Ligia Noronha,^* Alito Siqueira,^** S. Sreekesh,^*** Lubina Qureshy,^**** Saltanat Kazi<sup>*****


*</sup>Ligia Noronha, is a Senior Fellow at the Tata Energy Research Institute, (TERI) India, and the Convenor of its Western Regional Centre at Goa. Her work at TERI has been in multidisciplinary projects and includes coordination and research in issues relating to the development-environment interface, mining and the environment, and global environmental issues with particular focus on North-South relations, and coastal policy and management. She serves on a number of government committees, is a member of the Mining and Energy Network, United Kingdom, and of the Global Assurance Group of Mining and Minerals Sustainable Development Project of the International Institution for Environment and Development, United Kingdom. Her address: Tata Energy Research Institute, Western Regional Centre, G4, Block 7, Models Residency, Near St. Inez Church, Panaji, Goa, India. ligian@teri.res.in
^**Alito Siqueira teaches and researches at the Department of Sociology at Goa University. In addition to post-graduate teaching, he also has acted as a local supervisor for a number of international students. His research interests are focused on culture, and his area interest is Goa and India. The general thrust of his research has been to use tourism as a pre-text to understand the transformation of culture within Goa. Presently he is editing a book on tourism in Goa for the Other India Press. He is a member of the Indian Sociological Association. His address: Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa, India. alito@unigoa.ernet.in
^***S. Sreekesh is a Fellow at the Tata Energy Research Institute. He is a geoscientist, with a PhD in geography, and a remote sensing and geographic information system specialist. He has worked in a wide range of geospatial database development projects, and has practical experience in designing and developing spatial information systems for various environmental impact assessment studies. His address: Tata Energy Research Institute, Habitat Place, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India. sreekesh@teri.res.in
^****Lubina F. Qureshy currently is working on her PhD in economics (poverty), at the University of Sussex. Her area of study is natural resource accounting, the state of the environment, and more specifically the population-environment-development interface. Her address: 36R4, Brighthelm, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9SA, United Kingdom. lubina1@yahoo.com
^*****Saltanat Kazi, is a research associate at the Western Regional Centre of the Tata Energy Research Institute. Her area of work has been in the interface between tourism development and environment. Her address: Tata Energy Research Institute, Western Regional Centre, G4, Block 7, Models Residency, Near St. Inez Church, Panaji, Goa, India. saltanat@teri.res.in