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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Localising Food And Sustaining Livelihoods (Deccan Herald, Kanchi Kohli , May 22, 2005)
Farmers from Peru, India and Iran met at Andhra Pradesh and exchanged notes about common concerns on agricultural biodiversity, livelihoods and food sovereignty.
- Governance Reform For India's Forests (Hindu, Mihir Shah, May 20, 2005)
The Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 reaches out to the Adivasi communities and seeks to make them active protectors of the forest, while strengthening their livelihood possibilities.
- When Foreign Aid Causes Death And Damage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2005)
P V Satheesh is the Director of the Deccan Development Society that is involved in empowering rural Dalit women in Zaheerabad of Medak district, one of the most backward districts of Andhra Pradesh.
- Economic Growth And Environment (Deccan Herald, PRAVEEN BHARGAV, May 17, 2005)
Four per cent wilderness and eight per cent economic growth — it’s possible if we adopt an innovative approach
- Mamata's Moment Of Reckoning (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 06, 2005)
If Many Theorists are convinced that economic growth is impossible without making compromises on environmental policy,
- Governance Reform For India's Forests (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Apr 30, 2005)
The Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 reaches out to the Adivasi communities and seeks to make them active protectors of the forest, while strengthening their livelihood possibilities.
- Take A Lesson From Nature (Hindu, Lucy Siegle, Apr 19, 2005)
Mother Nature has 3.8 billion years' experience of conservation; an ideal source of inspiration.
- Agriculture: What’S Wrong? (Tribune, Birinder Pal Singh , Apr 19, 2005)
It is unfortunate that the "land of five rivers" is fast proceeding towards the brink of prosperity and depleting its water resources.
- So Many Degrees Of Connection (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 03, 2005)
For C F John art is more than a few strokes on the canvas. It is an active engagement with the reality. It tries to reconnect with the ‘body’ and know reality first-hand, notes JAYALAKSHMI K.
- Patent Solution (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 24, 2005)
The issue of patenting has always been controversial, ever since trade-related intellectual property rights became part of trade negotiations through the Uruguay Round.
- Vanishing Point (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 10, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently responded to the SOS of India's endangered-and now disappearing- tigers.
- Ultra Violent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently responded to the SOS of India's endangered-and now disappearing- tigers. Seemingly moved by Sariska's tragedy, he wrote to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje
- Vanishing Wetlands (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Mar 09, 2005)
Nearly a year after he announced the Government's intention to progressively "repair, renovate and restore all water bodies that are directly linked to agriculture,"
- Seeds Of Trouble (Hindu, S. Bala Ravi, Mar 08, 2005)
The new Seeds Bill now before Parliament has several farmer-unfriendly provisions and could also lead to theft of the country's biodiversity.
- All Forest Fires Are Man-Made (Deccan Herald, PRAVEEN BHARGAV, Mar 02, 2005)
From a vantage point in the forest I watched a huge fire rapidly engulf the deciduous forests of Bhadra Tiger Reserve in March 2004. As the flames started leaping over the under storey
- Crop Diversification Is A Necessity (Tribune, Dr K.S. Aulakh, Feb 25, 2005)
PROF H.S. Shergill in his article “Punjab should stick to wheat, paddy” in The Tribune dated February 18 has opposed the plans of reducing area under paddy and wheat as, according to him, it is most economical and the falling watertable is not really a se
- Where Are The Tiger’S Guardians? (Indian Express, MANOJ KUMAR MISRA, Feb 21, 2005)
India's central highlands, and northern and eastern terai belt provide the most suitable habitat for the tiger and report the most numbers of them. Threats inevitably follow the numbers.
- A Green Scorecard For Nations (Hindu, G. Ananthakrishnan, Feb 21, 2005)
The Environmental Sustainability Index makes the point that sustainable economic growth actually requires the adoption of policies that aid the environment rather than destroy it.
- The Politics Of Aid (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Feb 18, 2005)
The growing strain on the Earth’s environment caused by global warming or the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the developing world pose a great threat to humanity. HIV alone in South Africa affects more than four million people, and 8,200 succumb to it daily around
- Green Darkness (Indian Express, VISSA VENKATA SUNDAR, Feb 14, 2005)
The Kyoto Protocol on global warming comes into force on February 16 and this may be the time to glance at the Sundarban islands, which are a World Heritage Site, yet where global warming is pushing a delicate ecosystem to the brink
- Growing And Yet Green (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 09, 2005)
If many theorists are convinced that economic growth is impossible without making compromises on environmental policy, those who hold a counterview can draw support from the recently ...
