India

 Deals on paper

The salient features of the new government scheme which would allow paper plantations to stay on degraded forests are: • The selection of the project area shall be done jointly by the

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

 The female factor

Asunati Khonara, 65 of village Prapamunda, a mother of 4, is a Kond adivasi woman. With the establishment of NIPDIT in 1982, she became the animator of the Dadaki Cluster Level Organisation. She has

Publication Date: 
14/07/1995
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Shifting Cultivation, Afforestation, Governance And Institutions
Forests

 A bunch of saps

Will a recent conference help to compensate the victims of jackboot and power blinded national afforestation policies?

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Afforestation
Industry

 Fruits of industry

How industry can help in environment protection

Publication Date: 
14/06/1995
Niranjan Khatri
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Environment, Renewable Energy, Industry, A & N Island, Afforestation
India

 Environmental entropy

THAT biomass can be an antidote against global warming is an optimistic proposition. It seems unlikely that afforestation can keep pace with the rate of pollution of the atmosphere. Even if it did,

Publication Date: 
30/03/1995
Kishore Jathanandani
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Pollution, Afforestation, Global Warming
Environment

 The environment war

The army has taken to environment resuscitation with prganised fervour, but is still facing a barrage of criticism from state forest

Publication Date: 
14/11/1994
Anuj Sharma
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Environment, Afforestation
Mining

 The sapling brigade

IN JANUARY, Doordarshan aired a documentary called The Green Brigade, which despite a typical Films Division tone, was informative, interesting and even balanced. It was on the Ecological Task Force

Publication Date: 
27/02/1994
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Himalaya, Mining, Limestone, Afforestation, TV
India

 Poplars spark farmers' fury against Wimco

Area farmers in Uttar Pradesh contend match manufacturer Wimco, which had persuaded them to raise poplar trees for its factory, has reneged on its promises, leaving them indebted and impoverished

Publication Date: 
14/08/1993
Shailendra Kumar
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Afforestation, Poplar, Farmers, Rural Development, India
Environment

 Making the most of little plots of land

A Filipino research institute has blended agro forestry and bio intensive forming technicques to help small farmers produce more, without further burdening their packet.

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
Pamela Philipose
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Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Agroforestry, Organic Farming, Afforestation, Asia
Environment

 Fighting pests at home

Harmless pesticides can be prepared for home gardens from -recipes compiled by the International Institute ofRural Reconstruction in the Philippines: Tobacco: Place tobacco leaves, stems and

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
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Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Agroforestry, Organic Farming, Afforestation, Asia

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