Malaysia will tighten its environmental rules for coastal development projects, after a study showed a significant drop in bird numbers in the country following reclamation. Reclamation of wetlands

To protect the country's food supply, the Chinese government has suspended a plan to convert farmland into forest. The move is to meet its pledge to keep at least 120 million hectares (ha) of arable

there's been a last ditch attempt to protect local management of ecologically sensitive areas from the government's axe. Environment groups in Maharashtra have approached the Union ministry of

south Australia now has a law to tackle climate change. The Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007, legislates targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, as well as for

yes to greenhouse gas emissions check and no to emissions caps', reads China's National Climate Change Programme issued on June 4. In what is being called as the first national climate change

One of the largest aluminium producers in the country with a market share of more than 30 per cent, Balco is poised to play a significant role in the context of globalisation. The company has achieved a dramatic surge in productivity and profit within a short span of five years from 2001when Sterilite took over the PSU.

new York City is set to go green. Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced his ambitious "planyc-2030' for a "greener and greater' New York. The following are the highpoints of the plan