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Focuses on the New Delhi, India-based nongovernmental organization Center for Science and Environment's development of an ecological rating system for the country's pulp and paper industries. Details of the rating project; Environmental problems faced by the industries.

River Yamuna is an important river in India that flows through the national capital--New Delhi. The river water offers a variety of functional uses in its basin area. A progressive deterioration of river water quality had rendered it to become almost a channel of wastewater. However, there is a willingness-to-pay (WTP) for the conservation of river water quality among the citizens of the basin. This paper reports on an application of Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) for estimating the economic value of river water conservation (both for current water quality maintenance and for the restoration of river water quality). The results show that there exists a WTP for the conservation of river water quality, which is about 14.93% higher for water quality restoration than that for maintenance of current water quality. Some of the issues in undertaking the CVM studies in developing countries are also discussed in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at the three-day congress held in New Delhi, India from January 17-19, 2009 is presented. Topics include the role of interfaith dialogue in the creation of harmony and peace in the world and on the issue of terrorism. The congress featured the Dalai Lama as the keynote speaker.

The article introduces a series of articles on possible solutions to remove arsenic in drinking water based on papers presented during the India 2006: An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources conference held in New Delhi. They include "Clean Drinking Water for All," by Richard Fahey, and "Removing Arsenic Sustainably," by Jeremiah D. Jackson.

Reports on the publication of a monthly wall-newspaper based on sustainable development in Delhi, India. Target groups; Publication of the paper by the Energy Environment Group; Dissemination of environmental information to a wide audience and encouragement of literacy; Building up of an alternative communication related to the target audience; Feedback from the audience.

This article reports on New Delhi, India and efforts to improve its urban environment. The article discusses plans to reduce plastic bags in the city through a ban and plastic thickness minimums in their production, noting that plastic bags are blamed for floods that occurred in 2005. Information is also presented on noise pollution and smoking bans in India.