A year after the Ministry of Environment and Forests cleared a Delhi University proposal to set up a Centre for Environmental Management of Degradable Bio-Systems, the authorities are undecided on

At least 11 people have been killed and over 1,000 hospitalised from the deadly carbon monoxide poisoning in north China's Tianjin city in the past four days. "The victims suffered from carbon

Dr. Rashmi Mayur, Director, International Institute for the Sustainable Future, Mumbai, writes: The announcement by the Union Minister for Urban Development, Mr. Ram Jethmalani, that the Union

Despite its warnings to the Delhi Development Authority, the National Capital Region Planning Board has been bypassed in yet another major decision taken by the DDA, to commercialise green area by

The Nepal government has nominated nine environment experts to the Environment Conservation Council (ECC). The council has the prime minister and the minister of population and environment as its

The proposed Rs 50-crore 'enviro-eco-tourist-friendly' Nandanavanam project, which seeks to develop green belt, rock gardens and ornamental plantations over a stretch of nearly 16 km along the

The fact that grant funding for the Global Environmental Facility has increased from $2 billion in the last phase to 2.75 billion this time shows that the donor countries have faith in the ability

The World's Bank's role within the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the only multilaterial financing mechanism for environmental projects , has been sharply criticised in the first study of GEF's

The European Court of Justice slammed shut the door for individuals and public interest groups to defend environmental interests threatened or harmed by EU institutions, such as the European

A new task force set up to review existing arrangements through which the United Nations carries out its environment-related activities held its first meeting here on Wednesday. The 17-member UN