India

 Satellite Maps Forests

Jhum farming destroys forest cover in northeast India

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
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Land Degradation, Nicobar Islands, North East, Western Ghats, Shifting Cultivation, Forest Resources, Tribals, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, India, Arunachal, Assam, Manipur
Agriculture

 Mutual interest

Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood a simple lesson that has been forgotten

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

 Issue at hand

Science needs to come home scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities

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

 A shift in tradition

this is an interesting monograph. It combines historical ethnography with archaeo

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
P S Ramakrishna
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North East, Agriculture, Shifting Cultivation, India, Jharkhand
India

 Shifting blame

Avian diversity in the Northeast is better off with shifting cultivation than selective logging and monoculture forests

Publication Date: 
14/09/2000
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North East, Shifting Cultivation, Birds, Biodiversity, Environmental Science, Research, India
India

 Tree travails

The Union government asks the Supreme Court to lift the interim ban on tree felling amid growing pressure from the northeastern states

Publication Date: 
14/06/1998
Down to Earth
Tags:
North East, Deforestation, Economy, Legislation, India
Health

 Himalayan plunder

THE book is a compilation of 42 papers contributed by social, physical and environment scientists who are working with issues that confront the Himalayas. The first three papers deal with the

Publication Date: 
27/02/1998
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Ecology, Soil Erosion, Himalaya, North East, Shifting Cultivation, Biodiversity
India

 Wasting the east

The Central government's recent announcement that an action plan has been formulated to safeguard the pristine forests in the north-east -- in collaboration with the states of the region -- has not

Publication Date: 
14/09/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Barak Valley, North East, Deforestation, India

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