India

 Salvaged sands

One man commission's rebuff forces Goa government to jettison proposal to privatise beach

Publication Date: 
14/03/2002
Frederick Noronha
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Politics, Pollution Control, Ecosystems, Land Degradation, Fisherfolk, Private Sector, NGO, India, Goa
Air Pollution

 Mounting problem

Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Mountains, Land Degradation, Mining, Deforestation, Drought, Migration, Tourism, War, Madagascar, Australia
India

 Pine pressure

Pine culture has altered the Himalayan landscape with disastrous effect on its fragile ecology

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Bhaskar Sinha
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Land Degradation, Himalaya, Forest Resources, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Deodar, Oak, Pine, Sal, Trade, India
India

 Digha in troubled waters

the picturesque Digha coast near Kolkata has been dogged by rapid

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Degradation, Coastal Development, Coastal Erosion, Bay Of Bengal, Governance, India, West Bengal
India

 ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia is waging a novel war against famine. Relief workers are teaching people about the soil. They are trying to counter the land degradation, caused by too many farmers crowded on small tracts,

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Degradation, Famine, Ethiopia
India

 On a felling spree

smugglers have now become active in the buffer zone of the Silent Valley too. More than six hectares of Kakkivani Malavaram evergreen virgin forests connecting Silent Valley with the Muthikulam

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Degradation, Deforestation, Silent Valley HP, India

 Spreading message

Increasing water harvesting and water conservation is the only way to ensure food security

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Land Degradation, Agriculture, Animal Care, Water Resources, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Economic Development, Poverty, FAO, Africa, Asia, Switzerland, Cuba, India, Food Security, Rural Poverty
Forests

 Forestland benefits

Under the Lok Vaniki scheme, a farmer can extract benefits from his land by selling its produce, including timber

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Forests, Land Degradation, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Wood, Forest-Based Industry, Trees, Farmers, Medicinal Plants, Public Participation, Madhya Pradesh, Dewas (D)
Environment

 Himalaya s human face

The magic of the Himalaya is heady. It has led many researchers and travelers to record their impression of this mountain range. Hima

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, Ecosystems, Mountains, Land Use, Ecology, Himalaya, Deforestation, Economy, Geology, Research, Asia, India, Environment Management, Land Degradation
Agriculture

 Old as the hills

Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture is a sound ecological management strategy, provided it is sustainable

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, Land Degradation, Soil Erosion, North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tropical Forests, Trees, Asia, Honduras, India, Nagaland, Developing Countries, Forests

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