Sustainable Development

Corporation for Sustainable Development

Under the Millennium Development Goals MDG of the United Nations UN , it has been agreed to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015. The Johannesburg Plan of

Publication Date:

30/05/2004

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040531

pp:

1

Tags:

Groundwater, Water Distribution, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Private Sector, UN, India, Sustainable Development

Mining

Quarry hunt

Contrasting sentiments marked the opening of the 19th World Mining Congress in New Delhi on November 1. President A P J Abdul Kalam warmly welcomed potential foreign investors as he inaugurated the five-day mega meet. But the event got a cold reception fr

Publication Date:

29/11/2003

Author(s): Ritu Gupta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Mining, Minerals, Economy, Technology, Europe, India, Sustainable Development, Globalisation

Fisheries

A fish called subsidy

Promotes inequality between fishers and hampers sustainable development

Publication Date:

14/11/2003

Author(s): U R Sumaila

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

12

Issue:

20031115

pp:

0

Tags:

Fisheries, Trade, WTO, Economy, Subsidies, Governance, Sustainable Development

Environment

Book review: Plastics for Environment & Sustainable Development

For those concerned about the plastic age in which we live, this eco assessment study is a must read. But do not go by the report s name, for its purpose seems to be to give a befitting reply to all campaigners who keep crying that plastics are bad

Publication Date:

29/06/2003

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Plastics, Child Health, Sustainable Development

Air Pollution

Devolution has to happen. It will

It has been a year since Anil Agarwal, the founder editor of Down To Earth, passed away. We remember him every moment. We work as his proxies. We work his dreams; they have become ours, too. His

Publication Date:

30/01/2003

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20030131

pp:

17

Tags:

Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1988, Economy, Biomass, Biomass Trade, Poverty, Anil Agarwal, Sustainable Development, Environment Management

Fisheries

Fish on the front burner

Marine species likely to top CITES meet agenda

Publication Date:

29/11/2002

Author(s): Nitin Sethi

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

CITES, Corals, Fisheries, Trade, Elephant, Africa, Kenya, Norway, India, Sustainable Development

Poverty

Widespread disagreement may mar WSSD

Emil Salim, chair of the global preparatory committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (wssd) and former Indonesian environment minister has urged India's Prime Minister, Atal Bihari

Publication Date:

30/08/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecosystems, WTO, Poverty, Europe, United States Of America (US), Sustainable Development

India

Can business be responsible?

Publication Date:

14/07/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020715

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Health Effects, CNG, LPG, Child Health, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Public Sector, Private Sector, Government Of India (GOI), Sustainable Development

Climate Change

Can business be responsible

Call it paranoia or plain silliness. But it is amazing. The Centre for Science and Environment cse has been studying gas pricing in the country to assess how environmentally acceptable fuels can be

Publication Date:

14/07/2002

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020715

pp:

4

Tags:

Pollution, Health Effects, CNG, LPG, Child Health, Endosulfan, Pesticide Residues, Public Sector, Private Sector, Government Of India (GOI), Sustainable Development