From ancient Greece to the world of today, humans have always believed that the amazing diversity of objects in the universe can be interpreted as different combinations of a few, basic particles.

Sugar and paper mills in Bihar and tanneries in West Bengal have been penalised by the Supreme Court for continuing to discharge untreated waste into the Ganga and its tributaries.

Dutch export of flowers has fallen in the face of increasing competition from other countries and a drop in the quality of plants at home.

After supporting India's forestry programmes for almost two decades, the World Bank now is moving toward arrogating to itself governance of the country's forests.

There are many clauses in the Biodiversity Convention on which the US and the developing world differ:

Medical researchers seem to have worried unduly that their grants from funding agencies would be affected because a fire at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on April 27 destroyed

Fresh data on dipping levels of atmospheric ozone add up to a grim scenario that can have serious implications for life on earth.

Pressure from environmentalists has induced the World bank to greatly modify its forestry strategy at least twice since 1950.

Hiroshi Nakajima has been re elected director of the World Health Organisation. But the road ahead promises to be bumpy for the controversial Japanese civil servant.

Even as the state government continues to accuse Tata Iron & Steel Company (TISCO) of unchecked deforestation around Jamshedpur, it has also locked horns with TISCO over riparian rights in the