The massive international eco jamboree ended in the Capital today without clarifying its fancy nomenclature which has prevented nations for executing projects to save the global environment. At the

Burgeoning population was one of the main factors causing environmental degradation in the Capital, while rapid increase in the use of motor vehicles, generation of waste, and industrial activity

In response to WASA's allegation that industrial wastes, mainly the toxic chemicals are polluting the Buriganga river, DCCI(Dhaka Chamber of Commerce) is going to set up an environment unit to

People in Bogor, Indonesia are waiting to see which goes first, the chickens or the eggs. Either way, both foods may soon disappear from people's diets, heralding severe food shortages in the world's

In a significant development, Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF)chief representative in India Yoshitaro Fuwa said in "practical terms" the organisation and the GEF will find it difficult to

The environmentalist and Chairman of the Climate Institute, Washington, Sir Crispin Tickell, has warned that the accelerated ecological deterioration of planet earth portends catastrophic

A Global Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) based on the principle of market-based mechanisms to help cut harmful 'greenhouse gas' emissions agreed to by nations at the Kyoto Conference on 'Climate Change'

Thers is a move afoot in the Union ministry for environment and forests (MoEF) to reduce the environmental clearance process for new industrial projects. The most significant is the proposal to

The Union Carbide case came up for hearing before the Supreme Court today with the central government disputing before the Supreme Court today that it had to pay for the expenditure of the sole

Thr three-day international confernce of the Global Environment Facility concluded on Friday, with the adoption of a declaration of how to proceed over the next three years. Representatives from