Joshimath collapses - The lede Joshimath crisis: A story of criminal neglect Ismat AraIgnoring the protests and pleas of residents for 14 months, the government pushed on with mega projects.
Joshimath collapses Joshimath is proof why eco-friendly development is the need of the hourVinod Kumar Gaur
Joshimath collapses How unplanned urbanisation threatens the mountain towns of UttarakhandPrakash C. Tiwari
The judicial go-aheadSIDDHARTH NARRAINThe Supreme Court clears the Tehri dam project by a split verdict but insists that rehabilitation of the affected people be completed before further i
Cultivating diversityKANCHI KOHLIThere is an urgent need to accord recognition to the traditional wisdom of farmers who persist with retaining biodiversity in agricultural practices i
Mercury's victimsASHA KRISHNAKUMAREnvironmental and activist groups and local residents continue their fight seeking reparations for the damage Hindustan Lever Limited's thermometer pl
Some facts about mercuryASHA KRISHNAKUMARALTHOUGH best known as the silver liquid in thermometers, mercury has over 3,000 industrial uses. It occurs in nature mostly as mercuric sulphide, kno
On the danger listText & Photographs: IAN LOCKWOODThe Palni Hills, which have lost much of the native flora and fauna owing to `development' and encroachment, await government action on a proposal to
Pollution threatsRAVI SHARMAEVEN as the issue of the Dandeli Mini Hydel Project is being debated and even as environmentalists worry that eventually the Karnataka government will
Dam vs forest in DandeliRAVI SHARMA in DandeliAn unspoilt stretch of forest in Karnataka faces the danger of being laid waste by skewed development.
A conservation strategyMANJU MENON KANCHI KOHLIThe use of the concept of Ecologically Sensitive Areas/Ecologically Fragile Areas together with the Environment (Protection) Act is gradually gaining
A conflict on the wavesPARVATHI MENONThe bio-resources of the Gulf of Mannar can be saved only if the conflict between the traditional and mechanised sections of the fishing industry is r
An ecosystem in perilThe Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, the biologically richest coastal region in India, is under tremendous pressure, and the legal measures that are
Encroaching on a lifelineLYLA BAVADAM in MumbaiMumbai's Borivali National Park, which is India's only park within a metropolis, is threatened by encroachments despite a May 1997 ruling of the Bomba
A draft national action planTHE Ministry of Environment and Forests has made public, for review and comments, a draft National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
