While cranes are regularly hunted in parts of Pakistan, villagers in Rajasthan are doing their best to protect these endangered species

Total forest cover of CHATTISGARH, UTTARANCHAL and JHARKHAND

Fighting the drought preoccupies the new government. Charting a mining policy to explore the rich mineral deposits is next on the agenda

AJIT JOGI, the first chief minister of Chattisgarh, speaks to DOWN TO EARTH on sustainable development of the new state

The process of alienating people from natural resources has not stopped, even with the attainment of statehood

Forests have been the root cause of the struggle for statehood. In an interview with DOWN TO EARTH, Uttaranchal's first chief minister NITYANAND SWAMI says he intends transferring power to gram panchayats

Most politicians and activists see the Forest Conservation Act as a hurdle towards empowering the tribal population. They want the act amended

Former Union minister of state for environment and forest, BABULAL MARANDI speaks to DOWN TO EARTH on the crucial problems and his agenda as the first chief minister of Jharkhand

Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), HCH isomers (HCHs), chlordane compounds (CHLs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) were determined in sediment, soil, whole body homogenates of resident and migratory birds and their prey items (including fish, green mussel, snail, earthworm, crabs, prawn, lizard and frogs), bird eggs and bats collected from southern India

The Ramsar Convention of IUCN held in 1971 in Iran raised global