For many southern groups, the greater cause at Rio was to align with their governments against the West's "green imperialism"

THE BRANDT Commission in 1980 had called for a world "based less on power and status, more on justice and contract; less discretionary, more governed by fair and open rules". Shridath

Stockholm wasn't as big as Rio, but I think it had a soul. I expect Rio's soul was there too, somewhere

The environmental movement is politically weak. That is the lesson from the Rio summit

Tough talking Malaysian negotiator Wen Lian Ting explains why the North's stand on forests is morally unjust and politically untenable

"ECONOMICS is the science of studying people's behaviour in their ordinary day-to-day life." That is how undergraduate textbooks define the subject. The book under review, however, talks about an

There have been many a slip between developing technology and applying it to everyday life

Wildlife conservationists and social ecologists are sharply divided despite common goals

PATRICIA ADAMS attributes the current environmental imbroglio of developing countries to their debt crisis, which has been aggravated by loose lending, corruption and anti-democratic policies.

Nanuram Rawat was the adhyaksha of the gram sabha in Seed, one of the first gramdan villages where environmental resources have been regenerated through community management