Arun III loan scrapped
A historic victory was achieved by Nepal's environmentalists and citizens' groups, when the World Bank announced on August 4 in Washington DC, that the proposed Bank loan to Nepars Arun IH dam
A historic victory was achieved by Nepal's environmentalists and citizens' groups, when the World Bank announced on August 4 in Washington DC, that the proposed Bank loan to Nepars Arun IH dam
RITA ANAND explores how a megacity civilisation of Central American Indians Had survived on natural resource management, and what needs to be done to Salvage the system
Most Indians are defenceless against the fine toxic particles in the air largely products of vehicular emissions and scientists are finding newer and deadlier things about pollution. Surprisingly, this is not confined to metropolitan cities. Evidence
The Mukti Sangharsh Movement is teaching farmers in Maharashtra's sugar belt scientific methods of moving from single crop, fertiliser intensive sugarcane cultivation to rotational and more sustainable agricultural patterns.
India's urban environment is a ghastly cocktail of prosperity, poverty and pollution. A study of eight towns moving towards the precipice of disaster
Norway installs world s first underwater electricity grid to be powered by tidal currents
The grandiose Bakun dam project (Down To Earth, Vol 3, No 4) in Borneo is once again in the thick of a mess of its own making. In late April, the Malaysian government's department of
FLY BY GOA - THE CHANGING SHORES . P V Sathe . 30 Minutes . August . 2002 . Price: Rs 500 This gripping film captures the changes that have taken place in Goa in the last 30 years in just 30
A euphemistically named agreement for the "sustainable development of the Mekong river basin" has generated a storm of controversy. The rum- blings were heard almost as soon as the accord
Cowherds in a Gujarat district accuse a local dye manufacturer of dumping a poisonous and acidic substance, which resulted in the maiming and death of their cattle.
Governments and loggers unhesitatingly blame tribals for the destruction of rainforests, but studies show otherwise.
By evacuating tribal encroachers from around the Dudhwa park, forest officials have won another round in the struggle for access to forests. But for how long?
The people of China are hoping that last summers flood, the worst since 1954 in the Yangtze River, will be a warning to the authorities that they can no longer take the environment for granted (
At the time of independence, the boundary line between the two newly created independent countries i.e. Pakistan and India was drawn right across the Indus Basin, leaving Pakistan as the lower riparian.
Economics sans money drives the developing world. But the the United Nations (UN) wants it to integrate into a monetised dream. Developing countries live on the fringe economics of natural resources. Will the gross nature product be reflected in the UN’s
Government industrialist nexus and public apathy have become incentives for norm flounting industries in Gujarat
Forced by the Supreme Court, authorities crack down on industries that pollute the Yamuna river. Over 200 units are sealed; 900 more face closure
The <i>karez</i> system could solve the country's water problems
THE sight of young forests in a dry desert is a breathtaking sight. Marusthal par vijay is the story of the Haryana Forest Department's afforestation efforts to block the sinister advance of the Thar
Fisherfolk in the Hooghly are enjoying boom time, with the Farakka Barrage having barred highly valued Hilsa from moving upstream, where procurement has fallen drastically. The average annual catch