India

 FOLLOW UP

The raging row over raising of water level in the Mullaipperiyar dam remains unresolved with the Kerala state government locking horns with the Tamil Nadu (TN) and the Union government. At stake is

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Management, Water Demand, Dams, Conflicts, Periyar NP, Legislation, Supreme Court, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Forests

 Raw Deal

Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Land Reforms, Starvation, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Villages, Development, Tribals, Rehabilitation, Finance, Legislation, High Court, Governance, Politics, Kerala
Air Pollution

 Orphans of the river

Riverine fisherfolk, arguably the oldest among traders, are being sold down the river. An unholy synergy of poisoned rivers, government apathy and commercial interests has scripted the epitaph of the original stewards of the river. Ironically, their

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
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Ecology, River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Rivers, Aquaculture, Fish Poisoning, Chipko Movement, Endangered Species, Fisherfolk, Tribals, Traditional Knowledge, Governance, Bihar, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, Fish Marketing
India

 Mapping the reek

The genetic variability of sandalwood trees in India has reduced considerably because of their increased susceptibility to diseases

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
M Nageswara Rao, K N Ganeshaiah, R Uma Shaanker
Down to Earth
Tags:
Eastern Ghats, Western Ghats, Forest Conservation, Sandalwood, Poaching, Genetic Resources, India, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
India

 Felling halted

Curbs on extraction of timber in Kerala s Wayanad district

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Reforms, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Trade, Timber Industry, Legislation, High Court, India, Kerala
Fisheries

 Trouble at sea

From imposing restrictions on harvesting of shark species to having second thoughts about them, the authorities seem utterly confused

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Kushal P S Yadav
Down to Earth
Tags:
Andaman Islands, Marine Life, Corals, Fisheries, Fish Marketing, Endangered Species, Fisherfolk, Wildlife Act 1972, Legislation, India, Delhi, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
India

 PLEA DISMISSED

A division bench of the Kerala High Court dismissed a batch of writ petitions which challenged the inclusion of rivers and backwaters in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification. The

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Coastal Development, High Court, India, Kerala
Industry

 Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Jayanta Basu
Down to Earth
Tags:
Trade, Endangered Species, Religious Beliefs, Industry, Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
India

 Water war

A dispuet is brewing between TN and Kerala over a controversial dam

Publication Date: 
29/11/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Harvesting, Dams, Irrigation, Conflicts, Governance, India, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Pesticides And Toxins

Report of the committee to study and analyse the effects of aerial spray of endosulfan in the cashew plantation of PCK Ltd in Kasaragod district

The Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd (PCK) has been resorting to aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan for about 2 decades, 2 to 3 times an year, in 4696 ha of cashew plantation owned by it in Kasaragod district of Kerala for the control of tea-mosquito bug.  From 1979, there have been press reports on health abnormalities in the region adjoining the plantation.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2001
Government of Kerala
Tags:
Endosulfan, Kasaragod (D), Kerala, Pesticide Use, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins

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