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Can chemical companies be given the green investment pat simply for developing environment friendly products?

The Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) is caught in middle of a raging debate over the use of monkeys in the manufacture of oral polio vaccine (OPV). While the Maharashtra government has

Certain plant and animal species are being used as "early warning systems" for pollution

The conflicting views of environmentalists, foresters and local citizens are hindering the formulation of a coherent forest policy in the US

The experience of a Kenyan community contradicts a traditional theory that population and development are inversely proportional

The Karnataka government has joined in the vociferous opposition to the Kaiga nuclear power plant, under pressure from political parties and environmental groups. Deputy chief minster S M Krishna

Hair found at ancient sites can reveal the lifestyles of our ancestors

Firms owned by the Indonesian government will have a 49 per cent stake in 2 forest concessions of Barito Pacific Timber, according to an agreement reached in September between the government and the

It takes speed and knowledge to bring environment degraders to book. Here's how:

While the Indian tourism authorities continue to launch extravagant campaigns to attract visitors, the burden of the increasing numbers of wildlife tourists has goaded the Union ministry of