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 Space crunch for Olive Ridleys

the much-awaited mass nesting of sea turtles has begun at the Rushikulya beach in Orissa. Till March 12, 2003, a total of nearly 2,05,000 turtles were reported to have nested on this beach.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2003
Ranjan Panda
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Turtles, India, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 School kids turned smugglers

Timber smugglers in Orissa are catching them young. They have targeted schoolchildren from economically weaker sections to carry out their dubious activities. The Nayagarh district police recently

Publication Date: 
30/03/2003
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Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Trees, India, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Polio alive and kicking

The polio virus is possibly the most innocuous virus that affects humans. The improvement of sanitation standards across the world has meant fewer people are afflicted by polio as infants, upsetting the historical balance between virus and host. But, sinc

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
Pranay Lal
Down to Earth
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Health Care, Vaccination, Polio, Assam, Orissa (Odisha)
Forests

 Our forests are burning

People s relationship to the forest

Publication Date: 
14/03/2003
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Forests, Mangroves, Tribals, Wildlife, Elephant, Supreme Court, Kerala, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Super Market

Secretive. Exploitative. Is the market in Minor Forest Produce unmanageable? sopan joshi finds out

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Forest Villages, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Tendu, Mahua, Trade, Tribals, Forest Labourers, Medicinal Plants, Finance, India, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Bastar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha)
Climate Change

 How to get away with murder

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
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Climate Change, Global Warming, Natural Disasters, Poverty, India, Orissa (Odisha), Developing Countries
Poverty

 Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society groups under the 'right to food' campaign. They are objecting to the exercise on two counts: firstly, the crite

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
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Food Supply, Food Aid, Drought, Migration, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Information, NGO, India, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha), Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Food Security
India

 Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
Down to Earth
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Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Tribals, Tribal Medicine, Traditional Knowledge, Medicinal Plants, Poaching, Rural Development, Information, Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi
India

 The battle over forests

Are the recent eviction drives misdirected?
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Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
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Forests, Nilgiri, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Tribals, Conflicts, Elephant, Legislation, Supreme Court, High Court, Governance, India, Andamans, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Orissa (Odisha)
Forests

Devolution as a threat to democractic decision-making in forestry? findings from three states in India

This paper looks at two interfacing trends shaping devolution of forest management in India: appropriation of space for forest management by diverse self-initiated community formations at the grass roots level despite state seizure of forests; and state-driven devolution where government policies define the scope of local authority in forest management.

Publication Date: 
Jan 2003
Madhu Sarin, Nandini Sundar, & et al, Neera M Singh
Overseas Development Institute
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Forests, Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Community Forest Management (CFM), Bastar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

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