Environmental stress has resulted mainly from unsustainable consumption levels in poor nations because of bad land use and degraded village commons and excessive use of non renewable resources in the developed countries. It is imperative that the global

The prospect of being kept out of forests they have occupied for 50 winters, on the pretext of environmental conservation, the Gujjars of Uttar Pradesh have finally taken a stand against the avarice of forest department officials.

Developers of a new, clean and efficient process for coal based power generation say it will not become popular unless the government enforces stricter environment protection standards.

An Indian government report that criticises and asks for several amendments in the Montreal Protocol is expected to generate heated debate among signatories meeting later this month.

John Major's Conservative government is learning the hard way that a free market economy alway works better anywhere but at home.

Much useful and reasonably priced reading material for children, focussing on environmental issues, is available now.

WHAT is common between Rio and rishwat (bribe)? Ask the Gujjars who come down each year from upland pastures to the forest areas of Mohand. Every year, when the Gujjars entered the forest, they

The oxidising property of cigarette and chulha smoke is one of the factors being linked by researchers to the formation of eye cataract.

Some of the important suggestions made by the Ministry of Industry are: 1. 100 per cent conversion to HCFC-22, a transitional substitute, by 2000. 2. 50 per cent phase-out of CFC-12 by l999 or

In the new environment sensitive atmosphere after Rio, two Northern agencies that aid research projects in the developing world are being compelled to question the dimensions of their role.