Wildlife

 MEXICO

According to Worldwide Fund for Nature (wwf), the wiping out of

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
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Deforestation, Insects, WWF, Mexico
India

 Logjam

Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work hard to defeat every good intention. The apex court imposed an interim ban on felling in forests on December 1

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India

 The accused

Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats

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India

 The verdict

Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast

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India

 At the crossroads

As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local based prosperity

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Climate Change

 Deforestation accelerating

Rates of forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon have accelerated over the last decade, according to a latest research done by a team of Brazilian and US scientists. The team analysed

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
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Amazon, Deforestation, Research, Scientists, United States Of America (US)
India

 Rooting out felling

Andaman officials cite livelihood issue to justify logging

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27/02/2002
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Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Deforestation, Timber Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, Tamil Nadu
Air Pollution

 Mounting problem

Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide

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27/02/2002
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Air Pollution, Mountains, Land Degradation, Mining, Deforestation, Drought, Migration, Tourism, War, Madagascar, Australia
Mining

 Deep impact

Uttaranchal village resists, and succeeds in stalling, resumption of mining activity

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27/02/2002
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Ecology, Mining, Water Demand, Tehri, Deforestation, Chipko Movement, Gram Sabhas, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
India

 CORBETT HIGHWAY

Acting on an affidavit filed by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) and the Corbett Foundation against a proposed highway through Corbett Tiger Reserve, the Supreme Court (SC) recently

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
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Deforestation, Endangered Species, Corbett NP, Legislation, Supreme Court, India, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

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