India

 Once poachers now guards

At Kerala s Periyar Tiger Reserve, deepa kozhisseri finds local tribal communities happily involved in forest protection and ecotourism

Publication Date: 
14/08/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecotourism, Forest Villages, Forest Products, Wood, Tribals, Religious Beliefs, Tiger, Periyar NP, Tiger Reserves, Poaching, India, Kerala, Statistics
India

 Coke bequeaths cadmium

Plachimada plant s sludge, nearby wells poisoned

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Heavy Metals, Legislation, High Court, Panchayats, Kerala
Industry

 Cola and the paddy farmer

Whose water is it, anyway?

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
K P Prabhakaran Nair
Down to Earth
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20050731
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Tags:
Rice, Coca Cola, Water Resources, Groundwater, Irrigation, Industry, Legislation, High Court, India, Kerala
India

 Unlicensed Coke

The battle goes on. The Perumatty gram panchayat in Kerala recently rejected an application of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited, a subsidiary of multinational soft drinks giant

Publication Date: 
14/07/2005
Down to Earth
14
20050715
0
Tags:
Coca Cola, High Court, Panchayats, Kerala
Wildlife

Ecotourism in Kerala, India: Lessons from the Eco-Development Project in Periyar Tiger Reserve

The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate the ecotourism project at the Periyar Tiger Reserve (Thekkady), in Kerala, India. The Ministry of Environment has undertaken to promote local community participation in forest management, through the

Publication Date: 
01/06/2005
Santosh P. Thampi
Ecoclub
Tags:
Ecotourism, Wildlife, Periyar NP, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife And People, Biodiversity Conservation, Benefit Sharing, Public Participation, World Bank, Kerala, Sustainable Development
Water Resources

 Coke high

Court s green signal to Plachimada plant

Publication Date: 
14/05/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Panchayats, Kerala
Water Resources

 Not amusing

Rs 25 crore water park in Kerala s Kannur district

Publication Date: 
14/05/2005
T V Jayan
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Kerala, Kannur (D)
Hazardous Waste

Toxins as manure

In July-August 2003, when soft-drink firms across the country were struggling to contain the impact of the discovery of pesticide residues in their products, in Kerala, Coca-Cola came under intense

Publication Date: 
06/05/2005
R. Krishnakumar
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Kerala, Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, Pesticide Residues, Toxins, Palakkad (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS), Supreme Court
Water Resources

Plachimada's loss

In the Kerala High Court, a village panchayat loses its battle for water with Coca-Cola.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2005
R. Krishnakumar
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Kerala, High Court, Coca Cola, Panchayats, Palakkad (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Groundwater, Drinking Water Scarcity
Health

Tobacco use in Kerala : Findings ffrom three recent studies

The researchers reviewed the literature on tobacco use in Kerala and present data from three recently conducted unpublished studies.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2005
A. S. Pradeepkumar, Sailesh Mohan, P. Gopalakrishnan & et al
National Medical Journal of India
18
3
148
Tags:
Tobacco, Health Effects, Smoking, India, Kerala

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