Air Pollution

 Forced resettlement violates people's rights

The UN Commission on Human Rights adopts a resolution that will have direct bearing on the controversial Narmada clam in Gujarat.

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
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Narmada Valley Project, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Aid, Human Rights, UN, World Bank
Industry

 Rainforest malady

THE BRAZILIAN government swung into action recently to evict thousands of gold-panners from a 94,000- sq-kin Yanomami reserve near the Venezuelan border to save the 9,000 members of South

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
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Tropical Forests, Malaria, Displacement, Tribals, Epidemics, Brazil
Poverty

 National parks are luxury in Third World

KRISHNA B Ghimire, who is a project coordinator with the UN Research Institute for Social Development in Geneva, has done extensive research on environment and sustainable development. Currently involved with intensive case studies in Brazil, central Amer

Publication Date: 
30/03/1993
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Displacement, National Parks, Rural Development, UN, Developing Countries
Natural Disasters

 A "river" of prolonged danger

In the wake of the Pinatubo explosions is the long term threat to settlements posed by lahars "rivers" of volcanic sediment and rain.

Publication Date: 
30/03/1993
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Health Effects, Natural Disasters, Volcanic Eruptions, Displacement, Tribals, Philippines
Natural Disasters

 Fiery volcanoes fact of life for Filipinos

Natural disasters are trying times for people and a test of government ability and determination to handle crises. In the Philippines, the explosions of the Pinatubo and Mayon volcanoes exposed how ill-conceived efforts can cause more harm than good.

Publication Date: 
30/03/1993
Pamela Philipose
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Health Effects, Natural Disasters, Volcanic Eruptions, Displacement, Tribals, Philippines
India

 A valuable study of

Big Dams, Displaced People: Rivers of Sorrow, Rivers of Change
Edited by Enakshi Ganguly Thukral
Publisher: Sage Publications, Delhi
Price: Rs 120

Publication Date: 
14/01/1993
Adil
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Rivers, Dams, Displacement, Rehabilitation
Biodiversity

 Teaching people green rights

Many groups across the country are working to educate the people on the importance of the laws that govern people's rights to natural resources.

Publication Date: 
30/12/1992
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Tags:
Displacement, Rehabilitation, Education, Human Rights
India

 Twice ousted

TWICE-DISPOSSESSED Pong dam oustees have urged the Centre to sponsor tripartite talks between their representatives and the BJP governments of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan to settle rehabilitation

Publication Date: 
30/12/1992
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Pong, Dams, Displacement, Rehabilitation, India, Rajasthan
India

 Profiting from ecological subsidies

GUJJARS are up in arms because they resent being thrown out of their homes by the proposed Rajaji National Park in Uttar Pradesh. In coastal Orissa, Chilika fisherfolk are protesting the allocation

Publication Date: 
14/12/1992
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Ecology, Displacement, Fisherfolk, Gujjar, Rajaji NP, Orissa (Odisha), India
India

 Raping the forest for ephemeral fashions

Forest products have become a fad in industrialised countries and are used to make a wide range of things, from ice creams to shampoos. For the Amazon tribals, however, this outpouring of wealth has ravished their cultural identity in crassly commercial m

Publication Date: 
30/08/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Amazon, Forest Products, Displacement, Tribals, Brazil

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