http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/climate/ew/index.htm

Water wisdom
Good water management is all about decentralisation. Since rain is decentralised. Even when the Narmada Dam comes through there will still be a need for small water harvesting structures in Gujarat. This state like Andhra Pradesh has launched a crash programme to harvest rain, following the monsoon failure of 1999-2000. An appreciable shift from the policy of pursuing high-cost, high technology solutions and ignoring the fact that rainwater has helped India survive through millennia. Down to Earth conducts a scrutiny of the programmes in both states to find out why they have succeeded in some places and have failed in others at

Flight into oblivion
For long the vulture has lived off the dead. Now researchers are trying to find out why vultures are disappearing. Is it a bug that is killing the vulture or environmental toxins made by humans? A Down To Earth special report at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001031/dte_srep.htm

Serpent in Eden
Bioinvasion threatens the Galapagos Islands. Exotic aliens are pushing out the local species. Can anything be done about it? Find out at

http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001031/dte_life.htm

Forget organic
Your cup of tea may be endangering workers' lives as well as yours. Just how much pesticide is used in tea?