability makes it an ideal building material. But its use can be popularised only if such drawbacks as its susceptibility to moisture is overcome and misconceptions about mud housing are cleared.
A noted Gandhian historian, DHARAMPAL has enquired into variousfacets of M British Indian society. He has authored several books, including Indian Science and Technology in the 18th century and The Beautiful Tree. In a conversation with MAX MARTIN in
What the judiciary needs to do is to put the heat on the regulatory and executive agencies of the country and improve the country's environmental governance systems
Dr. R D Gautam, principal scientist and in charge of the Plant Health Clinic, speaks to Down To Earth
Fiscal incentives for the middle class would help mobilise Indian money for NGOs. They would not have to depend on foreign funds
Is it not sad that the money given by a British middle class woman to Oxfam has to come to India to help Indian NGOs work with India's poor?
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A sturdy mountain tree could transform chilly deserts into lush fields