Environmental issues that lead to change in the US are not raised by regulatory agencies but by industry or through pressure from citizens's groups, according to Mr. David Nelson, President of
Altogether 65 rhinos have been killed by poachers in the Kaziranga National Park since 1995. Replying to a question in the State Assembly today, Assam Forest Minister, Mr. Nagen Sharma, said that
Japan yesterday froze all annual grants-in-aid to India, which were worth 3.5 billion yen (Rs 93.9 crore) in fiscal 1997 and hinted that even its loans, which amounted to 132.7 billion yen (Rs 3,924
Analysts do not see any threat to bilateral or multilateral funds flow or the transfer of environment-related technology to the country following the nuclear tests conducted on Monday. R K Pachauri,
In a bid to tap the expansive packaging market for horticultural exports from the country, jute packaging entrepreneurs are working on a project to develop a bio-degradable jute packaging material
In a significant business development, Bayernwerk Group and VEW ENERGIE, two leading German utility companies will take a 49 per cent stake in the Rs 1,600 crore Maheshwar Hydel Project which is
The Centre and World Wide Fund (WWF) have agreed to send a high-level team of wildlife experts and environmentalists to visit Punjab in the first week of June to formulate a master plan for the
A herbalist from a nomadic tribe in Andhra Pradesh, who has been camping on the outskirts of the city for some months now, has been drawing people looking for cures for diseases like diabetes and
Greenpeace announced that it is launching a major investigation into radioactive contamination caused by nuclear waste discharges into the Irish Sea from the British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) Sellafield
Exclusive private property claims on plants, animals, genes and parts of the human body are a step closer after the European Parliament ended its year long opposition and adopted the European
