The designation of Protected Areas (PAs) for biodiversity conservation had had negative implications for communities that derive their sustenance from such areas. Apart from restrictions on resource use, there have also been instances of people being displaced from areas that they had inhabited and that had been designated subsequently as PAs.

Afterwards, an eerie silence envelops the field. There is only the crop

Does the concept of interlinking India's rivers hold water? The debate rages on...

Water has suddenly become a favoured subject for seminars and conferences all over the world.