The Caspian affair
The landlocked Caspian Sea is a cauldron of geopolitics. Its essential ingredients: oil and natural gas
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The Caspian affair
The landlocked Caspian Sea is a cauldron of geopolitics. Its essential ingredients: oil and natural gas
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Confronting cholera in Peru
The year long cholera epidemic in Peru refocussed scientific attention worldwide on the causes of the disease and the various strains of cholera bacteria.
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'Tribal leaders are mere pawns in politics'
Tribal activist C K Janu speaks on adivasi issues and the Muthanga controversy
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Go ahead for Indo ASEAN free trade agreement
Green light for Indo ASEAN free trade agreement
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Flight to fame
A joint consortium by 3 Asian nations to build a passenger aircraft may shake the Western stranglehold
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Picture imperfect
Aerosol research is still in its infancy. Further studies will reveal the definitive long term impact of these tiny particles
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Ephemeral Eden
The city of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka with its magnificent gardens survived for just 18 years
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Latest IPCC report reeks of northern agenda
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Mud is the medium
ARCHITECTS hoped to establish mud as a viable building medium when they set out to build the country's first major environmentally-sound building. The mud headquarters in Delhi of Development
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Punishing the brats
US politicians cannot keep mouthing morality without learning the morality associated with global cooperation and coexistence
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MONEYMAKERS
BREEZING IN: Ahmednagar Forgings Ltd (AFL), a Pune-based company, has set its sights on wind power generation and infrastructure development. "The diversification into generation of power by
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Tax the rich and help the poor survive
WHAT DOES the International Monetary Fund have to do with land degradation? On the face of it, nothing. But in reality, quite a lot. A degraded landscape in an increasingly integrated world is
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Forest tales
The tribal world view that humans can regenerate forests, but not create them, may resolve problems and failures which stalk forest management policies of the government
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South Asia
asean health meet: Health ministers of 11 South East Asian countries met in Dhaka recently to discuss over ways to enhance cooperation to develop health care services in the region. Bangladeshi
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Snippets
• 17 Chinese fisherfolk, who were arrested and convicted for poaching in Philippine waters off Palawan, have been pardoned by President Arroyo as they were "first-time offenders'. • Hong
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Rio+20 Side Event: The Forest Green Economy and South-South Cooperation, 19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio+20 Side Event: The Forest Green Economy and South-South Cooperation, 19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Organizing partners: WWF International (Lead organizer) WWF- Brazil WWF- Malaysia Government
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No more diverse
Looked at on a geological timescale, the planet's biodiversity has always been faced with threats of one form or another. But, at present, the threat is more pronounced than ever: species loss is
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SPREADING SMOKE
Strict US legislations are forcing cigarette companies to shift business to developing countries, where they are helped by lax laws and political reluctance to deal with the menace
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Mekong's miseries
A new regional treaty to usher in dams on the Mekong river has drawn flak from environmental groups
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Marine feuds are festering sores in Kerala
Kerala's coast has become a battleground between traditional and mechanised fishing communities, jeopardising the marine ecosystem.