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Backgrounders
India's culture of conservation
A brief history of conservation in India, from the administration of Emperor Ashoka to official policy and community conservation in contemporary India
Analysis
The committee cop-out
The Indian government seems to resolve all contentious issues related to environment and economic growth by setting up more committees, writes Milind Wani
Features
Barla’s battle of Nagri
Fiery tribal rights activist Dayamani Barla has been jailed in Jharkhand for leading another adivasi protest, this time against the acquisition of their agricultural lands for an IIIT and other institutions
Rethinking nuclear energy
Nuclear power: Myths, realities and FAQs
Besides Koodankulam, local communities in Jaitapur, Maharashtra, and Gorakhpur, Haryana, are nixing nuclear power plants in their area. But government continues to maintain they are 100% safe, and that there is no alternative to nuclear energy. Nityanand Jayaraman and G Sundar Rajan dispel misconception...
Politics of Biodiversity
No food security without ecological and livelihood security
Providing food for the poor is important, says Ashish Kothari , but the Food Security Bill must also create the conditions under which people can provide food for themselves, or have the means to buy it
Eco-logic
Turning a blind eye to cell tower radiation risks
The Maharashtra government has finally accepted that nearly half of Mumbai’s cell towers are illegal. However, the government is still not admitting the health risks posed by these towers
Changemakers
Green warriors of the Garo hills
Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills are under serious threat from illegal coal mining. The Garo Students Union, and its dynamic leader Prosper S Marak, have been battling to preserve the biodiversity of this region. Marak was declared Earth Hero for 2009 and also won the Young Natura...
Books & Reports
Learning from China
As China became the biggest workshop of the world, the Gross Domestic Pollution increased alongside the Gross Domestic Product. But even as the environment paid a heavy price for the country’s swing from communism to consumerism, there are signs that Red China may turn gree...
Toxic Tours
Toxic Tours - XIX: Toxic Trespass
The right to bear a family and the right of all women to control all aspects of their health, particularly their own fertility, are being seriously compromised by exposure to toxic chemicals
Stories of change
Agartala to become India's first 'green city'
All public and private vehicles in Agartala will switch to compressed natural gas by 2013. The city’s largest crematorium already supports three ovens run on CNG, while countless citizens use piped natural gas in their kitchens
Bhopal Survivors' Movement
The Bhopal Movement as a school
Eurig Scandrett concludes our series on 25 years of the Bhopal gas survivors’ movement with a reflection on how poor and ignorant people learnt everyday forms of resilience in the face of oppression and how that resilience evolved into resistance and political protest
Climate change
Introduction: Energy versus emissions: The big challenge of the new millennium
To maintain its economic growth rate of 8-10%, India needs all the energy it can get. But the momentum of economic growth overrides crucial environmental concerns. How can India sustain a high economic growth rate and leapfrog into a sustainable energy regime without irreparably h...
Industrial pollution
Editorial:Wrong questions. Wrong answers
The Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal had several lessons to teach. Unfortunately, very few of these lessons have been learnt. Why? Perhaps because of our propensity to ask the wrong questions. Questions such as: “What is the best place to dump toxic waste?” The righ...
| Northeast’s fragile ecology |
Enclosure of commons |
Coastal communities |
| Loktak: A dying lake |
| Fishing in troubled waters |
| Technology vs tradition |
| Community forests of Orissa |
| The paradox of environmentalism |
| Coastal Nightmares |
| Despatches from Copenhagen |
