India

 DISLODGED

The state forest department of Kerala has been ordered by the High Court not to carry on with its proposal for constructing a forest lodge in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary. Apparently, the

Publication Date: 
14/03/1996
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Act 1980, India, Kerala
India

 Dry truths

Action councils have been set up in a number of villages in Kerala opposing the proposed Kurumaulloor Major Distribution Canal, an 18.5 km extension canal of the Muvattupuzha Irrigation

Publication Date: 
28/02/1996
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Irrigation, India, Kerala
Environment

 For a better tomorrow

There are many in Kerala who just would not have anything to do with the obsolete official education system. They want change, and that, through people's active participation. They are the ones behind the innovative Vigyanotsavam

Publication Date: 
14/02/1996
Joseph Antony
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Science, Education, Public Participation, Kerala
India

 Mean model

The modalities of the model much acclaimed Kerala Model cannot survive long on self denial

Publication Date: 
14/02/1996
P R J Pradeep
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Development, Kerala
India

 Living life lightly

Six years ago, Bill Mckibben wrote The End of Nature and became the most prominent literary environmentalist. But writing this book depressed him, and he decided to look more optimistically at the

Publication Date: 
14/01/1996
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Tags:
Cuba, India, Kerala
Climate Change

 Tribal rights to the fore

The veryfirst scheme to recognise the intellectual property rights of the Kani tribals in Kerala, ran into rough weather, only to bounce back into action

Publication Date: 
30/12/1995
Joseph Antony
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tribals, Drugs, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Kerala
India

 A revolution in white

A church inspired people's dairy project in Kerala turns out to be a trailblazer

Publication Date: 
30/10/1995
Anto Akkara
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Dairy Development, India, Kerala
Industry

 Rudra Vanam plan to be reviewed

The Kerala state government asked the state legislative committee on environment to look into the proposed building of multi-storied buildings, shopping complexes and helipads close to Sabarimala --

Publication Date: 
14/10/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Kerala
Health

 Thorny issue

Leaves and thorns, a feature film by K P Sasi, will be premiered on Doordarshan on October 1, 1995. The film highlights the unequal status of women in a society. It takes off from a

Publication Date: 
14/10/1995
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Women, Kerala
India

 Sacrifice to religion

Environmentalists in Kerala are up in arms against the proposed clearing of 250 acres of thick tropical forests in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the largest national park in the state. The state

Publication Date: 
30/07/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Periyar NP, India, Kerala

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