Deforestation

Exaggerated losses

ANALYSIS of satellite imagery publicised in June has cheered environmentalists because it shows Brazil's Amazon forests are being cleared at a much slower rate than had been widely estimated.

Publication Date:

14/08/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Deforestation, Biodiversity, Space Technology, Information, United States Of America (US)

India

The tragedy of Reni

How misfortune befell a woman, once hailed as a conqueror, and a village that tried to protect its forests.

Publication Date:

29/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930430

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Deforestation, Chipko Movement, Women, Ecology, Uttar Pradesh, India

India

Not a preserve of women

Though women were the primary participants in Chipko, men and children were also involved in the movement at various levels.

Publication Date:

29/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930430

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Deforestation, Chipko Movement, Women, Ecology, Uttar Pradesh, India

India

Another movement, another purpose

The Parvatiya Van Bachao Andolan aims at protecting Kumaon forests from all tree fellers not just those from outside.

Publication Date:

29/04/1993

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930430

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Deforestation, Chipko Movement, Women, Ecology, Uttar Pradesh, India

Industry

Kerala brick industry taking over rice fields

The fast expanding brick industry in Kerala is causing irreversible damage to paddy fields in a state that is already beset by an acute rice shortage.

Publication Date:

14/04/1993

Author(s): S Unnikrishnan

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19930415

pp:

0

Tags:

Western Ghats, Forest Encroachments, Deforestation, Bricks, Industry, Kerala

Forests

Golf mania

The Japanese passion for golf is on a new course. Since 1987, 20 districts covering 32,000 sq km were earmarked for resort development. The total area covered by the resorts will eventually touch

Publication Date:

30/12/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

River Pollution, Forests, Deforestation, Tourism, Japan

India

Court ruling on tree felling worries officials

A dispute over a plot demarcation has highlighted the problem of protecting privately owned forests in Himachal.

Publication Date:

14/12/1992

Author(s): Anumita Roychowdhury

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Forest Personnel, Deforestation, India

Environment

Democratising access to data

INDIA'S politicians and bureaucrats have often been compared to the five blind men and the elephant, with the difference that they have consciously chosen to be blind. For years, they have woven a

Publication Date:

29/11/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19921130

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Political Parties, Deforestation

India

Betta lands battle

VILLAGERS in Uttara Kannada district are waging a battle against Karnataka Forest Department officials who are allowing contractors to fell trees in the betta lands -- tracts of forests sanctioned

Publication Date:

14/10/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forests, Deforestation, India, Uttar Kannad

Forests