India

 Saving Buddha's tree

Located on the banks of river Niranjana in Bodhgaya, south Bihar, the holy mahabodhi tree under which Buddha sat and meditated is infested with millibugs, that are sucking the sap out of it

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trees, Endangered Species, India, Bihar
India

 Super Market

Secretive. Exploitative. Is the market in Minor Forest Produce unmanageable? sopan joshi finds out

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Forest Villages, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Tendu, Mahua, Trade, Tribals, Forest Labourers, Medicinal Plants, Finance, India, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Bastar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 More than food

Sattu roasted gram flour healthy, protein rich and affordable food that is the lifeline of Bihar

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Prabhanjan Verma
Down to Earth
Tags:
Nutrition, Food Standards, India, Bihar
Environment

Palaeoliquefaction evidence of prehistoric large/great earthquakes in North Bihar, India

The Himalayan arc, 40% of which ruptured in the last two centuries, has witnessed half a dozen large to great earthquakes including the 1833 and 1934 Bihar

Publication Date: 
25/08/2002
B. S. Sukhija, M. N. Rao, D. V. Reddy & et al
Current Science
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Rivers, Bagmati, Burhi Gandak, Kamla, Kosi, Sedimentation, Earthquakes, Geology, Nepal, India, Bihar
India

 Women strike back

India s first alliance of women affected by mining takes shape

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Richard Mahapatra
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Mining, Industrial Workers, Women, Compensation, Human Rights, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Orissa (Odisha)
Climate Change

 Guards back with tigers

Court orders salaries for Valmiki Tiger Reserve staff

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tiger Reserves, Finance, Unemployment, Supreme Court, Governance, Bihar
India

 <font class=UCASE><b>anantapur</b></font> <br> Nut case

Largest groundnut cultivation
5,000 traditional water tanks
104 farmer suicides during 2000 02

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 <font class=UCASE><b>phulbani</b></font> <br> Access to poverty

Sal forest worth: Rs 30,000 crore
85% population dependent on forest
65% people below poverty line

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 <font class=UCASE><b>dungarpur</b></font> <br> A common death

Once rich in forest and grazing land
Now known as 20th century desert
68% population marginal and unemployed

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 <font class=UCASE><b>sarguja</b></font> <br> Losing battle

First district for tribal development
Rampant deforestation
Malnutrition and starvation deaths

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Tags:
Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty

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