The Calcutta High Court Green Bench today ordered the Tarakeswar municipality and the temple estate manager to take steps to stop drainage of waste water into Doodh talao, the pond in the temple

The management of wilderness in the Himalayas wil yield long-term economic benefits for the hill populations, says a recently published study, Wilderness Management in Mountain Areas. "Environmental

The Environment Pollution Authority for the National Capital Region- a body set up earlier this year to monitor the implementation of the "White paper on Pollution in Delhi with an Action Plan" - has

Montek: Even though India has received nearly $ 150 million from the GEF and has leveraged another $ 150 million for projects that help conserve global ecology, this was nowhere enough, according to

India will be contributing about $9 million to the Global Environment Facility as part of the second replenishment tranche. The previous contribution was also at $9 million. The facility is a

The European Commission has imposed provisional anti dumping duties on imports of unbleached cotton grey fabrics from India, China and Pakistan, besides three other countries. A decision to impose

More than 300 experts, researchrs, and policy-makers from across the country will come together to discuss sustainable development of mountain environment at a two-day national seminar beginning here

On climate change policy, as on so much else, President Bill Clinton's rehetoric is beyond reproach. In Kyoto last Decemeber, his negotiators committed the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas

The Union Government is hosting the first ever assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) here from April 1 to 3.As many as 161 Governments will participate in the assembly which will review

The Assam Government will soon enact a bill to control the use of polythene and other non-biodegradable garbage in the State in order to preserve the environment. Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar