People

UN picture book warns 100 million child farm workers of pesticides - TRFN

A new picture book aims to help show the nearly 100 million children who labour on farms how best to handle the toxic pesticides many are exposed to in their work.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins, Children, Health Effects, Child Labour, FAO, Occupational Safety, Occupational Health, People
Industry

Overview on brick kiln: Pollution, technology and where we need to go

Presentation by Nivit Kumar Yadav of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.

Nivit Kumar Yadav
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Bricks, India, Building Materials, Air Pollution, Coal, Firewood, China, Bangladesh, Black Carbon, Soil Capability, Workers, Child Labour, Occupational Health, Pakistan, Vietnam, Nepal, South Asia, Land Degradation, Anil Agarwal Dialogue
People

Taking government out of NGOs

India's democratic depth was evident this past week as the entire establishment, left and right, came together to congratulate Kailash Satyarthi for his Nobel.

Publication Date: 
27/10/2014
Shekhar Gupta
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
NGO, Child Labour, Anil Agarwal, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Environment

Taking government out of NGOs

India's democratic depth was evident this past week as the entire establishment, left and right, came together to congratulate Kailash Satyarthi for his Nobel.

Publication Date: 
27/10/2014
Shekhar Gupta
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Child Labour, India, CSE, Anil Agarwal, NGO, Urban Air Quality, Right To Information (RTI)
Environment

Plea in National Green Tribunal seeks ban on firecrackers

A petition has been filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking ban on bursting firecrackers on the grounds that they cause pollution and promote child labour.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2014
Ananya Dutta
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Diwali, Festival, Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, Child Labour, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Health Effects, Environment
People

Samsung finds China child labour 'evidence'

Samsung Electronics said it has found "evidence of suspected child labour" at a factory of its Chinese supplier Dongguan Shinyang Electronics.

Publication Date: 
15/07/2014
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Electronics Industry, Child Labour, China
Environment

India Environment Portal Newsletter 14 - 21 June 2014

The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 14 - 21 June 2014.

Publication Date: 
21/06/2014
India Environment Portal
Tags:
Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Quality, India, Drought Management, Agriculture, Environment, Development, Poverty, Energy, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Food Security, Health, Solar Energy, Vehicular Pollution, Water Pollution, Wildlife, Wind Energy, Monsoons, Climate Change, Child Labour, El Nino, Fisheries, Forests, Governance And Institutions
Climate Change

Climate change may put children at considerable risk: Report

KATHMANDU: Climate change may put children at considerable risk of violence, abuse and multiple forms of poverty, particularly through displacement, migration and erosion of assets and livelihood a

Publication Date: 
05/06/2014
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Children, Poverty, Migration, Nepal, South Asia, Earthquakes, Floods, Droughts, Diseases, Climate Adaptation, Nutrition, Food Security, Child Labour
Pesticides And Toxins

Children & pesticides: protect our children from toxic pesticides

Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago. The past few decades have seen a rapid rise in the consumption of synthetic pesticides. The world now uses about 2.3 million tonnes of pesticides every year, which is 50 times more than in 1950.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2014
Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP)
Tags:
Pesticides, Children, Child Health, Toxicity Studies, Pesticide Residues, Child Labour, Agriculture, Developing Countries, India, Endosulfan, Kerala, Health Effects
People

SPARC launches The State of Pakistan’s Children 2013 report

Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) launched its annual State of Pakistan's Children 2013 report here on Thursday highlights the dismal state of child rights and child pro

Publication Date: 
16/05/2014
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Children, People, Pakistan, Child Labour, Education, Child Health, South Asia

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