- Beyond Tsunami: An Agenda For Action (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Relief is in full swing in all the tsunami-hit areas of India. Medium- and long-term rehabilitation demands three things all along the coast. First, strengthening the ecological foundations of sustainable human security.
- Patent Ordinance And Reality Check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2005)
To meet its WTO commitment, India has brought in an ordinance to usher in the product patent regime. But of the effect on the ground things are not too clear, though the ordinance appears to create a milieu for the IT and pharma industries to grow and ...
- Venture Capitalists And Biotech Sector (Business Line, Vinish Kathuria, Dec 29, 2004)
THE success of Biocon's initial public offering (IPO) was expected to kick-start the process of venture capital funding in the biotechnology sector. However, six months down the line
- Hey Presto, A New Macaque (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2004)
Nature's infinite Book of secrecy, to use Shakespeare's phrase, continues to yield treasures. The discovery of a primate species, Macaca munzala (the Arunachal macaque), in the ...
- More Oil For The Wheels (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 06, 2004)
The Assam government last week announced it would levy a cess on crude oil produced in the state. Minister of State for Planning Himanta Biswa Sharma said oil-producing companies like ONGC and Oil India would now have to pay Rs 200 per metric tonne of cru
- Acidic Birds And Metallic Fish (Indian Express, Bharati Chaturvedi, Dec 02, 2004)
India has still not learnt its lessons from the Bhopal tragedy. The poisoning of the environment by dumping toxic substances is disastrous for wildlife
- In Search Of A Creative Alternative (Telegraph, Vandana Shiva, Dec 01, 2004)
Terra Madre celebrated an honest agriculture that does not lie about prices and does not exploit the earth or its caretakers
- `Shrimp Wars' In The Making (Business Line, K.G. Kumar, Nov 30, 2004)
Last week, the Kochi-based trading and seafood company Choice announced ambitious plans to make a grand entry into the UK market with its range of branded prawns.
- A Stake In The Future (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2004)
The world conservation Congress, a summit for governments and civil society, has got under way in Bangkok at a time when competitive pressures on natural resources are at a new high and biodiversity is under unprecedented threat.
- Goodbye, Galliwasp! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 20, 2004)
The Vietnamese warty pig and Fernandina rice rat are back from the dead. They have been spotted again, after being written off as extinct in the mid-Nineties.
- Not Really Green (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 11, 2004)
In choosing Kenyan green activist Wangari Maathai for this year's peace prize, the Nobel Committee added a new dimension to its conventional understanding of conflicts and their resolution.
- Decelerating Demographic Growth (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Nov 04, 2004)
Global debates about population policy are confusing. One side argues that rising human populations threaten our environment and prosperity.
- Whither National Farmers Commission? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 03, 2004)
At the fag end of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime, on the initiative of the former Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a National Farmers Commission was set up to look into all aspects of
- Inconvenient Questions (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2004)
As people’s groups, NGOs, and mass movements, we are deeply concerned at the way governments over the last few years have severely
- Managing Natural Assets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 21, 2004)
Punjab has had a dismal record in conserving biodiversity. That the state may soon have international assistance in this task is, indeed, welcome.
- Key Concern (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 13, 2004)
Nobel prize for an environmental activist breaks new ground
- Trading In Trophies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2004)
To promote the hunting of wildlife for trophies might appear to be reactionary in an era of enlightened conservation but two African nations have successfully proposed to do just that.
- The National Environment Policy (Hindu, N. R. Krishnan , Sep 30, 2004)
The National Environment Policy emphasises that what is good for the environment is also good for the economy and that environmental protection cannot be considered in isolation from the development process.
- Diesel Engines On Vegetarian Diet (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Sep 10, 2004)
Diesel engines, unlike their petrol counterparts, are omnivorous in fuel consumption habits and can easily run on vegetable oils without any major changes in the engine.
- New Foreign Trade Policy — In Step With The Times (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Sep 08, 2004)
In an era of globalisation, when competitiveness is the key to success in building resilience in the export industries, the trade strategy has to mesh fiscal policy with investment planning, especially focussed on export sectors.
