China s major hydroelectric power station on the shores of one of Tibet s most sacred lakes not only threatens the fragile ecology of the lake but may drain most of the water away within 20 years

green activists are up in arms against the ongoing work on the Kaiga atomic power plant in Karnataka. They have stalled work on the project's transmission line which cuts through the Western Ghats,

IN PRESENTING the two films - Thar: Secrets of the Desert and The Village Republic - Anil Agarwal defines the basic concept of the series as studies in the organic relationship between

Dilip M Salwi, who has devoted more than 25 years to the cause of popularising science, has authored a number of science-based books for children. Among the more popular ones are Our scientists, A

After four years and innumerable trips to courts of justice, Kodaikanal's skyline may not look very different. But for the Palani Hills Conservation Council, it is still too early to give up

In just five years, the Centre for Ecological Research at Kyoto University in Japan has attained exemplary status and is doing pioneering work in ecological research

Fencing the Forest: Conservation and Ecological Change in India's Central Provinces 1860-1914 draws on archival and printed sources to shed new light on the ecological dimensions of the colonial impact on South Asia. The changing responses of rural forest users and the fortunes of the land they lived on are the key themes of this study.

On the one hand, Goa, the Western tourist's paradise, has earned valuable dollars, but on the other hand its ecology has suffered. This much talked about problem is the subject of

Enzymes are the new, hip, ecof riendly detergent components

Orans are tracts of village land believed to be protectea by local deities, They are much more than just 'sacred groves; they are the ecological core of the area, supporting a storehouse

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