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Forests

 Plantation proposal

The special committee of ministejrs appointed to take care of the Ministry of environment and forests' (MEF) proposal to provide 2.5 million hectares of degraded forest lands to the paper

Publication Date: 
29/09/1995
Down to Earth
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Forests, Industrial Forests, Government Of India (GOI)
India

 Wasting the east

The Central government's recent announcement that an action plan has been formulated to safeguard the pristine forests in the north-east -- in collaboration with the states of the region -- has not

Publication Date: 
14/09/1995
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Forests, Barak Valley, North East, Deforestation, India
Forests

 Wide angle

The micro-vision of the lecturers of the Community Polytechnique Cell, Malcla, with the village as the focal centre, is supplemented with their district level concerns. They are especially

Publication Date: 
30/08/1995
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Urban Planning, Rural Development, Governance And Institutions
India

 Forest rights

Adivasis draft an alternative forest bill and a rehabilitation policy to safeguard India's forests

Publication Date: 
30/08/1995
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Forests, Tribals, Rehabilitation, India
Forests

 Paper chase

PAPER is important, but so are forests. The proposal of the ministry for environment and forests to allow the paper industry to establish captive plantations on degraded forest lands, has provoked angry reactions from environmentalists. Many academics a

Publication Date: 
30/08/1995
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Environment, Paper and Pulp Industry, CSE, Forests
Forests

 People's forests

A workshop in Nepal on community forest use brings to the fore environmental gains of the concept

Publication Date: 
14/08/1995
Prakash Khanal
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Environment, Women, Community Groups, Nepal, Kathmandu
Industry

 Planting trouble

No, no and no again. At a meeting organised by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (cse) on July 7, environmentalists firmly rejected the proposal of the ministry of environment and

Publication Date: 
14/08/1995
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Forests, Industry, CSE
Forests

 CHILE

The Chilean government is in the line of fire. It is being accused by local environmentalist groups of hold- ing up a private project aimed to save a vast tract of the virgin rainforests, only

Publication Date: 
14/08/1995
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Tags:
Forests, Chile
Forests

 Ethics dumped

The world over, the pockets where the poor live are used as environmental dumps. PAUL WAPNER debates the environmental ethics of International politics

Publication Date: 
30/07/1995
Paul Wapner
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Ecology, Environment Politics, Pollution, Toxic Wastes
India

 Deals on paper

The salient features of the new government scheme which would allow paper plantations to stay on degraded forests are: • The selection of the project area shall be done jointly by the

Publication Date: 
30/07/1995
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Forests, Afforestation, CSE, India

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