A committee appointed by the Environment Minister, Mr Suresh Prabhu, has recommended the setting up of gender and environment cells in state forest departments, besides taking other pro-women

Lack of coordination between two government organisaitons has prevented the creation of a crucial environmental institute despite a World Bank grant of $ 2 million. The institute-- the Indian Centre

A strong tremor rocked north-west Turkey today, killing at least seven and injuring over 200. Thousands rushed for open ground in a region devastated by an earthquake four weeks

The most prominent residents of Runahera-khera village in Faridabad are not its human denizens, but its 'fugitive' population of "reechh" (sloth bear ) and "bandars". The "basti" and "kalandars"--

The World Wide Fund for Nature tiger conservation programme has provided support worth Rs 2 crore to 16 of the 23 tiger reserves across the country in its effort to complement the government's

The High court judgement in the controversial Sahara lake Housing project has come as a triumph of sorts for both the petitioning NGOs and the Maharashtra government. In response to three separate

Kalahandi district in Orissa, wracked by periodic drought and starvation in the modern age, seems to have had a glorious past as remains of several fortified settlements from the stone age up to the

FAO : About 10 million people in sub-Saharan Africa need emergency food assistance, according to a UN Food and Agriculture Organisation report. The report, released recently, says 16 countries in

Preyed upon the hyena and lion, threatened by range lands vanishing under the plough and cattle pastures, the survival of Africa's cheetah population depends on two improverished British researchers

A dedicated young mountaineer, involved in the field of adventure for last 12 years, Tarun K. Roy has love and respect for Himalayan nature and environment and intends to promote Himalayan adventure