India

 <font class=UCASE><b>sarguja</b></font> <br> Losing battle

First district for tribal development
Rampant deforestation
Malnutrition and starvation deaths

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 <font class=UCASE><b>mandla</b></font> <br> Brimful of thirst

Average rainfall: 1,300 mm
Irrigation: 2% of gross cropped area

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14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 A natural secret

Policymakers don t need to go too far to eradicate poverty. The solution is as close as is a village well to a villager

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
Water Resources

 Controlling water

People in Andhra Pradesh now need official consent to sink new wells

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Nitin Sethi
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Water Pollution Control, Land Resources, Water Resources, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Drinking Water, Trees, Compensation, Legislation, Public Participation, India, Andhra Pradesh
India

 Conspiracy of Poverty

Which districts in India are the poorest and why? Down To Earth DTE analyses the surfeit of data and information to bring forth the underlying reality of the 10 poorest districts in India environmental degradation. How has neglecting the natural reso

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Resources, Soil Erosion, Agriculture, Forest Resources, Forest Products, Mahua, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, Rural Development, Supreme Court, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Food Security, Rural Poverty
India

 Ecocare

the Union government's consultative group on land and water care has launched a land care movement for fostering community-centred food and water security system in nine states. This is a follow

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
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Land Resources, Water Resources, Water Harvesting, India
Animal Care

 No more extensions!

the Supreme Court has granted four weeks time to the Delhi government to close all polluting and unauthorised industries operating in Delhi's residential areas. The apex court rejected the

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Land Resources, Hazardous Industry, HI Relocation, Supreme Court, Governance, Delhi
India

 Scheduled abuse

A Union government proposal to amend the Fifth Schedule of the Indian constitution not only sidesteps an earlier SC order, but also threatens to deprive tribal people their land rights

Publication Date: 
30/12/2000
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Land Resources, Land Reclamation, Mining, Tribals, Industry, Supreme Court, Human Rights, Governance, India
India

 SUBSIDISED KILLING

They may survive the drought. But they cannot survive government policies. When people have to abandon their livestock, they are reduced to misery, as is happening in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Because India s rural economy is built around livestock, which ca

Publication Date: 
14/06/2000
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Grasslands, Land Resources, Soil Capability, Animal Feed, Fodder, Livestock, Animal Products, Drought, Pastoral Nomads, Landless, Religious Beliefs, Animal Energy, Rural Development, Governance, Rajasthan, Food Security, Rural Poverty
Environment

 Unholy deeds in the woods

Human greed is putting an end to the traditional sacred groves in Kerala

Publication Date: 
14/05/2000
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Land Resources, Forest Conservation, Urbanisation, Population, Flora, Fauna, Governance, Kerala

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