India

 No trespassers

Pro-Narmada dam activists in Gujarat have succeeded in forcing a fact finding team appointed by Union ministry of environment and forest (MEF) to put off its visit to the dam site. The NBA felt that

Publication Date: 
30/04/1994
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Dams, Narmada Valley Project, India, Gujarat
India

 Minimum interference, maximum yields

Cultivation with the least amount of human intervention can yield rich harvests and does not degrade the soil

Publication Date: 
30/04/1994
Rimjhim Jain, S Rajendran
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Organic Farming, India, Gujarat
India

 Hell and high water

The incendiary Sardar Sarovar Dam project came to a head on March 15 this year, when Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) agitators, led by the redoubtable Medha Patkar, demonstrated in front of the ministry of environment and forests, asking the government to op

Publication Date: 
14/04/1994
Anirudh Bhattacharya
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Narmada Valley Project, India, Gujarat
India

 A reprieve for tribals

The Gujarat government has been ordered not to close the sluice gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam until all rehabilitation and resettlement plans are finalised

Publication Date: 
30/01/1994
Max Martin
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Narmada Valley Project, India, Gujarat
India

 Pastoralists at the crossroads

Hemmed in by intensive agricultural and industrial activity, pastoralists are finding less room to carry on their activities. This could upset the delicate balance of agricultural ecosystems.

Publication Date: 
14/12/1993
Ganesh Pangare, Richard Cincotta
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Livestock, Rural Habitat, Pastoral Nomads, Rehabilitation, India, Gujarat
India

 More than just a fair exchange

In Rajkot district village, pastoralists trade manure for fodder and sustain a healthy way of farming.

Publication Date: 
14/12/1993
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Livestock, Rural Habitat, Pastoral Nomads, Rehabilitation, India, Gujarat
Energy

 Solar power is the only viable alternative

K R DATYE has been associated for years with grassroots organisations such as the Pani Panchayat and the Mukti Sangharsh, which has spearheaded struggles for equal water distribution and peasant-built small dams in Maharashtra"s Sangli district. An engine

Publication Date: 
29/11/1993
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Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Energy, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Industry

 Objections find few ears

The Union agriculture ministry's plan to draw up a national fisheries policy for the integrated development of fishing in India has drawn flak from organisations representing coastal fisherfolk in

Publication Date: 
14/11/1993
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Fisherfolk, Industry, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Government Of India (GOI), Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
Biodiversity

 A change for the worse

Is a state government notification an indication that Gujarat, once considered to be committed to wildlife protection, has now moved industry to the top of its priority list?

Publication Date: 
14/11/1993
Prithi Nambiar
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Wildlife Act 1972, Sanctuaries, Biodiversity, Gujarat
India

 Cargil abandons plant

The American multinational company Cargill Inc has abandoned a proposal to establish a $15-million salt manufacturing unit near Kandla port in Gujarat. The decision came on the eve of a satyagraha

Publication Date: 
30/10/1993
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Tags:
Salt Industry, Aid, India, Gujarat

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