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Environment

 Opinions

Our position is that USA is the biggest culprit in the world. ---Environment minister Kamal Nath on the eve of his departure to Rio We cannot permit the extreme in the environmental

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
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Environment, NGO, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries
Environment

 Fighting for a place under the sun

The NISGA: are fighting with the British Columbian government to be recognised as a community. They came to Rio to "tell the world about their problems"

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14/07/1992
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Environment, Tropical Forests, Race Relations, Tribals, UN, Rio Summit
Environment

 The final package

• Human beings are at the centre of sustainable development. •States have the sovereign right to exploit their own resources. • The right to

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
Down to Earth
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Environment, Development, Developing Countries
Poverty

 Driving home a point without any solutions

THE BRANDT Commission in 1980 had called for a world "based less on power and status, more on justice and contract; less discretionary, more governed by fair and open rules". Shridath

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
Amit Mitra
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Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Poverty, United States Of America (US), Global, Developing Countries, Rio Summit
Environment

 Let's get political

The environmental movement is politically weak. That is the lesson from the Rio summit

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14/07/1992
Praful Bidwai
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Environment

 Off to the next round

The South came back reasonably victorious from Rio, it was only because of the poor leadership of USA. The question now is: will it be able to sustain its success?

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14/07/1992
Anil Agarwal
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Environment, NGO, United States Of America (US), Global, Developing Countries, Rio Summit
Environment

 Why don't we set our own house in order first?

The state uses all the right words. But its actions don't match its rhetoric, unfortunately

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14/07/1992
Madhu Kishwar
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Environment, Chipko Movement, Aid, NGO, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries, Rio Summit
Environment

 Different perspectives

Some common misconceptions that emerged during the run up to Rio

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
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Environment

 The racket at Rio

The save the planet bazaar does not deserve to be taken seriously

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14/07/1992
Ash Mitra
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Environment, Biodiversity, World Bank, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries, Rio Summit
Environment

 Can we make this U turn?

"ECONOMICS is the science of studying people's behaviour in their ordinary day-to-day life." That is how undergraduate textbooks define the subject. The book under review, however, talks about an

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
Gopal K Kadekodi
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Pollution, Pollution Control, Land Degradation, Renewable Energy, Economic Development, Research

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