Although small hydro projects are expensive, they are clean and renewable sources of energy and there is scope to reduce costs

Holland's thriving tulip flower industry is under pressure to clean up its act and save the environment from degradation caused by excessive use of pesticides and fertilisers

Despite using satellites and supercomputers, meteorologists are still baffled by the monsoon, unable to say precisely when it will occur and how good -- or bad -- it will be

The traditional craft of wooden toy making in Sawai Madhopur near the Ranthambore tiger reserve is dying out because of changed consumer preferences and restrictions on access to forests

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A unique fishing cooperative that salvaged the wetlands leased to them by the Calcutta Port Trust has successfully fought off attempts to repossess the land for building projects

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When the axis of the monsoon trough falls between Jodhpur and Kharagpur, well-distributed rain falls over central India and the Indo-Gangetic plain. Sometimes, the trough shifts north, towards the

Kamal Nath is one of the few Indian ministers to have acquired an international image. He has traversed the globe to attend various environmental conferences and has also played host to several of his foreign counterparts. Nath argues the new found green

Villagers near Calcutta contend they have been unfairly done out of their land by a private thermal power plant project