Industry

 Coke in hot water

The Kerala High Court has ordered status quo to be maintained on the cancellation of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Limited's licence to operate its bottling plant at Plachimada in Kerala. The licence

Publication Date: 
14/06/2003
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Water Resources, Industry, Legislation, High Court, Governance, Kerala, Rajasthan
India

 Endosulfan declared not guilty

Good news for the ever manipulative pesticide industry: the Dubey committee

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
Kushal P S Yadav
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Health Effects, Pesticide Industry, Occupational Health, Endosulfan, High Court, NGO, India, Kerala, Kasaragod (D)
India

 Land is not less

Thanks to state apathy, tribals of Kerala are landless

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
S K Kaul
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Land Ownership, Forest Act 1980, Tribals, Landless, Rehabilitation, Governance, Kerala
India

 What happened in Wayanad

It is not the first time that tribals of the Wayanad district in Kerala have rebelled against the state. In fact, the recent incident at the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Kerala in February 2003 is the third of its kind

Publication Date: 
29/04/2003
A Damodaran
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Forests, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Act 1980, Tribals, Legislation, India, Kerala
India

 Out for political mileage

The recent events in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Kerala has had an impact on the state government. Why else would it crank up its public relations machine to put a positive spin to a state sponsored drive to evict tribals?

Publication Date: 
30/03/2003
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Tribals, Sanctuaries, Kerala
India

 Battle zone: Humans vs elephants

Afterwards, an eerie silence envelops the field. There is only the crop

Publication Date: 
30/03/2003
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Croplands, Animal Feed, Timber Smuggling, Migration, Displacement, Population, Conflicts, Elephant, Sanctuaries, India, Assam, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Statistics
Water Resources

 GPS to aid fishing

perception, experience and luck

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
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Fishing Technology, Fisherfolk, Remote Sensing, Kerala
Sanitation

 Landless in Kerala

Tribal communities take on the state machinery to assert their own rights Kerala almost saw the birth of its first tribal republic in January 2003 when about 2000 tribals encroached on the forests of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and barricaded a 300 hec

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
E Vijayalakshmi, Ramya Viswanath
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Forest Encroachments, Sanitation, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, Chhattisgarh, Kerala
Forests

 Our forests are burning

People s relationship to the forest

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
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Forests, Mangroves, Tribals, Wildlife, Elephant, Supreme Court, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Grades for Kerala houseboats

Kerala's popular fleet of tourist houseboats can now be differentiated by quality. Rising numbers of these backwater dwellings had disturbed the residents of Kuttanad, who demanded some regulation.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Development, Tourism, India, Kerala

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