Lack of political will and vested interests have hindered earlier efforts
Clara Lewis | TNN

Even as the Centre awaits a report from it on the proposed YSR memorial, the Andhra Pradesh government has gone ahead with the project inviting consultants for its execution in a protected sanctuary housing endangered tigers in Nallamala forests.

KOHIMA, Nov 12: Noted environmentalist and Chipko Movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna has urged the Nagas to initiate a mass movement to stop exploitation of nature for materialistic development in the mountainous regions.

KOHIMA, Nov 10: A delegation of eminent citizens led by renowned environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna, recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award, has undertaken a campaign to sensitise people on the fragile ecology of the Himalayan region and the need to protect it.

-- N Kalyani is an environmental writer based in Delhi. kolu_poorni@yahoo.com

The issue of sand mining, especially from Kerala

Siddharth Varadarajan

Averting the tragedy of the atmospheric commons will require binding, equitable arrangements between countries, big and small. If only this year

Patralekha Chatterjee

THINK OF a journalist on a dangerous assignment and the classic image that flashes in one's mind is the war reporter in the flak jacket dodging snipers' bullets.
Big international names like Rageh Omar, Christiane Amanpour and our desi versions dripping glamour and star power. The arc of risk, however, is widening.

In a controversial move, the Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal for conversion of 1,412 hectare Nallamala reserve forest area into a memorial park in memory of late Chief Minister Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy.

Dr Rajasekhara Reddy was killed in a helicopter crash on September 2 at Pavurallagutta inside the dense Nallamala forest in Kurnool district.