Environment

 Certified eco friendly

Eco labelling of timber products is around the corner with the launch of the Forest Stewardship Council, which brings together businesspersons, environmentalists and human rights groups.

Publication Date: 
29/11/1993
Down to Earth
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Environment, Canada, Deforestation, Wood, Industry, Human Rights
Environment

  We, the people...

Industrialised countries uneasy at the prospect of a shift from traditional political rights for the individual to rights that link communities and the environment?

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
Sanjeev Prakash
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Environment, Human Rights, UN, NGO, CSE, Developing Countries, Tribals
Environment

 Hope in sight for indigenous people

The UN is finalising a draft declaration on special rights for indigenous people, but this is being opposed by some governments.

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
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Environment, Human Rights, UN, NGO, CSE, Developing Countries, Tribals
Environment

 Environment conscious constitutions

National constitutions have rarely established environmental rights as human rights, but an increasing number recognise the right to a healthy environment and have provisions directed at environmental protection:

Publication Date: 
29/06/1993
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Environment, Human Rights, UN, NGO, CSE, Developing Countries, Tribals
India

 Amnesty portrays India's warts in detail

IN DAYS long gone, the bearer of bad tidings was usually put to death unceremoniously. In today's more civilised times, we in the Third World prefer to vilify such messengers as biased agents of

Publication Date: 
30/03/1993
K T Oommen
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Environment, Children, Human Rights, India, Developing Countries, Women

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