Land

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Social impact assessment will be necessary for projects causing involuntary displacement of 400 families in plains and 200 families in hills Land will be acquired at market rate. If the

Publication Date: 
14/11/2007
Down to Earth
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Land Acquisition, Displacement, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
People

National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007

The objectives of the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy are: to minimise displacement and to promote,' as far as possible, non-displacing or least-displacing alternatives; to ensure adequate rehabilitation package and expeditious' implementation of the rehabilitation process with the active participation of the affected families; to ensure that special care is.

Publication Date: 
31/10/2007
Ministry of Rural Development
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Government Of India (GOI), India
India

 ADB officials quit protesting policies

four senior officials quit the Asian Development Bank (adb) in July this year over the dilution of environmental and resettlement policy, triggering a crisis at the bank. All the officials were

Publication Date: 
14/10/2007
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Displacement, Rehabilitation, Finance, Information, Public Participation, Asian Development Bank (ADB), NGO, China, India, Developing Countries
India

 Politics of water resource management in India

Book>> The Politics of Water Resource Management in India

Publication Date: 
14/10/2007
TYSON R DUFFY
Down to Earth
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Water Management, Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Displacement, Conflicts, Rehabilitation, Human Rights, India
Wildlife

Making resettlement work: The case of Indias Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary

The relocation and resettlement of people from nature reserves is a controversial issue in the conservation community. The perceived poor success rate of resettlement efforts, combined with availability of few well-documented studies, warrants a detailed examination of this issue. The authors has analyzed a relocation and resettlement project in India

Publication Date: 
01/10/2007
Krithi K. Karanth
Biological Conservation
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Displacement, Rehabilitation, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, Bhadra SA, Wildlife And People, Relocation
India

 People feel cheated over government assurances on Pedhi dam

the proposed dam on the Pedhi river in Maharashtra has sparked protests in the state. People of Bhatkuli tehsil in Amravati district have threatened to intensify agitation against the proposed

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soil Capability, Soil Salinisation, Dryland Farming, Dams, Irrigation, Displacement, Conflicts, NGO, India, Maharashtra, Amravati (D)
India

 Tribals protest all over India

the International Day of World Indigenous People was observed on August 9. It was observed to support the demands of tribals for the urgent implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other

Publication Date: 
14/09/2007
Saavy Soumya Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Displacement, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Legislation, NGO, India
Wildlife

Preservation via dislocation

Exclusionist policies of forest conservation, of which preservation via dislocation is an extreme manifestation, need to be situated within the broad canvas of the conservation-poverty-rural livelihood interface.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2007
Asmita Kabra
Seminar
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Common Property Resources, Forest Resources, Forest Conservation, Displacement, Tribals, Wildlife, Lion, Protected Area Conservation, Palpur-Kuno SA, Wildlife And People, Madhya Pradesh
Wildlife

Coexisting with predators

For centuries, lions and Maasai have coexisted. However, due to a recent increase in lion killing by Maasai and a reduction of lion

Publication Date: 
01/09/2007
Leela Hazzah, Stephanie Dolrenry
Seminar
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Tags:
Livestock, Displacement, Tribals, Wildlife, Lion, Protected Area Conservation, Wildlife And People, People - Animal Conflicts, Coexistence Strategies, Benefit Sharing, Africa, Kenya
India

 Debate over effects of biomass extraction in forests

the impact of biomass extraction on the species diversity of a scrub forest has not been studied adequately in India. A study by the Centre for Wildlife Studies in Bangalore and the Council for

Publication Date: 
30/08/2007
Archi Rastogi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, Forest Resources, Forest Villages, Biomass, Displacement, Sariska NP, India, Rajasthan

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