Water Resources

 Controlled flow

The simmering water dispute bet

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Policy, Irrigation, Conflicts, Mexico
Fisheries

 JUMBO GIFT

The Sri Lankan Prime Minister gifted two baby elephants to a group of Japanese children. Moved by reports about the impact of the recent conflict in the Balkans on a zoo in the Croatian city

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children, Conflicts, Elephant, Japan, Sri Lanka
India

 Project marred

there is no money to conduct an elephant census in Meghalaya. Faced with frequent human-pachyderm conflicts, the state forest department had planned an elephant census last month as part of its

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Shifting Cultivation, Conflicts, Elephant, Finance, Meghalaya
India

 Of mild cigarettes and stiff penalties

Philip Morris told to pay damages for misleading smokers

Publication Date: 
14/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Effects, Cancer, Conflicts, Compensation, Smoking, Research
Environment

 "Intelligent' adulteration

It is possible to adulterate carefully without violating specifications

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Air Pollution, CNG, Conflicts, Legislation, Supreme Court
Mining

 Deep Concerns

Environmental groups wage legal war to contain mining operations in Karnataka s Kudremukh National Park

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
Binayak Das
Down to Earth
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Mining, Conflicts, Rehabilitation, Kudremukh NP, Biodiversity, Legislation, Supreme Court, Karnataka
Forests

 Planting a timebomb

Asia accounts for 62 per cent of the world's plantations. With 89 per cent of the new plantations coming up in the continent, they are increasingly becoming the source of debate and conflicts. Who

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Plantation Crops, Conflicts, Asia
India

 Damning report

Jharkhand police accused of using brute force to quell anti dam drive

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Koel Karo, Hydroelectricity, Tribals, Conflicts, Legislation, Supreme Court, High Court, NGO, India, Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand
Wildlife

 Better wild than never

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Down to Earth
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Tribals, Conflicts, Wildlife, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Public Participation, Governance, India
India

 FOLLOW UP

The raging row over raising of water level in the Mullaipperiyar dam remains unresolved with the Kerala state government locking horns with the Tamil Nadu (TN) and the Union government. At stake is

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Management, Water Demand, Dams, Conflicts, Periyar NP, Legislation, Supreme Court, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

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