What's new at the Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE), New Delhi, IndiaCorruption and
Environment: Bandits and Backhanders It is a favourite past-time for any Indian (or anyone
from a developing nation like India) to talk and moan at length about corruption. It
is corruption in the government among the officials, politicians, corruption at the
level of business, trade, corruption in the system and so on....
But nobody seriously takes a look at the methodology, impact or corrective course.
Corruption takes place silently. Bandits and Backhanders is a wry, witty look at a corrupt
environment, and what it does to the natural environment. This 24 minute documentary by
the Centre for Science and Environment will be aired on the Earth Report, a BBC World
program, at the end of October. Showing in India on Oct 24th, 8p.m with repeats throughout
the week. Check for the other programme timings at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/extra/bandits.htm
Send in your comments. Order your copy of the film.
A Renewable crisis
Will the recent oil crisis trigger a shift towards renewable energy options? Read about
the global politics, science, economics and effects of the rise in oil prices from an
environmental perspective in Down To Earth's cover story at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001015/dte_cover.htm
Heard, but not heeded
Public hearing was said to be the answer to industry-community disputes in Karnataka. But
the process has become a mockery, perpetuating the very problems it was meant to solve. To
find out what public hearings have become -- and what they were meant to be -- read an
in-depth analysis at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001015/dte_analy.htm
Montreal is far away
The Indian government and industry are largely clueless about the mechanics of technology
transfer under the Montreal Protocol to reduceozone-depleting substances. A special report
on the confusion ensuing thereof at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001015/dte_srep.htm
The threatened giant
Whale sharks are being massacred on the beaches of Saurashtra by fisherfolk whose skills
would be better utilised in ecotourism. Witness the helplessness of the biggest fish in
the world at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001015/dte_life.htm
Prosperity and beyond
Ralegan Siddhi, the village Anna Hazare transformed from a basket case to an example for
the rest of India, celebrates the 25th anniversary of its reversal of fortune. Find out
what the future holds for this hell-and-back story at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001015/dte_grass.htm
A message from the Director, Anil Agarwal:
Stones
unto stones
Will
Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand be anything more than a few new stones? |
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