Meghalaya

Scrutinising disasters

Flood Studies in India brings to fore several aspects of this natural disaster that are not yet conventional wisdom in policy circles. The book looks at floods from a variety of expertise areas, such

Publication Date:

14/06/2002

Author(s): Dipak Gyawali

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20020615

pp:

0

Tags:

Glaciers, Watershed Development, Floods, Flood Control, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Research, Information, Bangladesh, India, Meghalaya

India

Project marred

there is no money to conduct an elephant census in Meghalaya. Faced with frequent human-pachyderm conflicts, the state forest department had planned an elephant census last month as part of its

Publication Date:

14/05/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Shifting Cultivation, Conflicts, Elephant, Finance, Meghalaya

India

Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work hard to defeat every good intention. The apex court imposed an interim ban on felling in forests on December 1

Publication Date:

14/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20020315

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Resources, Deforestation, Forest Products, Trade, Biodiversity, Timber Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura

India

The accused

Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats

Publication Date:

14/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20020315

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Resources, Deforestation, Forest Products, Trade, Biodiversity, Timber Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura

India

The verdict

Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast

Publication Date:

14/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20020315

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Resources, Deforestation, Forest Products, Trade, Biodiversity, Timber Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura

India

At the crossroads

As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local based prosperity

Publication Date:

14/03/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

10

Issue:

20020315

pp:

0

Tags:

Forest Resources, Deforestation, Forest Products, Trade, Biodiversity, Timber Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura

Wildlife

Threatening trade

many medicinal plants species in Meghalaya and other north-eastern states are on the verge of extinction because of uncontrolled and illegal trade. This was stated in a recent report of the Trade

Publication Date:

30/12/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Trade, Medicinal Plants, Meghalaya, Extinct Species

India

INDIA

In a novel scheme to keep Delhi roads free of litter, the municipal corporation has decided to levy a penalty of Rs 50 on those found spitting, dumping vegetable, groundnut skins and cigarette buds

Publication Date:

14/04/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Geological Survey Of India (GSI), Fossils, Meghalaya, Extinct Species

Industry