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It was huge. And it was heading straight for Earth. Astronomers said the end was here. Frantic revisions of their calculations later showed that asteroid XF11 would miss us. But what if there are others that don t alter course?

There are more than 300,000 huge rocks in space, each waiting for a turn at targeting the Earth

When it comes to management of forests in the US, the timber industry and environmentalists have traditionally been at loggerheads. Whoever wins, the losers are generally the people from communities living near the forests. Urvashi Narain c> an

This is the story of Friends of Vrindavan, a unique experiment in conservation, which brings to attention the important role that India s religious traditions can play in protecting the environment

Local communities have always been stuck in no man s land in the US

In which the people of Quincy got their act together

Quincy remains an exception. The old story continues at the national level

Environmentalists and developing

Protecting poor countries from becoming dumping grounds for the North s wastes

India s stand at the conference