Mining

 Paying a high price

Forty thousand dams have rendered 60 million people homeless the worldover

Publication Date: 
29/06/2000
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Mining, Dams, Displacement, Africa, Sustainable Development
Economy

 Caught in a crossfire

A proposed power generation project in Laos has become the target of environmentalists ire

Publication Date: 
30/01/1998
Andrew Nette
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dam Safety, Deforestation, Economy, Displacement, Electricity, World Bank, Laos
Mining

 SOUTH AFRICA

The latest furore in South Africa is over the Cloudy Creek or Rietspruit wetland on the south bank of the Vaal river. The Sasol Chemical Industries wants to strip mine the area for coal as

Publication Date: 
29/06/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wetlands, Mining, Displacement, Wildlife, South Africa
Mining

 BRAZIL

The Brazilian acting minister of justice Milton Seligman denied the allegation that the former minister Nelson Jobim had given the instruction that the Raposa/Serra do Sol indigenous area be

Publication Date: 
29/06/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Displacement, Brazil
India

 Without vision

Current conservation policies have done more harm than good

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
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Forests, Displacement, Tribals, National Parks, Sanctuaries, India
Wildlife

 Proposed Schedule For Translocation Of Lions To Kuno Sanctuary

Jan-Feb 1995 •Preparation for relocation and rehabilitation of the local people from proposed national park area in Kuno with their consent. •Translocation of captured nilgai, sambar

Publication Date: 
27/02/1995
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Displacement, Wildlife, Lion, Gir NP, Cement Industry, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Wildlife

 Contentious conservation

The concern over protecting the Asiatic lion relegated forestdwellers to secondary status in Gir

Publication Date: 
27/02/1995
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Displacement, Wildlife, Lion, Gir NP, Cement Industry, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Wildlife

 Preparing the jungle for its king

The introduction of the lion to the Kuno forests has been meticulously planned

Publication Date: 
27/02/1995
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Displacement, Wildlife, Lion, Gir NP, Cement Industry, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Wildlife

 Safe custody

A zoo in Gujarat has provided yeoman service in preserving the Asiatic lion

Publication Date: 
27/02/1995
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Displacement, Wildlife, Lion, Gir NP, Cement Industry, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Wildlife

 When the land shouts

Van Gujjars in the Shivalik foothills vociferously claim managing authority of the Rajaji National Park

Publication Date: 
14/02/1995
Pernille Gooch
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Displacement, Gujjar, Wildlife, Rajaji NP

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