- Ensuring Nutrition (Hindu, C. Gopalan, Aug 14, 2004)
What we need is not merely a Second Green Revolution but a food and agricultural policy with a nutrition orientation.
- Ensuring Nutrition (Hindu, C. Gopalan, Aug 14, 2004)
What we need is not merely a Second Green Revolution but a food and agricultural policy with a nutrition orientation.
- Cloning Wild Animals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2004)
In Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton's thriller published in 1991 and later made into a highly successful film by Steven Spielberg, scientists resurrect long extinct dinosaurs using DNA extracted from blood that had been imbibed by mosquitoes preserved ...
- Environmental Priorities For The Government (Business Line, N. R. Krishnan , Aug 06, 2004)
There are several notions about the environment in India and the need for environmental protection arising out of a host of factors ranging from judicial pronouncements to campaigns launched by green activists, media publicity and international ...
- Terrorism And Regional Economics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2004)
Compared with the often-tense atmosphere at meetings of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, which invariably became a prisoner of India-Pakistan equations
- Privatisation Is At Sea, Let's Push It To The Ocean (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 31, 2004)
From the heights that privatisation was taken to, we now see it wallowing in the chasms of uncertainty.
- Whales Win A Reprieve (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2004)
Environmentalists worldwide must feel a sense of relief and achievement that a proposal to lift the ban on hunting of whales for commerce was defeated at the annual conference of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) held recently in Sorrento, Italy.
- Free The Wild (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2004)
The State has neglected wildlife as well as the rehabilitation of the tribals
- Biotechnology: The Encoded Message (Business Line, S. Venu , Jun 18, 2004)
Biotechnology involves the use of information on genetically controlled traits, combined with the technical ability to alter the expression of those traits, to provide enhanced biological organisms, which allow mankind to lessen the constraints imposed...
- A Massive Extinction Of Logic (Cato Institute, Editorial, Cato Institute, Jan 13, 2004)
Much has been made of a paper published on Jan. 8 in the journal Nature by Chris Thomas and 18 co-authors, claiming that global warming will cause a massive extinction of the earth's biota. Thomas told The Washington Post "we're talking about . . .
- The Death Of Species (Guardian (UK), editorial, Guardian UK, Jan 08, 2004)
If the world needed a fresh wake-up call about the dangers of global warming, then it got it yesterday with the release of a report by distinguished international scientists predicting that climate change will threaten extinction for a quarter of . . .
- 2004 Cast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
There is some solution in sight for the growing city’s constant problem. Expect a flood of cheap housing this year. There will also be more 35-40 storey buildings. Affordable housing will be this year’s chant.
Education is the other area of growth. 40
- Just Around The Corner (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Part monarchy, mostly Buddhist and a little hop across the border. Bhutan, for Ketaki Ghoge, is both foreign and familiar
- Mountain Development: Rappelling Up, The Chinese Way (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Dec 12, 2003)
Mountains occupy two thirds of China and support nearly one half of the population. Mountain regions contribute significantly to the Chinese economy accounting for 31 per cent of GDP and producing 35 per cent of grains and 54 per cent of primary ...
- Whose Intellect, What Property? (Business Line, Kanchi Kohli , Dec 09, 2003)
EVERYTHING seems up for sale today and the stakes are high! The global trade regime is ready to commodify it all as long as there is a market value, be it seeds, labour, technology and even knowledge. There is competition and the push to rise above the...
- Protecting Biodiversity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2003)
TO THE GLOBAL community of biologists and naturalists, the confirmed spotting of the long legged warbler Trichocichla rufa in Fiji after it was thought extinct for nearly 110 years is as exciting a moment as some of the earliest ...
- Choked Wetland Gets Lease Of Life In Chennai (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 07, 2003)
This story might have its beginning in politics but might end up in resurrecting a dying wetland screaming for intervention. Environment Minister T R Baalu has put pressure on arch rival J Jayalalitha’s Tamil Nadu government to clean its act on the Pallik
- 7-Cm Indian Purple Frog Leaps 100 Million Yrs (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 17, 2003)
It’s just 7 cm long. It’s purple in colour. It looks like a balloon and lives a metre below the surface. It’s a frog. Hitherto unknown, it’s our very own though it has been around for a while: 140 million years.
