Land is central to the tribal identity in the region too easily abbreviated northeast . Jeuti baruah knows this too well. As director of the Law research Centre, Guwahati, she is constantly discovering how friable these identities are in the face of cons
Though touted as a statutory body with teeth, the National Wildlife Board was tamed by Union minister for environment and forests T R Baalu at its very first meeting in New Delhi on October 15. Baalu allegedly thrust upon the board a decision to drastical
How do pests select which plants to attack in the field? By smelling odours plants emit, believe most entomologists. But now an alternative theory has emerged of plant pest relation. It isn t the odour. Rather, bugs are driven to plants by visual clues an
As field researchers will tell, you don t get up one fine morning and cut through an unknown forest in search of an elusive animal species. Even if you have a map to tell where the simian will be enjoying its afternoon siesta. You first look for what rese
April 2003 saw two diverse regions in India take a similar decision. Both partially opened the door to tourism in hitherto protected belts. One is a high altitude state; the other a union territory is an archipelago of 348 islands. Just like their dis
