India

 Satellite Maps Forests

Jhum farming destroys forest cover in northeast India

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Degradation, Nicobar Islands, North East, Western Ghats, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tribals, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, India, Arunachal, Assam, Manipur
Environment

 Tidal wave kills 26

a tidal wave along the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh has claimed the lives of at least 26 persons. The death toll is expected to rise. The wave has also caused large-scale destruction.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2000
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Natural Disasters, China, Arunachal
India

 Arunachal's green could soon turn brown

Acquiring prime forest land near town and highway and then selling it at an exorbitant price has become routine in the state

Publication Date: 
29/09/1992
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Forests, Shifting Cultivation, India, Arunachal
India

 Project stalled

THE SUBANSIRI hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh may not take off as the ministry of environment and forests feels it will cause irreparable damage to the biodiversity of the region. This contrasts

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
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Environment, India, Arunachal
Forests

 Chopping down the future

About 90 per cent of Arunachal Pradesh"s revenue is generated by its forests. Yet these very forests are under heavy pressure, thanks to the lucrative and often illegal timber trade thriving under political patronage

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
Anumita Roychowdhury
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Forests, Land Degradation, Shifting Cultivation, Deforestation, Wood, Trade, Tribals, Arunachal
Forests

 Cold hearths

Energy problems have reached alarming proportions in the Tawang and Bomdilla areas. Since the last five years, Choizm, of Khamba hamlet of Lohu basti in Tawang, has been hiring help

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
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Forests, Land Degradation, Shifting Cultivation, Deforestation, Wood, Trade, Tribals, Arunachal
Forests

 Who owns the land?

Arunachal Pradesh's tribals believe they have an absolute right over the state's land and forests. The state takes a different view of the matter. The entire area lying

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
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Forests, Land Degradation, Shifting Cultivation, Deforestation, Wood, Trade, Tribals, Arunachal

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