India

 Missing the woods for the trees

The pampered paper industry in India is being given another sop. It has consistently lobbied for captive plantations in the country's forest tracts. Success, it seems, is at hand because the Indian

Publication Date: 
30/07/1995
Down to Earth
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Forests, Afforestation, India
Poverty

 Sea change in the forest

Tribals in Orissa's Eastern Ghats range are giving up shifting cultivation and fiercely protecting their forests

Publication Date: 
14/07/1995
Rakesh Agarwal
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Shifting Cultivation, Afforestation, Governance And Institutions
Fisheries

 BANGLADESH

The greening of Bangladesh's coastline will commence soon. The Asian Development Bank has approved a US $23.4 million loan for a 7-year project for improving Bangladesh's forest cover and alleviating

Publication Date: 
14/04/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Afforestation, Aid, Bangladesh
Air Pollution

Report of the expert committee on atmospheric environmental quality and preservation of Taj Mahal and Agra monuments - Vol I (Varadarajan Committee Report on Taj)

The Government of India announced its decision in 1973 to set up a 6 million tonne per year Petroleum Oil Refinery at Mathura under the Indian Oil Corporation of India.

Publication Date: 
01/04/1995
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Air Pollution, Agra (T), Monuments, CNG, Natural Gas, Vehicular Pollution, Afforestation, Air Pollution Control, Lead, Petrol, Fuel Quality, LPG, Industrial Pollution, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), SPM, Waste Disposal, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI)
Water Pollution

 Sandbagging

THE sight of young forests in a dry desert is a breathtaking sight. Marusthal par vijay is the story of the Haryana Forest Department's afforestation efforts to block the sinister advance of the Thar

Publication Date: 
14/03/1995
Seema Kalra
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Thar Desert, Afforestation, Haryana
Environment

 Negros Occidental

In 1986, the Foundation for Community Organisation and Management Technology installed the community management system in 5 municipalities in Negros Occidental -- Bago, Pulupandan, Valliadollid,

Publication Date: 
14/03/1995
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Land Reforms, Afforestation, Community Groups
India

 Kerala's wild designs

Tiding over tremendous initial resistance from the industry as well as from ministry fifth-columnists, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) has submitted a fresh proposal with the Union

Publication Date: 
14/02/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Afforestation, NGO, India, Kerala
India

 Model land

OVER the past decade, "social forestry" has become a catchword among the policymakers, environmentalists and development professionals. However, it has not made much headway in becoming a people's

Publication Date: 
30/01/1995
Pampa Mukherjee
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Forest Management, Afforestation, India
India

 All bark, all bite

Local communities in Nepal and some Central American nations have become invaluable participants in managing their forests

Publication Date: 
30/01/1995
Max Martin
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Tags:
Forest Management, Forest Policy, Afforestation, Women, NGO, Nepal
India

 Lost in the jungle

The anti people attitude that environmental NGOs had vehemently opposed in the '80s has resurfaced in the recent draft Forest Policy Bill. The author examines why the NGOs failed to influence brain dead government policies

Publication Date: 
30/01/1995
Anju Sharma
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Forest Policy, Afforestation, NGO, India

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