The future of the Kyoto Protocol is in peril and the global compact could end up being an empty shell by 2012. Major developed countries, including Japan, Russia and Canada, have refused to be part of the protocol in its second phase and to commit targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions under it. Europe has also changed the goalposts.
New Delhi: Differences over the Green India mission between Jairam Ramesh and his Director-General of Forests have widened the rift between the forest bureaucracy and the Union environment and forests minister.
At the heart of the argument between the two was the control over the flow of an estimated Rs 46,000 crore over the next 10 years meant to afforest five million hectares as part of t
New Delhi: The manner in which environmental and coastal clearances are given by the environment ministry could be overhauled with the government contemplating an independent National Environmental Appraisal and Monitoring Authority.
The authority, sources in the ministry said, would be rolled out in phases and take over the monitoring role of the ministry first, then the environmental clea
New Delhi: To lock climate changing carbon dioxide in the growing forests, the government has asked the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to provide a substantial part of the Rs 90 billion needed every year for 10 years.
The government has made this recommendation to the climate convention, knowing that a mechanism would be set up in future to provide investments from markets as wel
To start with, a string of questions seemingly disconnected. Should the telecom spectrum have been auctioned? Can wildlife in India be protected only by emptying out large swathes of lands? Are genetically modified food crops the way to food security in India?
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh tied himself in knots on Monday to defend the guidelines his ministry had issued on turning national parks and sanctuaries into inviolate critical wildlife habitats, bypassing provisions of the Forest Rights Act (FRA).
