Forests

Sustainable forestry development through community participation in India: criteria andindicators approach

The Indian Institute of Forest Management has taken up a ITTO sponsored project on operationalisation of sustainable forestry development with community participation (following the C&I approach) in eight forest divisions in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. This document is a pioneer attempt to workout sustainability index based on indicators of forest management units of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2005
P. C. Kotwal, M. D. Omprakash
Indian Institute of Forest Management
Tags:
Forest Management, Criteria & Indicator, India, Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur (D), Madhya Pradesh, Jhabua (D), Mandla (D), Seoni (D)
Water Resources

 Fair distribution

Women s self help groups run ration shops in Chhattisgarh

Publication Date: 
14/12/2005
Ruksan Bose
Down to Earth
Tags:
Food Supply, Women, NGO, Chhattisgarh
India

 A scoop

Geopolitics of oil, circa 2025

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
Down to Earth
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20051130
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Tags:
Oil, India, Chhattisgarh
Industry

 Why only jatropha?

Jatropha is not the only option for producing biodiesel. The Botanical Survey of India has identified over 300 species with non-edible, oil-rich seeds. As India has a chronic shortage of edible oils and imports it, non-edible oils are recommended for using in transport and other sectors.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
Down to Earth
14
20051130
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Tags:
Bio Fuel Crops, Biodiesel, NGO, India, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Kolar, Tumkur (D), Tamil Nadu
India

 Medicine mite

Used in over 50 formulations, the red mite of Chhattisgarh might be heading for extinction

Publication Date: 
30/08/2005
Pankaj Oudhia
Down to Earth
Tags:
Endangered Species, Drugs, Drug Industry, India, Chhattisgarh
India

 Curtains up

Minister battles BALCO

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
ALOK PRAKASH PUTUL
Down to Earth
Tags:
Aluminium Industry, Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), Governance, Chhattisgarh
Forests

Law of the jungle

Environmentalists fear Scheduled Tribe Bill will put India's forest cover at stake.

Publication Date: 
27/06/2005
Neeraj Mishra
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Forest Encroachments, Tribals, Project Tiger, Forests, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1988, Supreme Court, CSE, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sunita Narain
Dams/ Irrigation

Resisting a dam project

An agitation in Chhattisgarh against the construction of a dam on the Kurkut river by Jindal Steel is representative of many such popular struggles going on across the country.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2005
Annie Zaidi
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Dams, Raigarh (D), Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), Irrigation, Ministry Of Water Resources
India

 Damned

A tribal village will disappear as the Mogra Dam comes up

Publication Date: 
14/04/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Dams, Tribals, Governance, Chhattisgarh
India

 Cow scam

Chattisgarh government in a tight spot due to its poll ploy

Publication Date: 
30/03/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Cattle, Tribals, Governance, Political Parties, Chhattisgarh

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