India lost about 5,550 sq km of forest cover in the last two years. According to the State of Forest

Nearly 600,000 women die of pregnancy-related complications every year. One woman in 30 who

In 1990, the US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 5.41 tonnes per capita. In 1993, President Clinton said that the US would bring down GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000. The Climate

The largest of all cats, tigers, are gradually dying due to a loss of habitat, diminishing stocks of prey and

Supply of potable water has been affected by contamination of water sources in most developing countries. Rivers, lakes and groundwater have been polluted by industrial effluents, pesticides and

Industrial production has grown in India by more than 50-fold over the past century. The Central Pollution Board (CPCB) has identified 17 categories of most polluting industries which contribute to

Seventy-four developing countries, where the population of those under 15 years is one-third of the total will double their population within 30 years or less. This is in spite of death rates having

The bulk of pesticides used in India are organochlorines which have an immense capacity to persist in the environment and accumulate within living bodies. Pesticides like dichlorodiphenyl

The state of health of women in rural India may be one of the worst in the world. An eight-month-pregnant woman spends two-thirds of her day working

Seafood is a part of the human diet and harvesting of marine species provides a source of income to millions. Products from marine species are used as food additives, animal feed, fertiliser,