As the environment versus development debate continued to torment policy makers in 2014, the new government initiated the process of rewriting the rules of environmental governance in a bid to brin

A week after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) declared a 100-km stretch from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi in Uttarkashi district as an eco-sensitive zone, the Uttarakhand Cabinet on Sunday p

Uttarakhand Cabinet, on Sunday, passed a resolution to request the Central government to withdraw its December 18, 2012 notification, according to which a 100-km stretch of the Bhagirathi river fro

Focus on increasing economic opportunities for SC/ST farmers

More than 200 villages in Nadaun subdivision here will have a year-round irrigation facility as work on the Rs 130-crore project has started.

The Odisha government has decided to prepare a master plan for promotion and development of ecotourism destinations involving various communities, tour operators and other stakeholders.

The National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre has suppressed the report of the High-Level Committee on the Status of Tribals.

Plans to build a mega-resort and casino in far north Queensland have come one step closer to reality after the project’s environmental impact statement was approved.

Development policies become more effective when combined with insights into human behaviour, argues the World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behaviour.