- Breaking Free From Industrial Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 15, 2003)
WHAT are the real costs of food? When we buy a kg of rice or wheat, have we at any time wondered what its real cost could be against what we pay in the shop? We only are concerned about the `market' price of food, and not what it costs to produce.
- Patents For Peace And Happiness (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 13, 2003)
Indian scientists should be encouraged to assign their patents to a bank to be used for the common good.
- Transesterification — The Magic Solution For Bio-Diesel (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Oct 08, 2003)
THE recent press report regarding the automobile giant DaimlerChrysler and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) joining hands for a five-year partnership project to develop bio-diesel from the seeds of the jatropha plant must gladden..
- Towards A More Equitable System (Deccan Herald, M Veerappa Moily, Sep 12, 2003)
At Cancun, India should try to obtain commensurate benefits against whatever concessions it may give
- The Art Of `Green' Governance (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Sep 03, 2003)
THE Government of India recently set up a National Environment Authority (NEA) and six regional authorities which are expected to start functioning within three months. The NEA will have the appellate jurisdiction to hear appeals against decisions made by
- Cartagena Protocol - A Wake-Up Call For Biosafety (Business Line, Ashesh Tayal, Jul 29, 2003)
NOW that 50 countries have ratified the first international treaty on biosafety, Cartagena Protocol is all set to come into force on September 11. The protocol, once implemented sincerely, will not only save and maintain our mega biodiversities, Indians
- Study Srisi Drinking Water Project Required(balakrishna Hegde) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Not all development projects are steps to progress. It is important to study a project before it is implemented. The project that proposes to bring drinking water to Sirsi town from the holy Aghanashini river in the Western ghats region of Uttara Kannada
- Battles Brewing In The Backyard (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 02, 2003)
Be it Bhopal or Bangalore, tankers supply water extracted from places that have little connection to the areas serviced
- Gm Revolution Vs Languid Government Policies (Business Line, Gurumurti Natarajan, Feb 05, 2002)
GENETIC modifications and the selection of favourable traits have been the fountainhead of agricultural advancement over thousands of years.
- Positive Signs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2002)
The WTO has also committed its members to immediate negotiations with regard to Darjeeling tea, basmati rice, and alfanso mangoes, which would guarantee India the same protection which accrues to Champagne and Scotch whiskey.
- Firm Resolution (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2002)
Heightened environment consciousness is also reflected in the multiplicity of international covenants and bodies that have jurisdiction over this subject.
- Conflicting Agreements Undermining Biodiversity And Biosafety (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Jan 14, 2002)
THE international Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Biosafety Protocol (BP) were achieved through hard bargaining on principles and national interests.
- Conflicting Agreements Undermining Biodiversity And Biosafety (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Jan 14, 2002)
THE international Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Biosafety Protocol (BP) were achieved through hard bargaining on principles and national interests.
- Food For Peace And Development (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jan 10, 2002)
To address the substrate conditions under which violence breeds, a starting point will be the ending of poverty- induced hunger and youth unemployment.
- Food For Peace And Development (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Jan 10, 2002)
To address the substrate conditions under which violence breeds, a starting point will be the ending of poverty- induced hunger and youth unemployment.
- Circa 2002 Likely To Set The Trend For Biotech Development (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Jan 03, 2002)
Hopefully, circa 2002 will set the trend for the decade of biotechnology with the release of the first transgenic crop, Bt cotton for commercial cultivation in the country.
- Saarc Should Include Afghanistan And Myanmar (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Dec 27, 2001)
The 11th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is scheduled to take place from January 4 to 6 in Kathmandu. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is slated to attend the crucial meet.
- Babus Beyond Belief (Pioneer, C K G Nair, Dec 25, 2001)
The boss revolved in his high-back chair and laughed loud enough to shake me and my over-sized ego. Just like Gabbar Singh.
- Positive Signs (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2001)
The WTO has also committed its members to immediate negotiations with regard to Darjeeling tea, basmati rice, and alfanso mangoes.
- Removing Poverty For Real Human Development (Business Line, P. P. Sangal , Nov 29, 2001)
THE Human Development Report 2001 has highlighted the plight of the rural poor in India.
- Whither Transgenic Agriculture? (Hindu, Carine Pionetti, Nov 27, 2001)
THE CASE of Bt cotton has led to several surprises and rebounds lately: first, in June, when Mahyco was denied the authorisation to commercialise its transgenic cotton hybrid in India.
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