ENVIRONMENT has emerged as a major concern for the world community. And rightly so, since the global environment is affected by the actions of different countries. The theme has several

The show is over. It's time to stop talking and get down to work

While heads of state deliberated on the future of the world at the Riocentro, social activists and NGOs expressed their sense of frustration over the dominant paradigm of development. They represented sharply differing perspectives

The UNCED deliberations have to be viewed in the context of northern attempts to maintain hegemony over the rest of the world

The minister of state for environment, Kamal Nath, had some radical words to say in Rio. "I don't understand why people here are talking about forests being national or global resources. In my

The state uses all the right words. But its actions don't match its rhetoric, unfortunately

THE SUB-CONTINENT, judging by these three reports, went prepared to Rio. In fact, the first report, prepared by a Sri Lankan NGO, chides UNCED for trying to save the earth without even consulting

The save the planet bazaar does not deserve to be taken seriously

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

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