Agriculture

 Moving in circles

Issues on sustainable development were discussed at a recently concluded CSD meet

Publication Date: 
14/06/2000
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Land Resources, Agriculture, Forest Conservation, Public Participation, NGO, Sustainable Development, UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Industry

 The third wind

The new challenges before Japan require leadership from not just the government and the corporate sector but also the civil society

Publication Date: 
30/05/2000
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Pollution Control, Women, Health Care, Political Decentralisation, Industry, Public Participation, NGO, Politics, Japan, Sustainable Development
Environment

 Cities of joy

Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans chalked out for a sustainable future. The process is bringing about a change, worthy of note, but hard issues li

Publication Date: 
14/05/2000
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Environment, Public Participation, Germany, Sustainable Development, Agenda 21, Women
Industry

 Power of the people

As megacities across the world boom, simple pleasures of life like fresh air and clean water have been lost. Initially, governments tried to check the damage without public interference. They failed. Today, the people are exercising their clout to

Publication Date: 
30/03/2000
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Pollution Control, Industry, Public Participation, Community Groups, NGO, Sustainable Development
Environment

 Humans first

"THE first most important thing in life is people. The second most important thing is people and the third most important thing is also people," - this aptly sums up the focus of this

Publication Date: 
30/03/2000
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Environment

 Religion & environment

the environmental protection movement as we know and see it today was launched by sensible, rational people who had begun to discover early in the 1960s that the present pace of development,

Publication Date: 
14/02/2000
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Environment, Sustainable Development, Religious Beliefs
Industry

 In A Spot

Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?

Publication Date: 
14/01/2000
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Pollution, Industrial Siting, Land Use, Health Effects, Economic Development, Industry, Governance, Sustainable Development
Environment

 UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations Environment Programme (unep) in its Global Environment Outlook 2000 report has painted a devastating picture of the Earth's health on the eve of the new millennium.

Publication Date: 
30/10/1999
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Environment, Population, UNEP, Sustainable Development
India

 The nitty gritties

Adopting a comprehensive rating approach

Publication Date: 
30/07/1999
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Pollution, Forest-Based Industry, Waste Treatment, Technology, Public Participation, Governance, NGO, CSE, India, Sustainable Development
India

 The sounding board

At the onset of the Green Rating Project, cse set up a project advisory panel

Publication Date: 
30/07/1999
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Pollution, Forest-Based Industry, Waste Treatment, Technology, Public Participation, Governance, NGO, CSE, India, Sustainable Development

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